January 2000

Monday 03:

The last "Peanuts" comic strip is created by Charles Schulz.

Wednesday 05:

The 1st day of the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit.

Saturday 08:

The Music City Miracle a play during the NFL playoffs.

Monday 10:

America Online announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion, the largest corporate merger in history.

Friday 14:

David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery.

Sunday 16:

In Sacramento, California a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building, killing the driver.

Wednesday 26:

XHTML 1.0 becomes a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation.

Sunday 30:

In a dramatic finish to Super Bowl XXXIV, the St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans, 23-16.

Monday 31:

An Alaska Airlines MD-83 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Malibu, California killing 131.