Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures that had been predicted.
Mexico - Vicente Fox becomes the first opposition President to take power since Francisco I. Madero in 1911. He won the Presidency as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party).
April 22 - In a predawn raid, federal agents seize six-year old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, DC ending one of the most publicized custody battles in US history.
September 6 - In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.
September 28 - Ariel Sharon leads several hundred armed Israelis in a visit to the Temple Mount, provoking an increase in Palestinian civil disorder which developed into the Al-Aqsa_Intifada.
Survivor premieres on CBS sparking a trend of "reality TV". Many copy-cat programs follow. The show was based on the Swedish game show, Operation Robinson.
