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Y2K bug fails to bite A flaw in computer program that caused processing to operate incorrectly on and after January 1, 2000
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| Jan.14 |
New York |
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Dow Jones reached 11,722| 3.9 times higher than the high of 2,999.75 reached in 1990 | |
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Microsoft CEO Gates Steps Down Bill Gates is handing the reins to his former Harvard classmate, Steve Ballmer, the company's president
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| Jan.24 |
USA |
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AOL planned to purchase Time Warner
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| Feb.7 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Yahoo, eBay crippled by hackers |
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| Mar.10 |
USA |
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Nasdaq reached 5048| Nasdaq's all-time high. Beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom | |
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| Apr.4 |
Washington |
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Microsoft loses antitrust suit Microsoft is confident that it will eventually overturn the decision by a judge that it violated anti-monopoly laws
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| May.4 |
USA |
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'I love you' virus disrupts computers| Virus contained in e-mail messages is thought to be the fastest-moving and most widespread virus ever seen | |
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| Sep.28 |
 Denmark |
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 Denmark rejects euro 53.1% of voters rejected membership of the single European currency, and 46.9 % voted in favour
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| Nov.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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World News Atlas started| Features World headlines linked to news articles | |
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| Nov.28 |
Netherlands |
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Euthanasia legalized |
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| Dec.15 |
Kiev |
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Chernobyl down permanently |
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| Dec.20 |
New York |
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Nasdaq: 20 months low |
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