30 Iconic Moments & Trends That Defined The 2000s

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1/30 2004: Paris Hilton's sex tape was leaked
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2/30 July 21st 2007: The final Harry Potter book was released
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3/30 October 5th 2001: Pop Idol Debuts
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4/30 2008: Slumdog Millionaire was released & won 8 Oscars in 2009
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5/30 October 23rd 2001: Apple Introduces the iPod
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6/30 February 4th 2004: Facebook.com launched
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7/30 July 2006: Top Of The Pops aired for the very last time (RIP)
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8/30 November 4th 2008: Barack Obama defeated Republican presidential nominee John McCain, 52.9 percent to 45.7 percent, to win election as the 44th president of the United States—and the first African-American to hold this office
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9/30 2007: Britney infamously shaved her head
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10/30 2004: Janet Jackson's infamous "nip-slip" at the Super Bowl half-time show
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11/30 The 2000s saw the end of Walkmans in the car & we were introduced to CAR CD PLAYERS!
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12/30 2006: How could we not forget the start of the glorious years of Hannah Montana?
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13/30 2001: Mariah Carey rocked up to the Z100 Jingle Ball in this totally fashionable halter-dress
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14/30 2000: The Y2K scare - The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the Millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations that resulted from the practice of truncating a four-digit year to two digits. This made year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900 and everyone freaked out!
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15/30 August 2002: Beyblades were released
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16/30 During the 2000s "internet slang" took over the world, and people began talking in txt language e.g. BRB, g2g, wbu
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17/30 Flared jeans were so in. Even Atomic Kitten's Natasha & Jenny agreed!
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18/30 2002: Behold, Crocs
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19/30 2000: Britney's hit "Oops, I did it again" shattered records – She was top of of the US billboard 200 & sold 1.3million copies
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20/30 2000: J-Lo's infamous Grammy dress
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21/30 July 29th 2000: Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston tied the knot
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22/30 Lizzie McGuire was a fave!
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23/30 2002: Halle Berry became the first black actress to win an Oscar for "Best Actress" for her role in "Monster's Ball"
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24/30 Crop tops were so in!
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25/30 N'SYNC and Backstreet Boys performed together! Here they are backstage during the "United We Stand" Concert
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26/30 2000: First ever 'Survivor' aired
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27/30 Crimping was totally cool in the 2000s!
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28/30 2003: The infamous on-stage pash between Britney, Madonna and Christina
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29/30 DOUBLE DENIM
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30/30 2000: PS2 was released
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