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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=926707" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#996699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040467d1erlcll.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2001: The Beginning of the 21st Century and the Third Millennium</b></FONT><B>     </b><B>|     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2001: The Beginning of the 21st Century "><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contents"><U>Contents</U></A>   |   <B>Links</b>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact others"><U>Contact others</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Centennial Precedents"><U>Centennial Precedents</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Events"><U>Current Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Facts"><U>Other Facts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Final Thoughts"><U>Final Thoughts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Countup Clock"><U>Countup Clock</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="074a7440.gif" border=0 width="167" height="68" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> <bR> <div> Years of the Gregorian calendar, which is currently in use today in a lot of cultures, are counted from AD 1. Thus, the 1st century comprised the years AD 1 through AD 100.  The second century began with AD 101 and continued through AD 200.</div> <div> By extrapolation we find that the 20th century comprises the years AD 1901-2000.  Therefore, the 21st century will begin with 1 January 2001 and continue through 31 December 2100.</div> <bR> <div> If 1st January 2000 is the start of the 3rd millenium then by definition 1st January 1000 was the start of the 2nd millenium. What then was the first day of the first millenium AD? There is no year 'zero'.</div> <div> You will never find a reference in any history text to an event having occured in the year zero.  That the current scheme for counting years was not in use then is irrelevant. It is what we use today to peg when events occurred in history.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Links</div> <div> The following Web sites will prove useful in understanding what thus has been spoken about this whole Millennium debacle. Please note that they are not placed in any particular order, just the order I came across them in my research:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/ctm/faq_index.html#when_millenium" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/ctm/faq_index.h"><U>http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/ctm/faq_index.html#when_millenium</U></A> - The National Physical Laboratory is the UK's national standards laboratory and the home now to British timekeeping</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.m321.com/main.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.m321.com/main.htm"><U>http://www.m321.com/main.htm</U></A> - includes a global survey collating readers' opinions as to when the Third Millennium actually begins</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/millennium/index.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/millennium/index.sh"><U>http://www.bbc.co.uk/millennium/index.shtml</U></A> - includes Millennium information and readers' viewpoints</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF=" http://www.usno.navy.mil/millennium/whenIs.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.usno.navy.mil/millennium/whe"><U>http://www.usno.navy.mil/millennium/whenIs.html</U></A> - When Is the New Millennium? by the U.S. Naval Observatory</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/millennium/CountDown3.pl" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/millenn"><U>http://www.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/millennium/CountDown3.pl</U></A> - Countdown to the 21st Century/Third Millennium</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://personal.riverusers.com/~rstuckey/people.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://personal.riverusers.com/~rstuckey"><U>http://personal.riverusers.com/~rstuckey/people.htm</U></A> - no Year Zero!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math10/math10.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math"><U>http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math10/math10.html</U></A> - 'Scientific American'</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.georgian.net/rally/madness.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.georgian.net/rally/madness.ht"><U>http://www.georgian.net/rally/madness.html</U></A> - a certain individual named 'Dennis the Short' is all to blame!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.enigmar.com/2001/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.enigmar.com/2001/index.html"><U>http://www.enigmar.com/2001/index.html</U></A> - January 1st, 2001 is the start of the Third  Millennium</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/c.nitschelm/chgmdate.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/c.nitschelm/ch"><U>http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/c.nitschelm/chgmdate.html</U></A> - Quelle sera la date exacte de la fin du XXème siècle?</div> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="http://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/anno.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/anno"><U>http://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/anno.html</U></A> - Why Does the Whole World Reckon Time from the Birth of Christ?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.byrum.org/misc/mcs/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.byrum.org/misc/mcs/"><U>http://www.byrum.org/misc/mcs/</U></A> - a comical look at the whole madness!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/millennium.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/mille"><U>http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/millennium.html</U></A> - January 1, 2000 is <U>NOT</U> the first day of the new millennium</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~rogue_8/2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.tripod.com/~rogue_8/2001."><U>http://members.tripod.com/~rogue_8/2001.htm</U></A> - 2001: A Millennium Odyssey</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://mysite.xtra.co.nz/~MillenniumDates/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://mysite.xtra.co.nz/~MillenniumDate"><U>http://mysite.xtra.co.nz/~MillenniumDates/</U></A> - Millennium Dates</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://users.tminet.com/bruce/century/savant.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://users.tminet.com/bruce/century/sa"><U>http://users.tminet.com/bruce/century/savant.htm</U></A> - Ask Marilyn</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://people.ne.mediaone.net/robgel/2001M2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://people.ne.mediaone.net/robgel/200"><U>http://people.ne.mediaone.net/robgel/2001M2.html</U></A> - Y2Knot! (Including a countdown to the New Millennium in 2001)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://pages.hotbot.com/current/humdinger/Millennium.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pages.hotbot.com/current/humdinge"><U>http://pages.hotbot.com/current/humdinger/Millennium.html</U></A> - Is it time for the Next Millennium?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math10/math10.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math"><U>http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math10/math10.html</U></A> - 'Scientific American' When is the beginning of the new millennium? Some say it is January 1, 2000 and others January 1, 2001? Who is correct?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/zero.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/"><U>http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/zero.htm</U></A> - 'Zero' - The Debate over when the New Millennium Begins</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www-2.roughguides.com/millennium/mil2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www-2.roughguides.com/millennium/"><U>http://www-2.roughguides.com/millennium/mil2.html</U></A> - FAQs From the Rough Guide to the Millennium</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.faxmentis.nsw.edu.au/2001.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.faxmentis.nsw.edu.au/2001.htm"><U>http://www.faxmentis.nsw.edu.au/2001.html</U></A> - The New Millennium in 2001 (all fingers and toes!)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2000.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2"><U>http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2000.html</U></A> - The difference between the New Millennium and the Year 2000</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~schittek/millenni.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~schitte"><U>http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~schittek/millenni.htm</U></A> - The New Millennium Starts 2001 (plus links to <A HREF="2001 (plus links to German sites at http://staff-www.uni-arburg.de/~schittek/jahrtaus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2001 (plus links to German sites at http"><U>German</U></A> sites)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/time/calendars.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insig"><U>http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/time/calendars.html</U></A> - 'New Scientist Report on 2001 and the New Millennium</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/Initiatives/Millennium/when.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whitehouse.gov/Initiatives/Mi"><U>http://www.whitehouse.gov/Initiatives/Millennium/when.html</U></A>- The US White House Web site and 2001 being the start of the Third Millennium</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/faq/faq.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/faq/faq."><U>http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/faq/faq.htm</U></A> - Questions relating to NIST time signals</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/new_mill.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/new_mi"><U>http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/new_mill.html</U></A> - Answers to Questions about the Start of the New Millennium and the First Sunrise of the Year 2000</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/mill/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/mill/index.htm"><U>http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/mill/index.htm</U></A> - 2000 is the Millennium Year. The New Millennium officially starts on 1 Jan 2001</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://greenwich2000.com/millennium/info/millennium-faq.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://greenwich2000.com/millennium/info"><U>http://greenwich2000.com/millennium/info/millennium-faq.htm</U></A> - Why Does the Millennium start in Greenwich (UK) ?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://greenwich2001.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://greenwich2001.com/"><U>http://greenwich2001.com/</U></A> - The Millennium officially starts on 1 January 2001</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/2000/2000.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usatoday.com/2000/2000.htm"><U>http://www.usatoday.com/2000/2000.htm</U></A> - When is the Millennium?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://wilstar.com/millennium.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://wilstar.com/millennium.htm"><U>http://wilstar.com/millennium.htm</U></A> - What Millennium is it anyway?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/2/0,5716,130172+1,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/articl"><U>http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/2/0,5716,130172+1,00.html</U></A> - Encyclopaedia Britannica: the New Millennium "officially starts Jan 1, 2001"</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/index2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/index"><U>http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/index2.htm</U></A> - When Does the Millennium Begin?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mohawk.net/~barbaria/millennium.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mohawk.net/~barbaria/millenni"><U>http://www.mohawk.net/~barbaria/millennium.html</U></A> - Exactly When Does the New Millennium Actually Arrive Anyway?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.magnet.ch/serendipity/hermetic/cal_stud/newmill.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.magnet.ch/serendipity/hermeti"><U>http://www.magnet.ch/serendipity/hermetic/cal_stud/newmill.htm</U></A> - When Does the New Millennium Begin?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/events/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/event"><U>http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/events/index.html</U></A> - Index of Worldwide Events to mark the turn of the millennium. Learn what others are planning between 1999-2001</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.astronet.com/features&fun/millennium.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.astronet.com/features&fun/mil"><U>http://www.astronet.com/features&fun/millennium.html</U></A> - an astrological perspective</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://monsternet.game-point.net/2001ad.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://monsternet.game-point.net/2001ad."><U><IMG SRC="0b258210.gif" border=0 width="88" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="07d0e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Up to Top</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>