 | Mexico City residents celebrate the new millennium Mexico City Saturday, Jan. 1, 2000. click to open  |
 | New Years Eve fireworks explode over the Toronto waterfront during Millennium celebrations, January 1. click to open |
 | Welcoming Year 2000: Balloons drop to the floor of the Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York just after midnight as guests celebrate the arrival of the New Year, Saturday Jan. 1, 2000. click to open |
 | Welcoming Year 2000: Italian tourists take in the misty firstst dawn of the new millennium over the illuminated dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2000, after a night of ringing in the new year. Some 150,000 people attended a rock concert in St. Peter's Square on New Year's Eve and received the Papal blessing at midnight. click to open |
 | Welcoming Year 2000: More than 10,000 people watch the first flag-raising ceremony in the new millennium at Tiananmen Square in Beijing Saturday, morning Jan. 1, 2000. The flag used in the ceremony had been carried into the space by China's first experimental spacecraft Shenzhou. (Xinhua) click to open |
 | Fireworks illuminate the night sky over Boston during "First Night" celebrations as people watch the festivities from the Boston Common Friday, Dec. 31, 1999. Thousands gathered for the 7 p.m. fireworks timed to coinside with the Greenwich Mean Time welcoming of the new millennium, as well as offering fireworks for children who may not stay awake until midnight. click to open |
 | Welcoming Year 2000: An ice sculpture created for the new millennium stands on the Square of Architecture in Harbin, China, Tuesday, Dec. 28. This is one in a series of ice sculptures in the city to welcome the new millennium. (AP) click to open |
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