The Year 2000
Sony releases the Playstation 2. First International Space Station Crew. The new Millennium Bridge across the Thames is opens on June 10th and is closed on June 12th due to safety fears for modifications, Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 5 on the ground, The Summer Olympics are held in Sydney, Australia, A huge solar flare, known as the Bastille Day Event, occurs on July 14th, reaching Earth within 15 minutes, causing disruptions to satellites and exposing air travelers to radiation that was equal to that of a chest x-ray, The use of mobile phones continues to grow as mobile phones move from a "Yuppie Device" to an essential consumer product, Mad Cow Disease causes alarm in Europe due to it's growth.