RTXJEWU
31 Dec. 1999
Sydney, Australia
Fireworks explode over Sydney's Harbour Bridge and Opera House January 1 as the Olympic city welcomes in the year 2000. 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).
