** Atlas III was a US launch vehicle ( 2000 – 2005 )

Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000 ) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the " Golden Age " of the genre.

On January 26, 2000, van Vogt died in Los Angeles, USA from Alzheimer's disease, and was survived by his second wife, the former Lydia Bereginsky.

For example, the creation of argon fluorohydride ( HArF ), a marginally stable compound of argon with fluorine and hydrogen, was reported by researchers at the University of Helsinki in 2000.

The national currency, the Azerbaijani manat, was stable in 2000, depreciating 3. 8 % against the dollar.

Public demonstrations usually take place without government interference, though one rally in November 2000 by an opposition party was followed by the arrest and imprisonment for a month of its organizer.

It was proclaimed in 2000.

The eradication of extreme poverty and hunger was the first Millennium Development Goal, as set by 179 United Nations Member States in 2000.

It was rebuilt again by 1783 and this is the building that can be seen today, unchanged except for renovations done to it in 2000.

The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded in the year 2000 to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his special personal contribution to cooperation with the states of Europe, for the preservation of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights in Europe, and for his support of the enlargement of the European Union.

In 1966 the number of " pure " Ainu was about 300 ( Honna, Tajima, and Minamoto, 2000 ).

It was a four-time winner of the Charles Roberts / Origins Award, winning " Best Amateur Adventure Gaming Magazine " in 1984, " Best Amateur Game Magazine " in 1999, and " Best Amateur Game Periodical " in 2000 and 2001.

* When 2000 was approaching, at least three large Swedish magazines ranked penicillin as the most important discovery of the millennium.

The following year the Amiga product line was expanded with the introduction of two new models: the Amiga 2000 for high-end graphics and business use, and the Amiga 500 for home use.

The Amiga brand was then sold to another PC manufacturer, Gateway 2000, which had announced grand plans for it.

On January 23, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coach and former linebackers coach for the 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens Mike Smith was named the Falcons ' new head coach.

During the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit in Kuala Lumpur, American authorities claim that immigration records show that a person named Abdulaziz al-Omari was visiting the country, although they say they are not sure that this was the same person.

From 1994 until 2007, Aston Martin was part of the Ford Motor Company, becoming part of the company's Premier Automotive Group in 2000.

After the November 2000 G8 protest in Montreal, at which many protesters were beaten, trampled, and arrested in what was intended to be a festive protest, the tactic of dividing protests into " green " ( permitted ), " yellow " ( not officially permitted but with little confrontation and low risk of arrest ), and " red " ( involving direct confrontation ) zones was introduced.

This was accompanied by reduction of poverty from 28 percent in 1978 to 9 percent in 1998 in China, and from 51 percent in 1978 to 26 percent in 2000 in India.

In 2000, a French court ruled that a government minister's description of anthroposophy as a cult was defamatory.

The album was certified Gold in 2000.

The first president of ARIN was Kim Hubbard, from 1997 until 2000.

Rock was nominated as Best New Artist at the 2000 Grammy Awards, but lost to Christina Aguilera.

* A Civil Campaign – nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards in 2000

In January 2000, Ekéus was nominated to head the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspections Commission ( UNMOVIC ), charged with investigating allegations that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.

The album won a Grammy in 2000 ; as an indicator of how difficult it is to classify Waits's music, he was nominated simultaneously for Best Contemporary Folk Album ( which he won ) and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ( for the song " Hold On "), both different from the genre for which he won his previous Grammy.

** Prog 2000 nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite Cover Published During 1999

A recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards, Finney has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor four times, for Tom Jones ( 1963 ), Murder on the Orient Express ( 1974 ), The Dresser ( 1983 ), and Under the Volcano ( 1984 ); and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Erin Brockovich ( 2000 ).

In February 2000, American Beauty was nominated for eight Academy Awards ; its closest rivals, The Cider House Rules and The Insider, received seven nominations each.

He was nominated for, but did not run in, the 2000 Kentucky Derby.

* The Lady and the Squire ( 2000 ), ISBN 1-86205-417-7 – nominated for a Whitbread Award

Boyd Gaines was the first performer to be nominated for each of Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1989 for The Heidi Chronicles, Best Actor in a Musical in 1994 for She Loves Me, Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2000 for Contact ( and again in 2008 for Gypsy ) and Best Actor in a Play in 2007 for Journey's End.

For her performance in Lasse Hallström's romantic comedy Chocolat ( 2000 ) Binoche was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Throughout her career Binoche has intermittently appeared on stage, most notably in a 1998 London production of Luigi Pirandello's Naked and in a 2000 production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal on Broadway for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.

La Veuve de Saint-Pierre ( 2000 ) by Patrice Leconte, for which she was nominated for a César for Best Actress, was a period drama which saw Binoche appear opposite Daniel Auteuil in the role of a woman who attempts to save a condemned man from the guillotine.

A Bhutanese film " The Cup " made by a Bhutanese film maker was nominated for the 2000 Academy Awards.

In the 2000 presidential election, the party nominated writer and dissident Li Ao who ran a spirited but token campaign.

The film won the documentary award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for an Oscar in 2000.

In 2000, the novella was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction and the International Horror Guild Award for Best Long Form.

So far, 13 net art exhibitions have been shown since the initiative started in 2000 including Tate in Space ( 2002 ) which was nominated in the Interactive Art category for the 2003 BAFTA Interactive awards.

He got another Richard Dimbleby Award in 2000 and was nominated for the award in 2001 and 2002.

Music was nominated for an Annie Award in both 1999 and 2000.

It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2000.

The Sandman: The Dream Hunters was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2000.

The graphic album Alec: How to Be an Artist was nominated for the Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in 2000.

For his portrayal of O ' Neill, Richard Dean Anderson won a Saturn Award in the category " Best Genre TV Actor " in 1999, and was nominated in the same category in 1998 and 2000.