2000s: 21 years in - Roku's Reviews

script for when roku reviews the whole 2000s

overview
what's up diggity dogs, it's roku, back again with another epic video and yes, this is what it looks like *snaps* yep, back again with another review but this time, the 21st century so far. and yes, i like this vhs filter. the 21st century, it exists. yep, everything here is raw and new. yep, here we go

2000
it 1999 at 11:59 PM on december 31st. and everyone is waiting for the ball to drop and everyone is chanting those final words as the ball drops "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" and it is officially the 2nd millennium. A rare century leap year date occurs. The Canonization of Faustina Kowalska occurs in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide. Release date of the Sony PlayStation 2 in Japan. Abu Sayyaf gunmen seized 21 people including 10 tourists and 11 resort workers, two of them Filipinos, from the resort island of Sipadan, Malaysia. End of Israeli occupation of Lebanon. The ILOVEYOU computer virus affects Windows computers and spreads fast. The British Army launches Operation Palliser which effectively ends the Sierra Leone Civil War. India becomes the second country to reach 1 billion people. 2000 inter-Korean summit, the first inter-Korean summit. Premiere of Disney's Fantasia 2000. Elián González returns to Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel González, ending a protracted custody battle. Philippine forces capture the main camp of MILF, Camp Abubakar in Mindanao. Air France Flight 4590 crashes into a hotel in Gonesse, France just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel. The Millennium Summit, a meeting among many world leaders at the United Nations headquarters in New York City with the purpose of discussing the role of the United Nations at the turn of the 21st century. The Second Intifada begins. Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, President of Yugoslavia. al-Qaeda suicide bombs the USS Cole, killing 17 sailors, injuring 39 others, and damaging the ship. Release date of the Sony PlayStation 2 in North America. Vicente Fox becomes the first opposition President of Mexico, ending 71 years of single-party rule in the nation. George W. Bush is elected President of the United States, after a contentious recount in Florida. First long-term residents (Expedition 1) of the International Space Station, whose first component was launched in 1998. The Luoyang Christmas fire at a shopping center in China kills 309 people. Multiple terrorist bombings in Metro Manila occurs on Rizal Day, killing 22 people and injuring more than 120 others.

2001
2001 appears and *disappointment*