🧠 Inventions of 2000
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
USB Flash Drive
2 
Wi-Fi Mass Adoption
3 
Digital Camera Consumer Boom
4 
Online Search Advertising
5 
Human Genome Draft Completion
6 
MP3 Digital Music Ecosystem
7 
Voice over IP Services Expansion
8 
Flat-Panel LCD Television
9 
Online Mapping Services
10 
E-Book Reader Concept
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON April 17, 2000
Full News Archive
- Headline: Corzine's Vision for Health and Education. Impact: Corzine's health and education plans would eventually lead to a national debate on healthcare that still haunts politicians today. Somewhere, a health policy analyst is still crying over the complexities of it all. Thanks, Jon!. Fact: Fun fact: Corzine once tried to pitch a universal healthcare plan involving only ice cream trucks. Because who wouldn't want a side of chocolate fudge with their check-up?.
- Headline: Analyzing NFL Draft Winners and Losers. Impact: This headline about the NFL draft spurred an entire generation of couch potatoes to believe they could be the next football superstar. Spoiler alert: most of them are still on their couches, which is probably safer for everyone involved.. Fact: Did you know that if you combine the heights and weights of all the players drafted this year, you could theoretically build a very large, very confused robot?.
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Ultimate Spider-Man #1
$100
The Authority #12
$50
New X-Men #114
$50
Superman: Y2K #1
$30.00
Transmetropolitan #31
$15
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Razor Scooter
$150.00
Teksta Robotic Puppy
$75.00
Poo-Chi
$200.00
Pokemon Trading Card Game
$300.00
Hit Clips
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Sims
$50.00
Diablo II
$200.00
Counter-Strike
$100.00
Final Fantasy IX
$200.00
Tony Hawk'S Pro Skater 2
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady Autograph Rookie Card
$20,000
2000 Pokémon Neo Genesis 1st Edition Lugia Holo
$60,000
2000 Bowman Chrome Tom Brady Rookie Card
$3,000
2000 Magic: The Gathering Nemesis Foil Brainstorm
$150
2000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon 1st Edition Blue-Eyes White Dragon
$10,000