Topic summary
March 2000
Extracted from the Wikipedia article 2000.
March
- March 4 – Sony releases the PlayStation 2 in Japan to compete with the Dreamcast. It launches in other countries later in the year.
- March 10 – The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048. Two weeks later, the NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, and Wilshire 5000 reach their peaks prior to the Dot-com bubble, ending a bull market run that had lasted over 17 years.
- March 12
- Pope John Paul IIapologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
- A Zenit-3SL sea launch fails due to a software bug.