2001: The Beginning of the 21st Century and the Third Millennium

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If there had been a year 0, the first decade would have been 0 to A.D. 9 inclusive, and A.D. 10 would have started a new decade. Every decade would start on January 1 of a year ending with 0; every century on January 1 of a year ending in 00, and every millennium on a year ending in 000. </div> <div> Because there is no year 0, however, the first decade is A.D. 1 to A.D. 10 inclusive, and it is A.D. 11 that starts the second decade. The decades, centuries, and millennia all start on January 1 of years that end in 1, 01, and 001 respectively. </div> <div> Thus, under present conditions, A.D. 2000 will be the last year of the second millennium, and the third will begin on January 1, 2001. We can be sure, however, that the entire world will celebrate the start of a new millennium on January 1, 2000, and that no amount of explanation to the effect that the celebration is exactly one year premature will help "</div> <bR> <div> <B>(Source:  New York; Berkely 1987 pp12-13)</b></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="_1_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>(1) When Dionysius Exiguus established the Gregorian calendar in A.D. 532 by trying to fix Anno Domini as the time of Jesus Christ's birth, he got it wrong! Records were not good then and it was only an estimate at the time.</div> <div>  He also changed the season of the event to coincide/compete with a pagan festival that was held around then and we've stuck with it since.</div> <bR> <div> The best research now puts His birth in 6 B.C. so the real millennium change was probably several years ago</div> <bR> <div> (See also 'More on Calendars' within this Web site at <A HREF="id51_2_10__how_does_one_count_years_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendars 2"><U>section 2.10 'How does one count years?'</U></A>) </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07393a50.gif" border=0 width="403" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>A VERY HAPPY 21st CENTURY TO EVERYONE AND VERY BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM commencing 01 Jan 2001</b></div> <bR> <div> So the 21st century and Third Millennium are with us, already. Or are they? Everyone around us seems to think so, don't they? Or are they keeping something to themselves? Some dark secret that they daren't mention to anyone... just in case they're thought of as cranks, as deviants, as '<A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smarty Pants"><U>smarty pants</U></A>' or as anarchists even?</div> <bR> <div> Does it all even matter? Read on and discover the awful truth for yourself. After all, you're free to make up your own mind. Aren't you? 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