Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Centre of Excellence in Anishinaabe Education in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Centre of Excellence in Anishinaabe Education in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Centre of Excellence in Anishinaabe Education in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Centre of Excellence in Anishinaabe Education in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Centre of Excellence in Anishinaabe Education in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Centre of Excellence in Anishinaabe Education in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the Algoma Steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the Algoma Steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the Algoma Steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks after touring the Algoma Steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the Algoma Steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2021. Gino Donato/Pool via REUTERS 

English couple Annette French (L) and Kelvin Ludlow kiss during a display of fireworks exploding over Sydney's Harbour Bridge moments after Australia's largest city ushered in the new millennium at midnight January 1. Over one million people crowded the foreshores of Sydney's harbour to watch the world's biggest fireworks display to mark the beginning of a new milllennium. 

Malaysians celebrate as fireworks explode over the world's tallest building, the Petronas Twin Towers, at midnight in Kuala Lumpur January 1. More than 100,000 people gathered at the foot of the towers for the countdown of the new millennium. 

Revellers Holly Inkster (L) and Ineke Van Peer (R), both from Wellington, celebrate the new year in Gisborne town square, January 1. Gisborne is the first city to see the light of each new day, and will be the first to see the dawn of the new millennium. 

Chinese soldiers perform a dance to celebrate the millennium changeover at the newly-built China Century Monument in west Beijing January 1. Tens of Thousands of Chinese took part in an extravaganza to usher in the new millennium at the 200 million yuan ( $24 million) monument which is designed after the Temple of Heaven used by Chinese emperors to perform major ceremonial rites.
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The first dawn of the new millennium is seen in Gisborne, New Zealand, at 5:46am New Zealand Daylight Savings time January 1. Gisborne is the first city to see the light of each new day. 

U.S. President Bill Clinton smiles while attending the "Millennium Around the World" event at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center December 31. Clinton, speaking to dignitaries and children from 100 countries, said growing global interdependence should help bring about peace in the new millennium.
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev touch hands during Gorbachev's address to the Extraordinary meeting of the Supreme Soviet of Russian Federation in Moscow, August 23, 1991. REUTERS/Gennady Galperin (RUSSIA) 

- FILE PHOTO 20AUG91 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin waves from the balcony of the Russian parliament to a crowds of demonstrators protesting against overthrow of [Gorbachev. Yeltsin announced his resignation on Friday and said that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would be Russia's acting President until the next election in three months time. ] 

U.S. President and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton look up into the sun December 31 while viewing a parachutists flyover at the opening ceremony of the "America's Millennium" celebration. The president noted that "the light may be fading on the 20th century, but the sun is still rising on America."
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Fireworks illuminate the newly-built China Century Monument in west Beijing as Chinese perform lion and dragon dances January 1. Tens of thousands of Chinese took part in the extravaganza to usher in the new millennium at the 200 million yuan ( $24 million) monument which is designed after the Temple of Heaven used by Chinese emperors to perform major ceremonial rites.
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A reveler in Times Square wearing year 2000 glasses cheers on the festivities as she waits for the new year in New York, December 31. Two million people are expected in Times Square to welcome the start of the new millennium.
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Officials of the New York Stock Exchage celebrate the last closing bell of the 20th Century in New York December 31. U.S. stocks ended at record highs capping off a year of stellar gains on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 44.26 points to close at 11,497.12.
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Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the Russian Security Council in the Kremlin December 31. I[n a broadcast on national television on Friday President Boris Yeltsin announced his shock resignation after eight years as leader of the world's largest country and handed over his duties to Prime Minister Putin. ] 

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) chairs a cabinet meeting in Russia's White House December 31. [In a broadcast on national television on Friday President Boris Yeltsin announced his shock resignation after eight years as leader of the world's largest country and handed over his duties to Prime Minister Putin. ] 

A laser fired from the north side of the River Thames, [by Prime Minister Tony Blair], hits the Millennium Wheel, at the start of New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital, Friday 31st December. Plans for passengers to use the new attraction tonight had to be scrapped after a last-minute safety hitch. ??» 

Roy E. Disney, vice chairman of the Walt Disney Company and executive producer of the animated film "Fantasia 2000," poses as he arrives for the film's premiere December 31 in Pasadena, California. The animated film, which will be shown exclusively beginning January 1, 2000 in 75 IMAX theaters around the world, is the first full-length animated feature film to ever be formatted for the IMAX giant screen. ??» 

A couple embrace and kiss on the Mount of Olives December 31 as the sun sets over Jerusalem on the final day of the second millennium and the eve of the third. The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem's most prominent building and one of Islam's holiest sites, is behind in the walled Old City. ??» 

Maori dancers perform a ceremonial dance on the beach in Gisborne, New Zealand, January 1, at a dawn ceremony celebrating the new year. The Maori name for the district, Tairawhiti, means the coast upon which the sun shines across the waters. ??» 

D. Sharan, the captain of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane is mobbed by newsmen at New Delhi airport December 31. More than 150 hostages were freed earlier in the day from the hijacked plane in southern Afghanistan after the Indian government released three Islamic militants from prison.
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Crew members of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane are greeted with bouquets by colleagues at New Delhi Airport on December 31. More than 150 hostages were freed earlier in the day from the hijacked plane in southern Afghanistan after the Indian government released three Islamic militants from prison.
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Rachna Katyal, wife of Rupin Katyal who was killed by the hijackers, is helped on arrival at New Delhi Airport by a fellow hostage and an airline official December 31. Rupin was killed by the hijackers on December 24. The couple were returning from their honeymoon in Nepal. More than 150 hostages were freed earlier in the day from the hijacked plane in southern Afghanistan after the Indian government released three Islamic militants from prison.
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D. Sharan (L), the captain of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane is hugged by Civil Aviation minister Sharad Yadav at New Delhi airport on December 31. More than 150 hostages were freed earlier in the day from the hijacked plane in southern Afghanistan after the Indian government released three Islamic militants from prison.
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Madeleine Stievenard toasts with champagne while celebrating her birthday in Brussels December 31. Madeleine, born on the 1st January 1900, celebrated her 100th birthday a few hours before the year 2000 and declared "I am not yet ready to leave this world".
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- FILE PHOTO 22AUG91 - A triumphant Russian President Boris Yeltsin and a Soviet tank driver hold hands as they wave to a crowd of supporters from the balcony of the Russian Parliament August 22, 1991. [Yeltsin stunned his own people and the world December 31 when he chose the last day of the 20th century to resign after eight years as leader of the world's largest country.] 

Pope John Paul II holds on to his staff during a years-end vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica December 31. For the second time in days the Pope did not walk up the central aisle of the Basilica. The Pope, who is fullfilling a personal dream of his papacy by surviving to lead his Church across the threshold of 2000, bade a mixed farewell to the old millennium.
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Pope John Paul II blesses faithful from atop a mobile wooden platform with wheels as he leaves a years-end vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica December 31. For the second time in days the Pope did not walk up the central aisle of the Basilica. The Pope, who is fullfilling a personal dream of his papacy by surviving to lead his Church across the threshold of 2000, bade a mixed farewell to the old millennium.
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Pope John Paul II is pushed on a mobile wooden platform with wheels as he leaves a years-end vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica December 31. For the second time in days the Pope did not walk up the central aisle of the Basilica. The Pope, who is fullfilling a personal dream of his papacy by surviving to lead his Church across the threshold of 2000, bade a mixed farewell to the old millennium.
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Chinese perform to celebrate the millennium changeover at the newly-built China Century Monument in west Beijing January 1. Tens of thousands of Chinese took part in an extravaganza to usher in the new millennium at the 200 million yuan ( $24 million) monument which is designed after the Temple of Heaven used by Chinese emperors to perform major ceremonial rites.
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Chinese performers dressed as ancient soldiers dance to celebrate the millennium changeover at the newly-built China Century Monument in west Beijing January 1. Tens of thousands of Chinese took part in an extravaganza to usher in the new millennium at the 200 million yuan ( $24 million) monument which is designed after the Temple of Heaven used by Chinese emperors to perform major ceremonial rites.
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A man celebrates the handover of the Panama Canal on the slopes of the waterway's administration building, December 31. The Canal, built and operated by the United States, passed to Panamanian control at a noon ceremony. 

- FILE PHOTO 1989 - Boris Yeltsin smiles during a congress of People's Deputies in Moscow in this 1989 file picture. [In a broadcast on national television on Friday Yeltsin announced his shock resignation after eight years as leader of the world's largest country and handed over his duties to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. ] 

- FILE PHOTO 12JUN91 - [In a broadcast on national television on December 31 President Boris Yeltsin announced his shock resignation after eight years as leader of the world's largest country and handed over his duties to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.] Yeltsin greets people outside a polling station during voting in the first Russian Presidential election in this June 12, 1991 file photo. 

A frame taken from a Russian television broadcast on December 31 shows a set of briefcases which contain the codes to launch Russia's armoury of nuclear missiles. Russian President Boris Yeltsin stunnned his own people and the world when he resigned on Friday and handed over his duties, including the briefcase, [to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during thier meeting in the Kremlin. (EDS PLEASE NOTE: NO ADDITIONAL INFO AVAILABLE ON HOW THE SET OF CASES WORK) ]
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A masked hijacker carrying a pistol walks with Afghan Taliban (L) and Indian (R) officials prior to freeing the Indian Airlines plane with more than 150 hostages on board at Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan December 31. [Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters that hijackers have been given ten hours to quit from Afghanistan.] 

Two masked hijackers, carrying handguns, leave the Indian Airliners plane after agreeing to free the more than 150 hostages on board at Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan December 31. [Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters that the hijackers have been given ten hours to leave Afghanistan]. 

Two masked hijackers escort an unidentified Afghan Taliban official following their departure from the Indian Airlines plane which held more than 150 hostages onboard at Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan December 31. [Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters that hijackers have been given ten hours to quit from Afghanistan. ] 

The golden Dome of the Rock seen in a slow, zooming time exposure as the sun sets on the final day of the second millennium, December 31. The Dome of the Rock is one of the holiest site in the Islamic world as is the prominent and dominate visual structure in the Holy City.
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Maori warriers bring in their canoe with the dawn on Gisborne beach to participate in a Maori ceremony to welcome the sun January 1. Gisborne is the first city to see the light of each new day. The Maori name for the district, Tairawhiti, means the coast upon which the sun shines across the waters.
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat flahes a victory sign December 31 during celebrations of the millennium and the 35th anniversary of Fatah movement. More than 200,000 Palestinians flocked for the celebrations in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat lights a flame December 31. More than 200,000 Palestinians flocked for the celebrations in the Gaza Strip.
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Pro-Iranian Hizbolah children, in military uniforms, hold toys rifles during a parade held in Beirut's suburbs December 31. Hizbollah celebrate the last Friday of Ramadan, the holy fasting month, as Jerusalem day, [which was annouced by Iranian leader late Ayatollah Khomani. ] 

Pro-Iranian Hizbollah militants walk over an Israeli and American flags during a parade held in Beirut's suburbs December 31. Hizbollah celebrate the last Friday of Ramadan, the holy fasting month, as Jerusalem day, [which was annouced by Iranian leader late Ayatollah Khomani. ] 

French President Jacques Chirac presents his New Year wishes to the French people in a nationwide TV address December 31. [Paris is expecting over a million people on its famous Champs Elysees avenue tonight to celebrate the New Year. ]
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One of 18 giant illuminated lanterns floats on Sydney Harbour past the smiling entrance of Sydney's landmark Luna Park amusement complex late December 3 during celebrations welcoming the New Year. Up to one million people have lined the foreshore of Sydney's harbour as one of the first major cities on earth celebrates the new millennium.
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Performers from Australia's Dance Theatre run down the roof of Sydney's Opera House late December 31 during celebrations welcoming the new year. Up to one million people have lined the foreshore of Sydney harbour as one of the first major cities on earth celebrates the new millennium.
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Fireworks explode over Sydney's Opera House late December 31 in a small display of pyrotechnics prior to a midnight fireworks extravaganza. Up to one million people have made their way to the shore of Sydney's harbour to greet the arrival of the new millennium.
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ustralians react as the clock strikes midnight ushering in the new millennium January 1, as fireworks explode from the Opera House in Sydney. Over one million people crowded the foreshores of Sydney's harbour to welcome in the year 2000.
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English couple Annette French (L) and Kelvin Ludlow kiss during a display of fireworks exploding over Sydney's Harbour Bridge moments after Australia's largest city ushered in the new millennium at midnight January 1. Over one million people crowded the foreshores of Sydney's harbour to watch the world's biggest fireworks display to mark the beginning of a new milllennium.
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The word "Eternity" lights up Sydney's Habour Bridge after a spectacular fireworks display welcomed in the year 2000 to Sydney January 1. Around a million people crowded the foreshores of Sydney harbour to welcome in the New Year and the beginning of a new millennium. Twenty tonnes of fireworks were used in the Sydney celebration, costing US$3.9 million (A$6 million).