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.

The Birth of the Bronx, 1609 – 1900 ( 2000 ), popular

Finally, however, after popular unrest Laurent Gbagbo became president and was sworn in on 26 October 2000.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the injury to Walker and the trading of two of the team's most popular players, the Rockies finished third in the National League in attendance in 2000, marking the first time in club history that it did not lead the league in attendance.

The Edge Festival ( formerly known as T on the Fringe ), a popular music offshoot of the Fringe, began in 2000, replacing the smaller Flux and Planet Pop series of shows.

By 2000, when web publishing of stories became more popular than zine publishing, thousands of media fanzines had been published ; over 500 of them were k / s zines.

* 1927 – Robert Allen, pianist and composer of popular songs ( d. 2000 )

Adrienne Mayor, in introducing a bibliography on the topic, noted that most modern folklorists are largely unaware of classical parallels and precedents, in materials that are only partly represented by the familiar designation Aesopica: " Ancient Greek and Roman literature contains rich troves of folklore and popular beliefs, many of which have counterparts in modern contemporary legends " ( Such as Mayor, 2000 ).

Scotland: The Story of a Nation ( 2000 ), popular history focused on royalty and warfare

For example, the Beautiful music format that developed into today's Easy listening and Soft rock formats is nearly extinct due to a lack of interest from younger generations, whereas classic rock has become popular over the last 20 years or so and Jack FM has arisen only since 2000 or so.

* 2000 – Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader ( b. 1913 )

* 2000 – Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d ' Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.

However, unlike political color schemes of other countries, the parties did not choose those colors ; they were used in news coverage of 2000 election results and ensuing legal battle and caught on in popular usage.

Thus in four close U. S. elections ( 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000 ), the candidate with the most popular votes still lost the election.

The name " quine " was coined by Douglas Hofstadter, in his popular science book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, in the honor of philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine ( 1908 – 2000 ), who made an extensive study of indirect self-reference, and in particular for the following paradox-producing expression, known as Quine's paradox:

Appearing on VH1's popular documentary series Behind The Music in early 2000, McDaniels confirmed that he was creatively frustrated and highlighted some songs that he was recording on his own.

From the year 2000 onwards, there were some artists who were looking to reconnect the most popular traditions of samba.

Although Hodge's suggestion that Mount Multnomah is a supervolcano was rejected long ago, the term " supervolcano " was popularised by the BBC popular science television program Horizon in 2000 to refer to eruptions that produce extremely large amounts of ejecta.

Around 2000, the artist's squats movement was exposed in the medias, and quite popular ( as they chose to occupy empty public-owned buildings mainly, at a time when middle-class Parisians could not afford skyrocketing prices for renting a decent flat ).

Between 2000 and 2009, 1215 Salukis were registered with The Kennel Club in the UK, while this does not approach the numbers of the more popular breeds, it is in line with similar breeds in the Hound Group such as the Borzoi, which had 1399 puppies registered in the same period.

* 1977: Jazz vocalist Lorez Alexandria recorded an uptempo version for her album From Broadway To Hollywood which subsequently became popular on the UK jazz dance and soul scenes, eventually being rereleased as a 7 inch single on Jazzman Records in 2000.

Presented as a future extrapolation of the speculative World War III of GDW's popular military role-playing game Twilight: 2000, in which the various nations of Earth were only just beginning to explore and colonize the 50 light year sphere of surrounding space.

Such dishes are traditionally common in many parts of the world, and have become increasingly popular in the English-speaking world since about 2000, particularly under the influence of Spanish tapas.

The number-one-selling game console as of the decade, the PlayStation 2, was released in 2000 and remained popular up to the end of the decade, even after the PlayStation 3 was released.

It was the most popular tourist attraction in 2000, second was the London Eye ; third was Alton Towers, which had been first in 1999.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.

During the Late Bronze Age circa 2000 BC, they created an empire, the Hittite New Kingdom, which reached its height in the 14th century BC, controlling much of Asia Minor.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.

* 1934 – John Beck, New Zealand cricketer ( d. 2000 )

* Alexander, FM The Universal Constant In Living, Dutton ( New York, 1941 ), Chaterson ( London, 1942 ), later editions 1943, 1946, Centerline Press ( USA, 1941, 1986 ), Mouritz ( UK, 2000 ) ISBN 0-913111-18-X, ISBN 978-0-913111-18-5, ISBN 0-9525574-4-4

* Telecom New Zealand — Operated an AMPS / TDMA network in New Zealand from 1987 until 2007 throughout the whole country and the network was renowned for its superb coverage, In 2000 Telecom announced that they would discontinue the AMPS network within 5 years ( 2005 ) to give customers an opportunity to transition to the CDMA2000 and later 1XRTT technologies that replaced it.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

The Ravens triumphed over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV at the conclusion of the 2000 season, making them one of four NFL teams to win in their lone Super Bowl appearance, along with the New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The other judges were John Toohey QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia who had worked on Aboriginal issues ( he replaced New Zealander Sir Edward Somers QC, who retired from the Inquiry in 2000 for personal reasons ), and Mr Justice William Hoyt QC, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.

New York: Pocket Books ( 2000 ).

In New Zealand, the New Zealand Blood Service ( NZBS ) in 2000 introduced measures to preclude permanently donors who had resided in the United Kingdom ( including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ) for a total of six months or more between January 1980 and December 1996.

* Anonymous, " First portrait of an Africa-American on display at White House " New York Amsterdam News, 2 March 2000.

: New Zealand dollars ( NZ $) per US $ 1-1. 4203 ( 2005 ), 1. 9451 ( January 2000 ), 1. 8886 ( 1999 ), 1. 8632 ( 1998 ), 1. 5083 ( 1997 ), 1. 4543 ( 1996 ), 1. 5235 ( 1995 )

In 2000 Eastman was inducted in the ( American ) National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.

* The Perfect Heresy, Stephen O ' Shea, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 2000, ISBN 0-7607-5219-2

* Jenkins, Philip, Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History ( Oxford University Press, New York, 2000 ).