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*The Kaprun disaster was a devastating funicular fire in Kaprun, Austria, that killed 155.
*The Kursk submarine disaster, a Russian naval accident in the Barents Sea, where its Oscar II-class nuclear submarine, K-141, sank during exercises, killing all 118 crew members.
*The 2000 Summer Olympics are held in Sydney, Australia.
*Air France Flight 4590, a scheduled Concorde supersonic jet flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris, France following a fire on the back of the aircraft, killing all 109 people aboard and four on the ground.
*The 2000 Mozambique flood, the worst in the country's recorded history, caused by prolonged heavy rainfall and the devastating impact of Cyclone Eline.
*Sony launches the PlayStation 2.
*The millennium celebrations refer to the worldwide festivities at the end of 1999 and the start of 2000.
*Second Chechen War. Russian counter-insurgency and military conflict with the invasion of Dagestan by Chechen fighters, leading to Russian military incursions into Chechnya after apartment bombings in Russian cities.
*The Second Intifada civilian uprising in Jerusalem and Israel proper. Israeli security responded with extreme violence, killing over 100 Palestinian protesters within the first few weeks. (en)
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