Greenwich 2000: Millennium Events - United States of America (USA)

<body ><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%">  <tr> <td width="25" height="90"> <img src="http://greenwich2000.com/im/greenwich2000-vertical.gif" alt="g2k-title.gif (5653 bytes)" border="0" align="left" width="26" height="90"></td> <td style="text-align: center" height="90"> <p></p> </td> <td width="25" style="text-align: right" height="90"> <img src="http://greenwich2000.com/im/greenwich2000-vertical.gif" alt="g2k-title.gif (5653 bytes)" border="0" align="left" width="26" height="90"></td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="0">  <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"> : </td> </tr> <tr> <th width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="4" style="text-align: center" height="12"> NOTE THIS SITE IS NOT UPDATED BUT IS MAINTAINED FOR HISTORIC RECORD ONLY</th> </tr> <tr> <th width="25%" style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://wwp.Greenwich2000.com"> Greenwich 2000</a><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">Ž</font></th> <th width="25%" style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://wwp.GreenwichMeanTime.com">GMT</a></th> <th width="25%" style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://wwp.Greenwich2000.com/visitors.htm">Feedback</a></th> <th width="25%" style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"> <a href="../search.htm">Search</a></th> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table><table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top" width="1%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="160" cellpadding="0">  <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="160" cellpadding="0">  <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="1"> </font> </td> </tr> </table><table border="0" cellspacing="1" width="160" cellpadding="0">  <tr> <td>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="17">  </td> </tr> </table></td><td valign="top" width="24"></td><td valign="top">  <h1 align="left">United States of America<img src="http://greenwich2020.net/flags/usa.gif" alt="United States of America" width="68" height="36"></h1> <h5 align="center"></h5> <p align="left">When the Time Ball drops in Time Square, <a href="ny.htm">New York</a> then the USA moves into the new millennium. There's a lot more going on... </p> <h2 align="left">Government</h2> <h3 align="left">White House Millennium Project</h3> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/Initiatives/Millennium/guide.html"><img alt="White House Millennium Council Partnership Logo and Motto Guidelines" border="0" src="../../images/whitehouse2000.gif" align="left" width="75" height="200"></a>Full details of President Clinton's <a href="whitehouse.htm">White House Millennium initiative</a> including the announcement of the <a href="http://edsitement.neh.fed.us/">EDSITEment</a> educational website for the millennium.</p> <p align="left"><br clear="left"> </p> <h2 align="left">Time Capsule</h2> <p align="left">Details of the <a href="usa-capsule2000.htm">U.S. Time Capsule</a>; lock your family away for posterity for free!</p> <h2 align="left">Media</h2> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.aimfunds.com/cgi-bin/mm_date"><img src="../../images/millennium1.gif" width="100" height="56" alt="Millennium Minute" border="0" hspace="15" vspace="5"></a></p> <p align="left">Millennium Minutes: <a href="http://www.aimfunds.com/">AIM Funds</a> are sponsoring a "Millennium Minute" on <a href="http://www.cbsradio.com/">CBS Radio</a> networked across the USA. Every day from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1999. You can hear it across the Net if you have Real Player (formerly Real Audio) installed.</p> <p align="left">LIFE Magazine: Millennium Special Edition: <a href="http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/">LIFE Magazine</a> has developed a special <a href="http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/millennium/index.html">Millennium Edition</a> which covers the "Top 100 events of the past 1,000 years".</p> <p align="left">It lists "Fixing the Calendar" in position 100 and "Tick Tock" the invention of the chronometer by <a href="http://greenwich2000.com/time/watches/watches-harrison.htm">John Harrison</a> at Greenwich in position 52 (one ahead of the invention of the refrigerator?!)</p> <h2 align="left">Millennium Projects</h2> <p align="left">The <a href="project2000.htm">projects page</a> contains information about important millennium projects in the USA including:</p> <p align="left">NASA - New Millennium Program History: Read all about <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a>'s vision entitled the <a href="http://jpl-nmp.arc.nasa.gov/nmp/Vision/index.html">New Millennium Program History</a>, "where a virtual human presence will be created through our communications links to numerous small spacecraft, frequently launched from Earth. These microspacecraft explorers will be designed to pursue highly focused science objectives or to fly in precise formation, making simultaneous measurements. They will observer Earth formation, making simultaneous measurements. They will observer Earth and explore our galaxy."<br clear="left"> </p> <p align="left">Science for the Millennium: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has is setting up an on-line Expo "<a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/">Science for the Millennium</a>".</p> <p align="left">You can visit the <a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/science-pavilion.html">Pavilion of Science & Industry</a>; the <a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/collaboration-pavilion.html">Pavilion of Collaboration</a>; the <a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/pavilion-machines.html">Pavilion of Computation</a> or the <a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/theater.html">Online Science Theater</a>.  You can also take a Fly-Through Video Tour of the Expo.</p> <p align="left">Uses many multi-media features which requires various plug-in's but enjoy your visit into the future!</p> <h2 align="left">Millennium Organizations</h2> <p align="left">Listing of <a href="organisations2000.htm">USA based millennium organisations</a>, including:</p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.igc.apc.org/millennium/">The Millennium Institute</a>: The Millennium Call for Peace, Justice, and Sustainability</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.billennium.com/">The Billennium</a>Ž - "The Official Celebration of the Year 2000"<img src="../../images/tm.gif" width="20" height="20"></p> </blockquote>    </td><td valign="top" width="24"></td><td valign="top" width="1%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="300" > <tr> <td style="text-align: center" width="300" height="750"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="middle"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="middle"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="777"> <tr> <td width="771"> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://greenwichengland.com/"><font size="2">Greenwich England</font></a><font size="2"> is where East meets West at the <a href="http://greenwichmeridian.com/">Greenwich Meridian</a> (0° Longitude); World Time is set <a href="http://greenwichmeantime.com/">Greenwich Mean Time</a>. Remember the new millennium started in <a href="http://greenwich2001.com/">2001</a>.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Greenwich lies on the <a href="http://river-thames.com/">River Thames</a>, a few minutes by <a href="http://greenwich2000.com/info/travel/trains.htm">rail</a> or <a href="http://greenwich2000.com/info/travel/tube.htm">tube</a>, or a short <a href="http://greenwich2000.com/info/travel/boats.htm">river cruise</a> from central London.  If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/">Greenwich Info</a>.  There is the famous <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/tourism/cuttysark.htm">Cutty Sark</a> to visit and the <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/tourism/rnc.htm">Royal Naval College</a>.  Just down river is the <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/tourism/barrier.htm">Thames Barrier</a> which is close to </font> <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/lcy/"> <font size="2">London City Airport</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">The <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/tourism/observatory.htm">Royal Observatory</a> at Greenwich is in <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/tourism/park.htm">Greenwich Park</a> along with the <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/tourism/nmm.htm">National Maritime Museum</a> and the <a href="http://greenwichinfo.com/tourism/queenshouse.htm">Queens House</a> (on which the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">White House</a> in Washington DC, USA is based).  For information on astronomy visit </font> <a href="http://greenwichstar.com/"><font size="2">Greenwich Star</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">The <a href="http://marathon-run.com/london/">London Marathon</a> starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of <a href="http://www.royalhistory.com/england/monarchs/henryviii/index.htm">King Henry VIII</a> and his daughters <a href="http://www.royalhistory.com/england/monarchs/mary.htm">Queen Mary</a> (Bloody Mary) and <a href="http://www.royalhistory.com/england/monarchs/elizabethi/index.htm">Queen Elizabeth I</a> (The Virgin Queen).  All the English monarchs can be found at <a href="http://royalhistory.com">Royal History</a>.</font></p> <p> <font size="2">It has seen many famous visitors from <a href="http://greenwichpast.com/vip/folk/peter-the-great.htm">Peter the Great</a> through <a href="http://greenwichpast.com/vip/writers/dickens.htm">Charles Dickens</a> to <a href="http://greenwichpast.com/vip/folk/bob-hope.htm">Bob Hope</a>.  This and a lot more in <a href="http://greenwichpast.com/">Greenwich Past</a>.</font></p> <p><font size="2">For information on all the other places in the world called Greenwich including Greenwich Village, New York City, USA then visit <a href="http://greenwichtown.com/">Greenwich Town</a>.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Visit the <a href="http://greenwichbook.com/">Greenwich Book</a> Shelf where you can buy titles old and new.</font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="771">  </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td style="text-align: center"> <p align="center" style="text-align: center"><a href="../"> <img src="http://wwp.greenwich2000.com/network/im/g2s.gif" border="0" alt="Greenwich 2000" width="121" height="40"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center"><p align="center" style="text-align: center">The Greenwich 2000Ž Network of Internet websites</p> <p align="center" style="text-align: center">We welcome feedback and comments.<br> Please sign the Greenwich 2000: <a href="http://wwp.greenwich2000.com/visitors.htm">Visitors Book</a><p align="center" style="text-align: center">Thank you for visiting Greenwich 2000Ž!<br> If you cannot stay please Bookmark Greenwich 2000 NOW!<br> And we look forward to seeing again you very soon!</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h6 align="left">Please read the <a href="http://wwp.greenwich2000.ltd.uk/legal.htm">legal</a> page and <a href="http://wwp.greenwich2000.ltd.uk/data.htm">data policy</a> page. <a href="http://wwp.greenwich2000.ltd.uk/awards.htm">Awards</a> and media coverage - <a href="http://wwp.greenwich2000.ltd.uk/thanks.htm">credits</a> page.<br> Copyright Š 1995 - 2011 <a href="http://www.Greenwich2000.ltd.uk">Greenwich2000.ltd.uk</a> - <a href="http://wwp.greenwich2000.com">Greenwich2000</a>Ž  <a href="http://wwp.get.ad">Get</a>Ž  <a href="http://wwp.uk.com">wwp</a>Ž All trade-marks acknowledged<br> Last revised: June 10, 2011 09:20 +0100 <a href="http://wwp.GreenwichMeanTime.com">GMT</a><br> Why not <a href="http://wwp.greenwich2000.com/link.htm">link</a> to us?</h6> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="text-align: center">  <script language='javascript' src='http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/34292599/x.js?cmd=file&file=chatScript3&site=34292599&&category=en;woman;5'> </script>  </div> <div style="text-align: center">     <center> <SCRIPT language="javascript"></SCRIPT> <noscript> <a href="http://top.addfreestats.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?usr=00129947P000" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www1.addfreestats.com/cgi-bin/connect.cgi?usr=00129947P000" border=0 alt="AddFreeStats.com Free Web Stats in real-time !"></A></noscript> </center>   </div> </td></tr></table></body>