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{{Infobox television The album sticks with the theme of pop/rock and having a musical styling of that genre but aged appropriate for children.
 * Barney Rocks! is an album that was released on CD and cassette on August 15, 2000 under the music division of Lyrick Studios, making it the final album to be released under the studio. It was soon re-released by Koch Records and HIT Entertainment in 2003 along with previous Barney albums. The album was released the same day as Come on Over to Barney's House and it was the only album to have the Barney character be voiced by Duncan Brannan.

Following the release of Barney Rocks, a Spanish language version, Barney Rocks! (En Español!) was released on March 2, 2001. Inspired by the album, a stage show was performed in Mexico from 2010-2011 titled Barney Rocks! El Concierto en Vivo taking songs from the album and other Barney media.

Songs

 * 1) That's How You Make Rock-N-Roll
 * 2) A Rock N Roll Star
 * 3) Blue Jay Blues
 * 4) It's a Fun, Fun Sunny Day!
 * 5) Walk Around the Block
 * 6) Imagine a Place
 * 7) I Just Can't Wait
 * 8) Anything Can Happen
 * 9) Colors All Around
 * 10) I'd Love to Sail
 * 11) By Myself
 * 12) Barney's Rockin' Nursery Rhyme Medley: Mary Had a Little Lamb/Hickory Dickory Dock/Pat-a-Cake/Jack and Jill/This Little Piggy
 * 13) Pretty Kitty Blues
 * 14) I Put a Smile On
 * 15) Surfin' on the World Wide Web
 * 16) Squishy, Squashy, Washy
 * 17) Have a Snack!
 * 18) Snackin' on Healthy Food
 * 19) Pumpernickel
 * 20) Sour Pickle Face
 * 21) Icky, Squishy, Gooey, Ooey
 * 22) Count the Stars
 * 23) Mr. Star
 * 24) Trying on Dreams
 * 25) I'm Glad I Have a Brother
 * 26) Look at Me I'm Dancing!
 * 27) The Gaggle, Giggle, Wiggle Dance
 * 28) The Dino Dance
 * 29) Someone to Love You Forever
 * 30) I Love You
 * 31) That's How You Make Rock-N-Roll (Reprise)

Trivia

 * This is the only album in which Duncan Brannan voices Barney.
 * The DVD version of Come on Over to Barney's House includes 5 songs from this album. However, because this album was not complete as the DVD was being produced, none of the recordings are exactly as they were on the soundtrack album. "By Myself" and "I Put a Smile On" even featured Bob West'sBarney voice, despite the fact that the character was voiced by Duncan Brannan in the finished album.﻿ The recording of "I Put a Smile On" was taken from Barney's Musical Castle.
 * The version of "Anything Can Happen" that is in this album is the same as the one used in Come on Over to Barney's House. However, it is shortened.

Plot
When Emily announces that she can't go to the circus on Saturday because of her family's vacation, Barney and his friends put one on. Barney plays ringmaster, while the children perform in many different acts. Meanwhile, BJ waits for his cannon to arrive, but when it turns out to be too small, Scooter McNutty is the one who gets shot out.

Cast

 * Barney (Voice: Duncan Brannan/Tim Dever/Body: David Joyner)
 * Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson/Body: Jeff Ayers)
 * BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz/Body: Jeff Brooks)
 * Kristen (Sara Hickman)
 * Stephen (Chase Gallatin)
 * Kim (Erica Rhodes)
 * Danny (Jeffrey Hood)
 * Emily (Hannah Owens)
 * Scooter McNutty (Todd Duffey)
 * Clowns (Susan Borg, Jimmy Perini, Alberto Ramirez, Rik Gen and David Voss)
 * Teddy Bear (Costume: David Voss)

Songs

 * 1) Barney Theme Song
 * 2) Animal Fair
 * 3) Puttin' on a Show
 * 4) When the Circus Comes to Town
 * 5) The Marching Song
 * 6) The Rainbow Song
 * 7) Laugh with Me!
 * 8) Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy?
 * 9) Brushing My Teeth
 * 10) The Squirrel on the Flying Trapeze
 * 11) Yankee Doodle
 * 12) The Exercise Song
 * 13) Me and My Teddy
 * 14) When the Circus Comes to Town (Reprise)
 * 15) I Love You

Gallery
See the gallery of releases and film schedule

Trivia

 * This video marked:
 * The last home video to have Bob Singleton as a musical director (unless if you count the screener copy of Be My Valentine, Love Barney).
 * The only time Kristen and Emily appeared together.
 * The first home video where Barney is not voiced by Bob West.
 * The first home video since My Party with Barney in which Barney is voiced by Duncan Brannan. This is also the first time Duncan Brannan sings as Barney. In My Party with Barney, he only did the dialogue, while Bob West did the singing.
 * The first home video where Barney is voiced by Tim Dever.
 * This video was originally called "Super-Dee-Duper Circus".
 * The production for this video took place from August 9-20, 1999.
 * The title card only calls "Super Singing Circus", even though this video is called "Barney's Super Singing Circus".
 * Kristen returns in this video after being absent for almost a year, since Barney's Night Before Christmas.
 * David Voss played one of the clowns and The Teddy Bear. This is also another time he portrayed a character.
 * The third verse to "Me and My Teddy" wasn't used because this song was shortened, most likely in an attempt to save time.
 * On August 23, 2000, this video was featured in the Blockbuster Exclusive video, Barney's Big Top Fun (along with "The Exercise Circus!").


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Plot
It’s Halloween! And Barney and his friends prepare for the big Halloween party at the school gym. From Indian corn to smiling jack-o-lanterns, the gym is aglow with the colors of fall. Meanwhile, BJ and Baby Bop are putting the final touches on their Halloween costumes as they get ready for a fun-filled night of trick-or-treating. Finally, evening arrives, the Halloween party begins, and the trick-or-treaters set out to search for goodies. Unfortunately, after a full night of trying, BJ comes up just a bit empty-handed. But when he and Baby Bop return to school, they soon find out that their friends have plenty of goodies and surprises waiting for them. Sometimes, the best treats at Halloween are good friends.

Poems: Five Little Owls

Cast

 * Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner)
 * Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jeff Ayers)
 * BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jeff Brooks)
 * Curtis (Monte Black)
 * Hannah (Marisa Kuers)
 * Stephen (Chase Gallatin)
 * Keesha (Mera Baker)
 * Ashley (Maurie Chandler) (cameo)
 * Alissa (Monet Chandler) (cameo)
 * Mr. Boyd (Robert Sweatmon)
 * Miss Kepler (Gene Raye Price)
 * Farmer Dooley (Dave Tanner) (debut)
 * Mrs. Pennypacker (Dottie Hall) (debut)

Songs

 * 1) Barney Theme Song
 * 2) It's Halloween Night Tonight
 * 3) Pop Goes the Weasel
 * 4) I Like Autumn
 * 5) Apples
 * 6) So Many Pumpkins
 * 7) S-M-I-L-E
 * 8) Icky, Squishy, Gooey, Ooey!
 * 9) Itsy Bitsy Spider
 * 10) Itsy Bitsy Spider (Reprise)
 * 11) Five Little Owls
 * 12) What I Want to Be
 * 13) It's Halloween Night Tonight (Reprise)
 * 14) A Big Parade of Costumes
 * 15) Toss It in a Window
 * 16) It's C-C Cold BRRRR!
 * 17) One, Two, You Know What to Do
 * 18) I Love You

Trivia

 * This video marked:
 * The first Halloween special in the Barney franchise.
 * The last Barney home video to feature Groundling Marsh and Joe Scruggs preview.
 * The last use of the Season 4 versions of the "Barney Theme Song" and "I Love You". The Season 4 vocals for the "Barney Theme Song" returned on the screening copy of Be My Valentine, Love Barney.
 * The last use of the Season 4 Barney costume.
 * The first appearances of Farmer Dooley and Miss Pennypacker. Farmer Dooley would later reappear in the 2005 home video, Let's Go to the Farm, and Miss Pennypacker would later reappear in the 1999 home video Walk Around the Block with Barney.
 * The only time we ever see the school gym.
 * The first home video where Mr. Boyd appears in.
 * During the song, "A Big Parade of Costumes", one of the kids in the background of the stage is wearing the same cheerleading uniform Luci wore in the Season 1 episode "Carnival of Numbers". The uniform was also seen in the Season 3 episode "Are We There Yet?".
 * When BJ says "Thanks Mrs. Pennypacker", you can see that Baby Bop lip syncs the exact same words.
 * The preview for this video is announced by Dean Barnett. On VHS, that preview only appeared in Come on Over to Barney's House.
 * This video was shown in "Children's Favorites: Halloween Treats".
 * Goof: During the end credits, Baby Bop's name was mispelled "Baby Bob".

Gallery
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January

 * January 2 – Massacre of twenty Copts by Muslim villagers in Kosheh, Egypt.
 * January 6 – The last natural Pyrenean ibex is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree.
 * January 10 – America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
 * January 14
 * The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
 * A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
 * January 18 – The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
 * January 30 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the coast of Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
 * January 31 it's 2000 like a 1993 1996 and 1998 one.
 * Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.
 * Dr. Harold Shipman is found guilty of murdering 15 patients between 1998 at Hyde, Greater Manchester, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

February

 * February 4 – German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion, in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
 * February 9 – Torrential rains in Africa lead to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.
 * February 13 – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
 * February 21 – UNESCO holds the inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day.
 * February 29 – A rare century leap year date occurs. Usually, century years are common years due to not being exactly divisible by 400. 2000 is the first such year to have a February 29 since the year 1600, making it only the second such occasion since the Lilian rule was introduced in the late 16th century. The next such leap year will occur in 2400.

March

 * March 8 – Tokyo train disaster: A sideswipe collision of two Tokyo Metro trains kills five people.
 * 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 lasted over 17 years.
 * March 12
 * Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
 * A Zenit-3SL launch fails due to a software bug.
 * March 13 – The United States dollar becomes the official currency of Ecuador, replacing the Ecuadorian sucre.

April

 * April 3 – United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
 * April 22 – In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, D.C., ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history.
 * April 30 – Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.

May

 * May 1 – A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a natural or man-made material.
 * May 3 – In San Antonio, Texas, computer pioneer Datapoint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
 * May 4 – The 7.6 Central Sulawesi earthquake affects Banggai, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.
 * May 5
 * After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
 * A rare conjunction of seven celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, planets Mercury–Saturn) occurs during the new moon.
 * May 11 – The billionth living person in India is born.
 * May 13
 * A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, Netherlands, kills 23.
 * Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
 * May 24 – Real Madrid C.F. defeats Valencia CF 3–0 in the UEFA Champions League Final at Stade de France to win their second title between 1998, and their eighth overall.

USA
I think that you should add the United States under the Sub-category for all of the years, so its easy to get to national events if you live in the United States, like me.--67.168.180.94 02:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * There are articles such as 2000 in the United States for that. Qzm (talk) 03:16, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

405
I have changed the text of '405 the movie' from being the first short film to being 'a' short film as i would argue the 1998 short Troops better qualifies as the first major short on the net. See Kronschnabl & Rawlings 2004:18  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.26.136 (talk) 12:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Academy Awards
Oops! the year 2000 Academy Awards results were, of course, the year 2001 winners, the Academy Awards pages should be reformatted soon for more clarity. --Neeklamy

1990s
Oughtn't this page to be in decade 1990's? Fi 19:14 Jan 24, 2003 (UTC)
 * "2000 was also the first year of the 2000s decade." - is that true? then the 2000s decade spans two centuries?Cander0000 (talk) 04:20, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Americentrism
The sports section is somewhat biased towards the USA! markb
 * So add something that isn't. RickK | Talk 01:49, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Calendar
Ack. Can we please delete that ugly calendar, or at least move it to the bottom of the page? RickK | Talk 01:49, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)


 * I have removed it. It was ugly and no other year pages seem to have it, so I don't see why 2000 should be the odd one out. -- Popsracer 05:39, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Bullet
Removed bullet in "see also" box as per discussion on WikiProject_Years --(talk to)BozMo 16:02, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Navigation
I've tentatively added a navbox template to replace the rather unattractive navigational elements at the top of the page. Dicussion at WikiProject Years. -- Seth Ilys 23:49, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Leap year
Huh? 2000 wasn't a leap year... Ashibaka &#9998; 22:47, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, it definitely was (as all years divisible by 400 are)&mdash;Trevor Caira 16:04, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Attention
Can't find this page on 'Pages needing attention'. Does the notice still apply? Btljs

I couldn't find it there either, because that page doesn't have specific requests. Maybe it did once. I tidied a bit anyway. Robin Patterson 05:57, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Prophecies
I'm sure there were a lot of crazy prophecies BEFORE 2000 on this page. We should leave them in, under a seperate, "prophecies that didnt come true, so there" category. It'd be a good lesson to everyone. Just take a look at the 2012 page.
 * That's the problem with Wikipedia. Even though there have been many, many, predictions about past years, they usually get cut out after the year is through. I don't know why- it really is interesting, what people thought would happen, and it is encyclopedic.bob bobato (talk) 16:13, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Boundaries between centuries
Curious about the use of the expression popular culture. I believe there are official contexts which define 2000 as the first year of a new century. Laurel Bush 15:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC).


 * It's the first year of a new century (as is any year), namely the years 2000-2099, but it isn't the beginning of the 21st Century in the Gregorian Calendar, which is 2001-2100. AndrewWTaylor 13:48, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Saying that the 21st century must start on 2001 rather than 2000 is a bit pedantic. Helicoptor 00:53, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * No more pedantic than saying that the 21st century must start in 2001 instead of 2005. These words we use have meanings, and regardless of how sexy it is when the 9s all roll over to 0s, that's not what defines the beginning of a new century.

I just was passing through and saw this sillyness
January 1 - Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world, even though, provided you do not count 0 as a year, the new millennium did not technically begin until January 1, 2001. Y2K causes widespread computer failures and malfunctions that many in the news media had predicted. casting the world into a non electronic dark age.

January 1 - The United stated launches nuclear missiles at china and Russia without the use of computers, they accidently hit England Rkrgoat 16:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for pointing it out...I've reverted WWIII and trimmed the bloat in that January 1 entry. -- Jim Douglas 16:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Huh?
an entry on January 1st seems to say that the electronics sector was AFRIAD for Y2K to happen —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Munkee madness (talk • contribs) 20:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC).
 * sorry bout that, i forgot to sign it Munkee madness 20:10, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

there, thats better

"The Year 2000"
Seems odd to me, but a lot of people say "the year 2000" but not, e.g., "the year 1999" or "the year 2005". If anyone has some info on why this is that may improve the article. 77.209.23.112 20:08, 29 July 2007 (UTC) whoops, normally it signs me in automatically, didn't that time. EdX20 20:11, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Can you find any reliable sources on this? If not, it's probably original research.-h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 14:57, 12 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Before 2000, it was often referred to as 'the year 2000', but since then it is usually referred to simply as 2000. It would be interesting to know why that is. Best name (talk) 11:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

bit late, but I'm pretty sure it was because it is pronounced the same as the number, whereas basically for as long as we have been useing years like that they had been pronounced differently to the number (nineteen-ninety-nine as opposed to one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine[one thousand nine hundred ninety nine if you're american]) and people wanted to be clear about what they were talking about. 130.216.69.39 (talk) 07:10, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Exceptional leap year
Since century years that aren't leap years like 1900 and 1800 are labeled as exceptional common years, since they are divisble by 4 but not leap years, should century years that are leap years like 1600 and 2000 be labeled as exceptional leap years since most years divisble by 100 arent leap years? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.248.49 (talk) 10:20, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Y2K and computers
As a comment to a recent edit, Moncrief wrote "MOST computers 'thought' it was 1900?? Huh? The problems were fixed by changing to four digits. And computers can't think anyway. WTF?????" Agreed. Computers can't think.

I began my computer programming career in 1971 on a DEC PDP-8 having a whopping 8K of memory. (Not 8 gig, not 8 meg, that's 8K. Not even RAM, that was magnetic core memory.  No hard drive, not even floppies, it used magnetic tape and punched-hole paper tape.  Took a half hour to compile a decent-sized program.)  The year 2000 was a distant dream. Two digits were plenty to record the year in a date/timestamp.

Fast-forward to the year 2001, when I visited my old home town and happened to bump into someone who "inherited" my software after I had left. She commented in a mildly critical tone, "You know, that software you wrote wasn't Y2K compliant." I said, "You mean that old software I wrote more than a quarter of a century ago is still being used today?"

Yes, my software wasn't Y2K compliant. Foolish me for assuming that it would either be scrapped, replaced or at least overhauled in 25+ years.

The DEC PDP-8? That got replaced by a PDP-11, then a Vax, then a who knows what. As for DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), it got bought by Compaq, which got bought by HP.

But my old Fortran code was still chugging along, even if it wasn't Y2K compliant. -- Art Smart (talk) 12:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

2000 start of the New millenium and 3rd century
I just wanted to say that 2000 isn't apart of the 20th century, it's also apart of the wrong millenium. It is apart of the 21st century and third millenium. That is why 2000 is know as the "Millenial year" or just the "millenials".Cakechild —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cakechild (talk • contribs) 03:08, 3 March 2009 (UTC) — Arthur Rubin (talk) 03:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The year 2000 is the last year of both the 20th century and the 2nd millenium, but it is the first year of the 2000s decade. Intolerance for Idiots (talk) 22:01, 31 December 2009 (UTC) but if its the last year of the 20th century it is also the last year of the 1990s because of this thats why nothing happened in the year 2000 because it wasnt really the change of the new millenium,nor the century,nor decade.
 * For example you think that the 90s started in january 1 1990 NO In 1990 eighties music and fashion were still popular and in 1991 everything changed drastically for example desert storm,the fall of the soviet union,music changed and also fashion changed the same with 2000
 * IMHO it's a bit more complicated. The current standard for dates is ISO 8601 and that has a year zero, and therefore, the year 2000 is now part of the third millennium. Note that the year zero was added to ISO 8601 in 2000, so the year 2000 clearly started as last year of the second millennium, and by changing conventions mid-term ended as first year of the third millennium.  Standards often codify common practice, and this change of ISO 8601 did that.  Get over it. --Bernd (talk) 19:47, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Again, changes in fashion or certain events do not usher in a new decade, numbers do. Eighties fashion and music was still popular up through about 1994 as the fashion and music of the new decade was becoming defined. Look at the 1960s, the fashions, music and lifestyles of the fifties were still popular up until 1964 when The Beatles came to America. After that different styles of music, the hippy movement started, mod fashion took over, TV went to color, etc. 1960 was still the start of the 1960s though.Bjoh249 (talk) 08:11, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Deaths
Some deaths that occurred in 2000 are on both this article and the Deaths in 2000 article, some are on that article only, and some are on this article only. What is or should be the rule / criteria / guideline for which notable deaths are included in each article? Best name (talk) 11:40, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Since there is a Deaths in 2000 article already, I would say remove them all from this page, and keep it as a See Also. Unless a president or major...major world figure died, someone whose death would have global importance - not every random "celebrity".Cander0000 (talk) 08:32, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The inclusion criteria for births and deaths is in WP:RY.  ttonyb (talk) 08:34, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid not. WP:RY only applies to deaths after the birth of Wikipedia (2002).  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 07:35, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

I still say 2000 was the start of the 3rd millennium and 21st century
No there wasn't a year 0 according to the Gregorian Calendar, but how does that make the year 2000 a part of the 2nd millennium and 20th century?? The year is already stated as the start of the 2000s decade, and the year is 2-something, not 19-something. Bjoh249 (talk) 08:15, 29 April 2011 (UTC)


 * It's still a failed proposal, as I noted when you brought this up earlier. Wikipedia is based on consensus and reliable sources, not "truth", and consensus and reliable sources are against you.  "Truth" is against you, also, but that's not important.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 14:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Excuse me? I don't believe I have ever talked to you on here. I made a perfectly good argument and who are you to talk that way to me?? Bjoh249 (talk) 03:45, 7 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I could be wrong, about you having brought it up before, although you do seem to have trouble with WP:TALK protocols, making changes to a section I already replied to. Nonetheless, it has been brought up before, and rejected.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 18:34, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't matter. It is wrong. This is elementary school type stuff here. I am pretty sure many made the argument that 2000 does begin the new millennium, it is just that these regular joe administrators only want what they believe on here and nothing else. I think my argument can better be explained with this article: http://www.mindspring.com/~jimvb/year2000.htm Bjoh249 (talk) 02:55, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for providing your reasons; however, just because it is in print does not make it true. This has been discussed many, many times and the current version is the consensus of those discussions.   ttonyb  (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

And exactly how are you wikipedia guys experts on this?? Bjoh249 (talk) 21:05, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Also the Year 2000 was a leap year and had only 28 days in February! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.40.43 (talk) 15:43, 18 November 2012 (UTC)


 * ??? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:46, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

So why does this page say 2000 is part of the 20th century when the 21st century page says the century began on January 1, 2000? SupremeRulerVic (talk) 01:38, 26 January 2015 (UTC) Never mind, I read it wrong. 2000 is part of the 20th century, my bad. SupremeRulerVic (talk) 01:52, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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Nobel Prize in Economics
There is no Nobel Prize for Economics. The proper title is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, which was establised in 1968. The first prize was awarded the following year. I notice that up to 1996 and 1998 one it's fairly accurate (although, being an encyclopedia I think the title should be completely accurate) and gradually it becomes the Nobel Prize for Economics. I refer you to the Nobel Prize website: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/ Thinman10 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:29, 9 September 2011 (UTC).

Izabella Yurieva
I question whether she is notable enough for a listing here. The article is only a paragraph long. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 07:49, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

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XFL
The announcement of the XFL doesn't even belong in 2000 in United States sports (if it existed). The start might belong in 2001 in United States sports, and possibly even in 2001 in football. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 23:56, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Maybe 2001 in sports? — Arthur Rubin  (talk)
 * Yep, it's there in 2001 in sports — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:40, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

In the Honor of the 2000s
The 1st Century: 1-100 The 2nd Century: 101-200 The 3rd Century: 201-300 The 4th Century: 301-400 The 5th Century: 401-500 The 6th Century: 501-600 The 7th Century: 601-700 The 8th Century: 701-800 The 9th Century: 801-900 The 10th Century: 901-1000 The 11th Century: 1001-1100 The 12th Century: 1101-1200 The 13th Century: 1201-1300 The 14th Century: 1301-1400 The 15th Century: 1401-1500 The 16th Century: 1501-1600 The 17th Century: 1601-1700 The 18th Century: 1701-1800 The 19th Century: 1801-1899 The 20th Century: 1900-1999

Note: The Honor of the 21st Century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.64.226.32 (talk) 16:19, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * What idea are you attempting to convey? It is not clear what kind of changes or issues you are raising with that post.--&#9790;Loriendrew&#9789; &#9743;(ring-ring)  14:05, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

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UEFA final
Why is this more notable than all the other UEFA finals? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:12, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * One problem with that question is that the now-defunct RY project completely rejected this kind of entry, so it's difficult to prove to you what is more or less notable about this particular final. One thing worth bearing in mind I suppose would be that it's a global sport (i.e. not American football) and it was broadcast globally to more than a hundred countries.  I don't think posting this one suggests that it's in any way more or less notable than any other "UEFA finals" (sic).  The Rambling Man (talk) 23:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)


 * P.S. for reasons why this kind of thing should be added, just see the following stuff which is currently included and apparently okay by you etc....


 * March 25 – The first Monster Jam World Finals is held in Las Vegas.
 * March 26 – The Seattle Kingdome is demolished by implosion.
 * March 27 – The Phillips explosion of 2000 kills 1 and injures 71 in Pasadena, Texas.
 * March 28 – A tornado hits Fort Worth, Texas, damaging the downtown area.
 * Time to start looking closer to home rather than rejecting more international entries I would suggest. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * P.S. those aren't just tidbits, that's a run of four meaningless entries, utterly US-centric, all of which have precisely zero encyclopedic value. Let's see if they get removed now.  The Rambling Man (talk) 23:30, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Fine with me. Although this article was rarely subject to WP:RY, those seem not to belong.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 01:23, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Good, those were just the tip of the iceberg, so we'll have a proper clear out now. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:22, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Faim Aydogdiyev
He may meet WP:NFOOTBALL, having played in one professional game (our article doesn't say the opposing team was in a professional league.) I'd say we should wait until he plays another game. Scoring a goal in a professional game would be even better. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 19:37, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

2nd or 3rd millennium
Is 2000 part of the 2nd or 3rd millennium? K175 (talk) 21:49, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Not necessary to add picture of individual gold medalist
I noticed on events section a picture of an individual gold medalist. I find it unnecessary. Also many won gold medal the year 2000, so what makes this particular gold medal winner worth having a picture and other winners not. If you add one gold medal winner's picture add all gold medal winner picture or do not add any at all. Picture of individual achievement that has many others with similar achievement is not note worthy at all! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.67.156.188 (talk) 15:23, 14 July 2018 (UTC) gallery of releases''

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2000 was designated as:
 * International Year for the Culture of Peace
 * World Mathematical Year

Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium due to a tendency of grouping the years according to decimal values, as if year zero were counted. According to the Gregorian calendar, these distinctions fall to the year 2001, because the 1st century was retroactively said to start with year AD 1. Since the calendar does not have year zero, its first millennium spanned from years 1 to 1000 inclusively and its second millennium from years 1001 to 2000. (See more at Century  and Millennium.)

The year 2000 is sometimes abbreviated as "Y2K" (the "Y" stands for "year", and the "K" stands for "kilo" which means "thousand"). The year 2000 was the subject of Y2K concerns, which were fears that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded, existing software. Some even obtained Y2K certification. As a result of massive effort, relatively few problems occurred.

January

 * January 2 – Massacre of twenty Copts by Muslim villagers in Kosheh, Egypt.
 * January 6 – The last natural Pyrenean ibex is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree.
 * January 10 – America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
 * January 14
 * The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
 * A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
 * January 18 – The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
 * January 30 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the coast of Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
 * January 31
 * Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.
 * Dr. Harold Shipman is found guilty of murdering 15 patients between 1998 at Hyde, Greater Manchester, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

February

 * February 4 – German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion, in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
 * February 9 – Torrential rains in Africa lead to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.
 * February 13 – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
 * February 21 – UNESCO holds the inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day.
 * February 29 – A rare century leap year date occurs. Usually, century years are common years due to not being exactly divisible by 400. 2000 is the first such year to have a February 29 since the year 1600, making it only the second such occasion since the Lilian rule was introduced in the late 16th century. The next such leap year will occur in 2400.

March

 * March 8 – Tokyo train disaster: A sideswipe collision of two Tokyo Metro trains kills five people.
 * 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 lasted over 17 years.
 * March 12
 * Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
 * A Zenit-3SL launch fails due to a software bug.
 * March 13 – The United States dollar becomes the official currency of Ecuador, replacing the Ecuadorian sucre.

April

 * April 3 – United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
 * April 22 – In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, D.C., ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history.
 * April 30 – Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.

May

 * May 1 – A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a natural or man-made material.
 * May 3 – In San Antonio, Texas, computer pioneer Datapoint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
 * May 4 – The 7.6 Central Sulawesi earthquake affects Banggai, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.
 * May 5
 * After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
 * A rare conjunction of seven celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, planets Mercury–Saturn) occurs during the new moon.
 * May 11 – The billionth living person in India is born.
 * May 13
 * A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, Netherlands, kills 23.
 * Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
 * May 24 – Real Madrid C.F. defeats Valencia CF 3–0 in the UEFA Champions League Final at Stade de France to win their second title between 1998 and their eighth overall.

June

 * June 4 – The 7.9 Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), killing 103 people and injuring 2,174–2,585.
 * June 5 – 405 The Movie, the first short film widely distributed on the Internet, is released.
 * June 10 – July 2 – Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.
 * June 17 – A centennial earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) hits Iceland on its national day.
 * June 26 – A preliminary draft of genomes, as part of the Human Genome Project, is finished. It is announced at the White House by President Clinton.
 * June 28 – Elián González returns to Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel González, ending a protracted custody battle.
 * June 30 – At the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, Denmark, nine die and 26 are injured on a set while the rock group Pearl Jam performs.

July

 * July 1 – The Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden is officially opened for traffic.
 * July 2 – France defeats Italy 2–1 after extra time in the final of the European Championship, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.
 * July 7 – The draft assembly of Human Genome Project announced at the White House by President Bill Clinton, Francis Collins, and Craig Venter.
 * July 10 – In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
 * July 14 – A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.
 * July 25 – Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde aircraft, crashes into a hotel in Gonesse just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.

August

 * August 3 – Rioting erupts on the Paulsgrove estate in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, after more than 100 people besiege a block of flats allegedly housing a convicted paedophile. This is the latest vigilante violence against suspected sex offenders since the beginning of the "naming and shaming" anti-paedophile campaign by the tabloid newspaper News of the World.
 * August 7 – DeviantART is launched.
 * August 8 – The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
 * August 12 – The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
 * August 14
 * Tsar Nicholas II and his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
 * Dora the Explorer, one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows, debuts.
 * August 23 – John Anthony Kaiser, a Roman Catholic priest, is murdered in Morendat, Kenya.
 * August 24 – The Nintendo GameCube is revealed.

September

 * September 6 – The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense.
 * September 6–8 – World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at U.N. Headquarters.
 * September 7–14 – Fuel protests take place in the United Kingdom, with refineries blockaded, and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.
 * September 10 – Operation Barras: A British military operation to free five soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment that were held captive for over two weeks during the Sierra Leone Civil War, all of which were rescued.
 * September 13 – Steve Jobs introduces the public beta of Mac OS X for US$29.95.
 * September 15 – October 1 – The 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia, is the last Olympic Games of the 20th century.
 * September 16 – Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
 * September 26 – The Greek ferry Express Samina sinks off the coast of the island of Paros; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
 * September 29 – The HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland is closed.

October

 * October 3 – Approximate start of Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods (particularly affecting England) precipitated by days of heavy rain.
 * October 5 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milošević.
 * October 6 – The last Mini is produced in Longbridge.
 * October 11 – 250 e6USgal of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).
 * October 12 – In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
 * October 22 – The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.
 * October 26
 * Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparently ancient mummy of a Persian Princess in the province of Balochistan. Iran, Pakistan and the Taliban all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a modern-day fake on April 17, 2001.
 * The New York Yankees defeat the New York Mets 4-2 in the fifth game of the World Series to win the first "Subway Series" since 1956 by 4 games to 1. The series win was the Yankees third in a row and 26th overall.
 * October 30 – This is the final date during which there is no human presence in space; on October 31, Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
 * October 31 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, resulting in 83 deaths.

November

 * November 2 – The first resident crew enters the International Space Station.
 * November 7 – In London, a criminal gang raids the Millennium Dome to steal the Millennium Star diamond, but police surveillance catches them in the act.
 * November 11 – Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.
 * November 17 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

December

 * December 7 – Kadisoka temple is discovered in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
 * December 15 – The third and final reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down and the station is shut down completely.
 * December 25 – The Luoyang Christmas fire at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.

January

 * January 1 – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater
 * January 7 – Marcus Scribner, American actor
 * January 8 – Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer
 * January 11
 * Shareef O'Neal, American basketball player
 * Marrit Steenbergen, Dutch swimmer
 * January 19 – Choi Da-bin, South Korean figure skater
 * January 27 – Morgan Gibbs-White, English footballer

February

 * February 1 – Paris Smith, American actress and singer
 * February 5 – Jordan Nagai, American actor
 * February 10 – Yara Shahidi, American actress
 * February 20 – Josh Sargent, American footballer
 * February 21
 * Cho I-hsuan, Taiwanese professional tennis player
 * Yuto Miyazawa, Japanese singer
 * February 28 – Moise Kean, Italian footballer

March

 * March 1 – Ava Allan, American actress
 * March 2
 * Nahida Akter, Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Julia Kedhammar, Swedish singer
 * Bianca Umali, Filipino actress and dancer
 * March 5 – Jack Aitchison, Scottish footballer
 * March 6 – Jacob Bertrand, American actor
 * March 10 – Norah Flatley, American artistic gymnast
 * March 15 – Kristian Kostov, Russian/Bulgarian singer-songwriter
 * March 21 – Jace Norman, American actor
 * March 25
 * Camden Pulkinen, American figure skater
 * Christian Traeumer, American actor
 * Jadon Sancho, English footballer
 * March 27 – Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
 * March 30 – Regan Mizrahi, American child actor
 * March 31 – Anu Anand, Indian actress

April

 * April 1 – Barbora Seemanová, Czech swimmer
 * April 6 – Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
 * April 7 – Ivan Ivanov, Bulgarian singer and songwriter
 * April 9 – Jackie Evancho, American soprano
 * April 11
 * Morgan Lily, American actress
 * Alexei Krasnozhon, Russian-American figure skater
 * April 13 – Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
 * April 23 – Chloe Kim, American snowboarder
 * April 28 – Ellie Carpenter, Australian footballer

May

 * May 7 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
 * May 15 – Jacob Bragg, Australian runner
 * May 18
 * Addison Holley, Canadian actress
 * Ryan Sessegnon, English footballer
 * May 23 – Evan Bird, Canadian actor
 * May 24 – Anja Crevar, Serbian swimmer
 * May 28 – Taylor Ruck, Canadian swimmer
 * May 30 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor

June

 * June 1 – Willow Shields, American actress and dancer
 * June 2 – Lilimar Hernandez, Venezuelan actress
 * June 5 – Eliias, Swedish singer
 * June 9 – Laurie Hernandez, American artistic gymnast
 * June 13 – Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
 * June 16 – Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
 * June 20 – Matthew Boling, American sprinter
 * June 23
 * Kim Hyun-soo, South Korean actress
 * Caitlin Blackwood, English actress
 * June 29 – Kia Pegg, English actress

July

 * July 1 – Lalu Muhammad Zohri, Indonesian sprinter
 * July 4 – Rikako Ikee, Japanese swimmer
 * July 6
 * Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Finnish ice hockey player
 * Zion Williamson, American basketball player
 * July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
 * July 16 – Jonathan Morgan Heit, American actor
 * July 18 – Angelina Melnikova, Russian artistic gymnast
 * July 24 – Marko Čalasan, Macedonian computer systems prodigy
 * July 25 – Ellie Soutter, British snowboarder (d. 2018)
 * July 28
 * Kaitlin De Guzman, Filipino artistic gymnast
 * Emile Smith Rowe, English footballer

August

 * August 2 – Sandeep Lamichhane, Nepalese cricketer
 * August 3 – Landry Bender, American actress
 * August 8 – Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
 * August 11 – James Cartmell, British actor
 * August 17 – Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
 * August 20 – Fátima Ptacek, American actress
 * August 21 – Kate Valdez, Filipino model and actress
 * August 24 – Griffin Gluck, American actor
 * August 25 – Vincenzo Cantiello, Italian singer
 * August 26 – Noah Ryan Scott, Canadian actor
 * August 27 – Tatsuomi Hamada, Japanese actor and model
 * August 29 – Julia Grosso, Canadian soccer player

September

 * September 1 – Jacob Ewaniuk, Canadian teen actor
 * September 5 – Ceren Akkaya, Turkish footballer
 * September 28
 * Frankie Jonas, American actor
 * Ahn Do-gyu, South Korean actor

October

 * October 6 – Isobelle Molloy, British actress
 * October 10 – Aedin Mincks, American actor
 * October 11 – Hayden Byerly, American actor
 * October 16 – David Rawle, Irish actor
 * October 25
 * Vincent Zhou, American figure skater
 * Mizuki Itagaki, Japanese actor, model, and singer
 * October 26 – Ellery Sprayberry, American actress
 * October 31 – Willow Smith, American actress and singer

November

 * November 2 – Alphonso Davies, Canadian football player
 * November 8
 * Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
 * Anastasia Skoptsova, Russian ice dancer
 * Jasmine Thompson, English singer and songwriter
 * Roy Wang, Chinese singer
 * November 10 – Mackenzie Foy, American model and actress
 * November 20 – Connie Talbot, British singer
 * November 21 – Megan Roberts, Canadian artistic gymnast
 * November 22 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress
 * November 28 – Jackson Yi, Chinese singer

December

 * December 12 – Lucas Jade Zumann, American actor
 * December 29 – Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

January

 * January 2
 * Nat Adderley, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
 * Patrick O'Brian, British writer (b. 1914)
 * Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, mother of King Juan Carlos I (b. 1910)
 * January 3 – Bernhard Wicki, Austrian actor and director (b. 1919)
 * January 4
 * Diether Krebs, German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. (b. 1947)
 * Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
 * January 7
 * Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
 * Makhmud Esambayev, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer (b. 1924)
 * January 8 – Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian and show jumper (b. 1918)
 * January 10 – Sam Jaffe, American film producer (b. 1901)
 * January 11
 * Dan Kemp, American actor (b. 1927)
 * Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
 * January 12 – Bobby Phills, American professional basketball player (b. 1969)
 * January 13 – Antti Hyvärinen, Finnish Olympic ski jumper (b. 1932)
 * January 15 – Željko Ražnatović, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. 1952)
 * January 18 – Frances Drake, American actress (b. 1912)
 * January 19
 * Bettino Craxi, Italian politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
 * Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b. 1914)
 * Alan North, American actor (b. 1920)
 * January 20 – Izabella Yurieva, Russian singer (b. 1899)
 * January 21 – Saeb Salam, Lebanese politician, 20th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1905)
 * January 24 – Rex Nelon, American Southern gospel singer (b. 1932)
 * January 26
 * Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
 * A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American science fiction author (b. 1912)

February

 * February 5
 * Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. 1901)
 * Ward Cornell, Canadian radio/TV broadcaster & educator (b. 1924)
 * February 7
 * Big Pun, American rapper (b. 1971)
 * Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
 * Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
 * February 8
 * Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
 * Bob Collins, American broadcaster (b. 1942)
 * Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Romanian lawyer and politician, 49th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1902)
 * Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
 * February 9
 * Beau Jack, American boxer (b. 1921)
 * Buck Young, American actor (b. 1920)
 * February 10 – Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
 * February 11
 * Jacqueline Auriol, French aviator (b. 1917)
 * Roger Vadim, French film director and producer (b. 1928)
 * February 12
 * Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
 * Charles M. Schulz, American comic strip artist (b. 1922)
 * Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
 * Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American rock singer and performer (b. 1929)
 * February 13 – Anders Aalborg, Canadian politician (b. 1914)
 * February 19
 * Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
 * Djidingar Dono Ngardoum, 2nd Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1928)
 * February 23
 * Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
 * Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915)

March

 * March 2 – Sandra Schmirler, Canadian Olympic curler (b. 1963)
 * March 3 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)
 * March 5
 * Lolo Ferrari, French actress and dancer (b. 1963)
 * Roma Mitchell, Australia lawyer and Governor of South Australia (b. 1913)
 * March 6
 * John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
 * Abraham Waligo, Ugandan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1928)
 * March 7
 * Charles Gray, English actor (b. 1928)
 * Masami Yoshida, Japanese athlete (b. 1958)
 * March 9
 * Artyom Borovik, Russian journalist and media magnate (b. 1960)
 * Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and music educator (b. 1908)
 * March 11
 * Will Roberts, British painter (b. 1907)
 * Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (b. 1912)
 * March 20 – Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
 * March 27 – Ian Dury, British rock musician (b. 1942)
 * March 28 – Anthony Powell, British author (b. 1905)
 * March 30 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian diplomat and 8th President of Austria (b. 1915)

April



 * April 2 – Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mafioso informant (b. 1928)
 * April 3 – Terence McKenna, American writer, philosopher, writer and entheogen advocate (b. 1946)
 * April 4 – Derek Allhusen, British equestrian (b. 1914)
 * April 5 – Lee Petty, American race-car driver (b. 1914)
 * April 6 – Habib Bourguiba, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
 * April 8
 * Bernie Grant, British politician (b. 1944)
 * Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
 * April 10
 * Rabah Bitat, Algerian politician and Interim President of Algeria (b. 1925)
 * Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
 * April 11 – Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
 * April 13 – Albert Turner, American civil rights activist (b. 1936)
 * April 14 – Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962)
 * April 15 – Edward Gorey, American writer and illustrator (b. 1925)
 * April 16 – Putra of Perlis, Malaysian King (b. 1920)
 * April 25 – David Merrick, American stage producer (b. 1911)
 * April 27 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer and actress (b. 1954)
 * April 28 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
 * April 29 – Phạm Văn Đồng, 2nd Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (b. 1906)
 * April 30 – Poul Hartling, Danish diplomat and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)

May

 * May 1
 * Steve Reeves, American actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
 * Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (b. 1961)
 * May 2 – Sundar Popo, Indo-Trinidadian chutney musician (b. 1943)
 * May 3 – Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
 * May 7 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
 * May 8 – Hubert Maga, 1st President of Dahomey (b. 1916)
 * May 10
 * Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
 * Craig Stevens, American actor (b. 1918)
 * May 11 – René Muñoz, Cuban actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
 * May 12 – Adam Petty, American NASCAR driver (b. 1980)
 * May 13
 * Paul Bartel, American actor, writer and director (b. 1938)
 * Tomomi Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1951)
 * May 14 – Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 54th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
 * May 19
 * Petter Hugsted, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper (b. 1921)
 * Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1933)
 * May 20
 * Edward Bernds, American director (b. 1905)
 * Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)
 * May 21
 * Dame Barbara Cartland, British novelist (b. 1901)
 * Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
 * Mark R. Hughes, American MLM founder (b. 1956)
 * Erich Mielke, German secret police official (b. 1907)
 * May 24 – Oleg Yefremov, Soviet/Russian actor and producer (b. 1927)
 * May 25 – Francis Lederer, French film and stage actor (b. 1899)
 * May 27
 * Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)
 * Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
 * May 30 – Doris Hare, British actress (b. 1905)
 * May 31
 * Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat and politician, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1936)
 * Tito Puente, American jazz musician (b. 1923)

June



 * June 3 – Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
 * June 10
 * Hafez al-Assad, Syrian politician and general, 18th President of Syria (b. 1930)
 * Frank Patterson, Irish tenor (b. 1938)
 * June 12 – Logan Ramsey, American actor (b. 1921)
 * June 14 – Robert Trent Jones, English-born golf course designer (b. 1906)
 * June 16 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903)
 * June 17 – Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (b. 1931)
 * June 18 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
 * June 19 – Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician, 46th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1924)
 * June 21 – Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911)
 * June 24 – David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
 * June 27 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
 * June 29 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)

July

 * July 1 – Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
 * July 2 – Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcyclist (b. 1952)
 * July 6 – Lazar Koliševski, 2nd President of Yugoslavia (b. 1914)
 * July 7
 * Kenny Irwin Jr., NASCAR Driver (b. 1969)
 * James C. Quayle, American newspaper publisher (b. 1921)
 * July 8 – FM-2030, Transhumanist philosopher (b. 1930)
 * July 10
 * Vakkom Majeed, Indian freedom fighter and Legislative member (b. 1909)
 * Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept of Ireland (b. 1912)
 * July 11 – Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921)
 * July 12 – Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer (b. 1908)
 * July 15 – Kalle Svensson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
 * July 21 – Yosef Qafih, Israeli rabbi (b. 1917)
 * July 27 – Virginia Admiral, American painter and poet (b. 1915)
 * July 28 – Abraham Pais, American physicist (b. 1918)
 * July 29 – René Favaloro, Argentinian cardiologist (b. 1923)

August

 * August 3 – Isolina Ferre, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic nun (b. 1914)
 * August 5
 * Otto Buchsbaum, German writer and ecological activist (b. 1920)
 * Sir Alec Guinness, British actor and writer (b. 1914)
 * August 6
 * Sir Robin Day, British political broadcaster (b. 1923)
 * Don A. Jones, American admiral and civil engineer (b. 1912)
 * August 8 – K. Kailasanatha Kurukkal, Sri Lankan researcher, writer and professor (b. 1921)
 * August 9 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist (b. 1920)
 * August 12
 * Dave Edwards, American musician (b. 1941)
 * Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)
 * August 13 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (b. 1964)
 * August 19 – Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo activist and leader (b. 1946)
 * August 20 – Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)
 * August 21 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
 * August 22 – Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani political figure, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
 * August 24 – Andy Hug, Swiss Seidokaikan karateka and kickboxer (b. 1964)
 * August 25
 * Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * Ivan Stambolić, Serbian politician (b. 1936)
 * August 30 – David Haskell, American actor (b. 1948)

September

 * September 2
 * Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (b. 1905)
 * Curt Siodmak, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1902)
 * Jean Speegle Howard, American actress (b. 1927)
 * September 5 – Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (b. 1918)
 * September 14 – Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
 * September 16 – Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
 * September 17
 * Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist (b. 1903)
 * Paula Yates, British television presenter (b. 1959)
 * September 19
 * Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911)
 * Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
 * September 20 – Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
 * September 22 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese fighter ace (b. 1916)
 * September 25 – R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913)
 * September 26 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
 * September 27 – Sammy Luftspring, Canadian boxer (b. 1916)
 * September 28
 * Peter Gennaro, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
 * Pote Sarasin, Thai diplomat and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
 * Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
 * September 29 – Maningning Miclat, Filipino poet and painter (b. 1972)

October

 * October 1 – Rosie Douglas, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1941)
 * October 3 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
 * October 4 – Michael Smith, English-born chemist (b. 1932)
 * October 6 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)
 * October 7 – Walter Krupinski, German fighter ace and general (b. 1920)
 * October 8 – Sheila Holland, English writer (b. 1937)
 * October 9 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, British recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
 * October 10 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Ceylon and 2-time Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
 * October 11 – Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
 * October 13 – Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
 * October 14 – Tony Roper, American NASCAR driver (b. 1964)
 * October 15 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist (b. 1912)
 * October 16
 * Mel Carnahan, American politician (b. 1934)
 * Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
 * October 18
 * Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
 * Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
 * October 19 – Charles Perkins, Australian aboriginal activist and soccer player (b. 1936)
 * October 21 – Reginald Kray, British criminal (b. 1933)
 * October 22
 * Fred Pratt Green, British Methodist minister and hymn writer (b. 1903)
 * Jean-Luc Mandaba, 11th Prime Minister of Central African Republic (b. 1943)
 * October 23
 * Rodney Anoa'i, American wrestler (b. 1966)
 * Nils Tapp, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1917)
 * October 27 – Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)
 * October 28 – Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
 * October 30 – Steve Allen, American comedian and author (b. 1921)
 * October 31 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)

November

 * November 5
 * David Brower, American environmental activist (b. 1912)
 * Jimmie Davis, American singer (b. 1899)
 * Roger Peyrefitte, French writer and diplomat (b. 1907)
 * November 6 – L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907)
 * November 7
 * C Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910)
 * Ingrid of Sweden, Queen consort of Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1910)
 * November 8 – Józef Pińkowski, Polish politician, 50th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1929)
 * November 10
 * Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and professor, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
 * Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, 102nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
 * November 11 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1915)
 * November 16
 * DJ Screw, American hip hop DJ (b. 1971)
 * Hosea Williams, American civil rights leader, activist, minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician (b. 1926)
 * November 17 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
 * November 19 – George Cosmas Adyebo, Ugandan economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1947)
 * November 20 – Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, and artist (b. 1927)
 * November 22
 * Sir Cyril Astley Clarke, British physician, geneticist and entomologist (b. 1907)
 * Christian Marquand, French actor and director (b. 1927)
 * Emil Zátopek, Czechoslovakian Olympic athlete (b. 1922)
 * November 28 – Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)

December

 * December 2 – Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
 * December 3 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American writer (b. 1917)
 * December 6 – Werner Klemperer, American actor (b. 1920)
 * December 8 – Ionatana Ionatana, 5th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1938)
 * December 10
 * Paul Avery, American journalist (b. 1934)
 * Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
 * December 11 – Johannes Virolainen, Finnish politician, 30th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1914)
 * December 17 – Blaise Rabetafika, Malagasy diplomat (b. 1932)
 * December 18 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer (b. 1959)
 * December 19
 * John Lindsay, American politician and lawyer, Mayor of New York City (b. 1921)
 * Roebuck "Pops" Staples, American musician (b. 1914)
 * Son Sann, Cambodian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1911)
 * December 23
 * Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
 * Victor Borge, Danish-born American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
 * December 26 – Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
 * December 30 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * December 31 – Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli settler leader (b. 1966)

Nobel Prizes

 * Chemistry – Alan J. Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa
 * Economics – James Heckman and Daniel McFadden
 * Literature – Gao Xingjian
 * Peace – Kim Dae-jung
 * Physics – Zhores Alferov, Herbert Kroemer, and Jack Kilby
 * Physiology or Medicine – Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard, and Eric Kandel

Plot
Barney, Baby Bop, BJ and the kids take a musical journey to the North Pole where they are greeted as very special guests at Santa's Workshop. With music in the air and Christmas presents everywhere, it's a dream come true as Santa unveils his secret toys for this year's Christmas. Watch in wonderment as Mrs. Claus takes the kids on an enchanted train ride through Santa's Toy Factory. Then it's off to a Christmas gift-wrapping party where everyone helps Santa put the finishing touches on this year's presents.

Cast

 * Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner)
 * Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Body: Jeff Ayers)
 * BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jeff Brooks)
 * Hannah (Marisa Kuers)
 * Robert (Angel Velasco)
 * Keesha (Mera Baker)
 * Stephen (Chase Gallatin)
 * Hannah's Mom (Carolyn McCormick)
 * Hannah's Dad (John Swasey)
 * Santa Claus (Frank Baker)
 * Mrs. Claus (Susan Largo)
 * Ballerina (Audrea Ulmer)
 * Choir Master (Larry Haron)
 * Bell Choir (Austin Ball, Maurie Chandler, Monet Chandler, Sara Hickman, Jeffrey Hood and Adrianne Kangas)
 * Carolers (Mona Baker, Bobby Butler, Lucien Douglas, Gilbert Gonzales, Lori Plummer, Erica Rhodes and Heidi Zeko)

Songs

 * 1) Barney Theme Song
 * 2) Jingle at the Window
 * 3) Winter's Wonderful
 * 4) Deck the Halls
 * 5) Oh, Christmas Tree
 * 6) Jolly Old St. Nicholas
 * 7) Jingle Bells
 * 8) Look into Santa's Book
 * 9) Joy to the World (Instrumental)
 * 10) Christmas is Our Favorite Time of Year
 * 11) Wrap It Up
 * 12) The 12 Days of Christmas
 * 13) The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Instrumental)
 * 14) Christmas Medley: Silent Night (Instrumental) / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
 * 15) Up on the Housetop
 * 16) I Love You

Music and Soundtrack
Main Article:  Barney's Night Before Christmas (soundtrack)

Main Article:   Barney's Sing-Along: Night Before Christmas

Book
 Main Article: Barney's Night Before Christmas (Book)

Television Airings

 * This video aired on Disney Channel from 1999 until 2009.
 * This video aired on PBS from 2000 until 2001.
 * This video aired on Playhouse Disney from 2002 until 2006.
 * This video also aired on Nickelodeon in 2002 until 2018.
 * This video also aired on Sprout in 2010.
 * This video also aired on Disney Junior from 2011 until 2015.
 * This video also aired on NBC from 2014 until 2016.
 * This video also aired on Encore Family in 2019 until 2021.

Gallery
See the gallery of releases

Trivia

 * This is the second Christmas special in the Barney franchise. The first being  Waiting for Santa  and second being Barney's Magical Christmas.
 * Other second generation cast members of the kids make their cameo guest appearances in this video.
 * The version of "I Love You" uses a lullaby version.
 * On the screener copy to this, the title was called "The Holiday Show".
 * During one verse of "The 12 Days of Christmas" when Baby Bop says 5 Golden Rings her head comes of a little but falls back down.
 * A float based on the video appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from 1999 until 2001.
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Ken Fuchs (2002–present)

Hugh Bartlett (2013–14)
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Ray Combs (1988–94)

Louie Anderson (1999–2002)

Richard Karn (2002–06)

John O'Hurley (2006–10)

Steve Harvey (2010–present)
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Joey Fatone (2010–15)

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Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson where two families compete to name the most popular responses to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. It first aired on July 12, 1976 on ABC, and has also aired on CBS and in syndication.

The show has had three separate runs; the original run from 1976–85 aired on ABC during the daytime, and had a separate nighttime edition that ran in syndication and was hosted by Richard Dawson. In 1988, the series was revived and aired on CBS and also had a nighttime syndication edition. This version was hosted by Ray Combs until 1994, and brought back Richard Dawson for the 1994–95 season. A third run began in 1999 in syndication only, and continues to run through 2019, being hosted by a series of different hosts, including Louie Anderson (1999–2002), Richard Karn (2002–06), John O'Hurley (2006–10), and Steve Harvey (2010–present). Aside from the host, there have been several studio announcers who would introduce the contestants and read credits. These have included Gene Wood (1976–85, 1988–95), Burton Richardson (1999–2010), Joey Fatone (2010–15), and Rubin Ervin (2015–present). Within a year of its debut, the original version became the number one game show in daytime television; however, as viewing habits changed, the ratings declined. Harvey's takeover in 2010 increased Nielsen ratings significantly and eventually placed the program among the top five most popular syndicated television shows in the country. In 2013, TV Guide ranked Family Feud third in its list of the 60 greatest game shows of all time.

The program has spawned multiple regional adaptations in over 50 international markets outside the United States. Reruns of Steve Harvey-hosted episodes also air on the Game Show Network, while reruns of earlier versions air on the Buzzr network. Reruns of the John O'Hurley era are currently airing on UPtv. Aside from TV shows, there have been also many home editions produced in the board game, interactive film, and video game formats.

Gameplay
Two family teams of five contestants (reduced to four contestants for the 1994-95 season) each compete to win cash and prizes. The original version of the show began with the families being introduced, seated opposite each other as if posing for family portraits, after which the host interviewed them.

Unlike with most game other shows, there is no minimum age necessary to participate in Family Feud, although every family must have at least one person who is 18 years or older. Each round begins with a "face-off" question that serves as a toss-up between two opposing contestants. The host asks a survey question that was previously posed to a group of 100 people (e.g., "Name the hour that you get up on Sunday mornings."). A certain number of answers are concealed on the board, ranked by popularity of the survey's responses. Only answers said by at least two people can appear on the board. The first contestant to buzz-in gives an answer; if it is the most popular, his/her family immediately wins the face-off. Otherwise, the opponent responds and the family member providing the higher-ranked answer wins. Ties are broken in favor of the contestant who buzzes-in first. If neither contestant's answer is on the board, the other eight contestants have a chance to respond, one at a time from alternating sides, until an answer is revealed. The family that wins the face-off may choose to play the question or pass control to their opponents (except on the Combs version, when the family who won the face-off automatically gained control of the question).

The family with control of the question then tries to win the round by guessing all of the remaining concealed answers, with each member giving one answer in sequence. Giving an answer not on the board, or failing to respond within the allotted time, earns one strike. If the family earns three strikes, their opponents are given one chance to "steal" the points for the round by guessing any remaining concealed answer; failing to do so awards the points back to the family that originally had control. If the opponents are given the opportunity to "steal" the points, then only their team's captain is required to answer the question (except on the Combs version, where all team members were required to answer.) However, the team's captain has the final say as to what answer is given. Any remaining concealed answers on the board that were not guessed are then revealed.

While a family has control of a question, the members are not allowed to discuss possible answers with one another; each person must respond individually. However, the opposing family may confer in preparation for an attempt to steal, and their captain must respond for them when such an attempt is made.

Answers are worth one point for every person in the 100-member survey who gave them. The winning family in each round scores the total points for all revealed answers to that question, including those given during the face-off but excluding the one used to steal (if applicable). The number of answers on the board decreases from round to round, and as the game progresses, certain rounds are played for double or triple point value. The first family to score 300 points wins the game and advances to the Fast Money bonus round for a chance to win a cash bonus. Until 1992, both teams received $1 per point scored.

Prior to 1999, the game continued as normal until one family reached the necessary total to win. Since then, if neither team reaches the goal after four rounds (or, from 1999 to 2002, if both teams were tied with the same score after the final round), one last question is played for triple value with only the #1 answer displayed.

The goal of 300 points has been in place in the rules of almost every version of the show. However, when the program premiered in 1976, the goal was 200 points. For the 1984–85 season of both the daytime and syndicated program, the goal was increased to 400 points. For several seasons after the 1999 return to syndication, there was no specific point goal. Instead, four rounds were played, with the last for triple points and only one strike. The family with the most points after the fourth round won the game.

Fast Money
Two members of the winning family play Fast Money for a chance to win a cash bonus. One contestant is onstage with the host, while the other is sequestered backstage so that he/she cannot hear the first portion of the round. The first contestant is asked five rapid-fire survey questions and has a set time limit in which to answer them (originally 15 seconds, extended to 20 in 1994). The clock begins to run only after the first question is asked, and the first contestant may pass on a question and return to it after all five have been asked, if time remains.

After the first contestant has either answered all five questions or run out of time, the board is cleared except for the total score, and the second contestant is then brought out to answer the same five questions. The same rules are followed, but the time limit is extended by five seconds (originally 20, then extended to 25); in addition, if the second contestant duplicates an answer given by the first, a buzzer sounds and he/she must give another answer. If the two contestants reach a combined total of 200 points or more, the family wins the bonus. If not, they are given $5 per point scored as a consolation prize.

The grand prize for winning Fast Money has varied. When the program aired in daytime, families played for $5,000. The grand prize for syndicated episodes was $10,000 for much of its existence. In 2001, the prize was doubled to $20,000 at the request of then-host Louie Anderson, where it has remained since.

Returning champions
When Family Feud premiered on ABC, network rules dictated how much a family could win. Once any family reached $25,000, they were retired as champions. The accompanying syndicated series that premiered in 1977 featured two new families each episode because of tape bicycling (a practice then common in syndicated television).

The CBS daytime and syndicated versions which began airing in 1988 also featured returning champions, who could appear for a maximum of five days. For a brief period in the 1994–95 season which aired in syndication, there were no returning champions. For these episodes, two new families competed in this first half of each episode. The second half featured former champion families who appeared on Family Feud between 1977 and 1985, with the winner of the first half of the show playing one of these families in the second half.

From 1999 to 2002, two new families appeared on each episode. The returning champions rule was reinstated with the same five-day limit starting with the 2002–03 season. Starting with the 2009–10 season, a family that wins five matches also wins a new car.

Bullseye game
In June 1992, the CBS daytime edition of Feud expanded from thirty to sixty minutes and became known as Family Feud Challenge. As part of the change, a new round was added at the start of each game called "Bullseye". This round determined the potential Fast Money stake for each team. Each team was given a starting value for their bank and attempted to come up with the top answer to a survey question to add to it. The Bullseye round was added to the syndicated edition in September 1992.

The first two members of each family appeared at the face-off podium and were asked a question to which only the number-one answer was available. Giving the top answer added the value for that question to the family's bank. The process then repeated with the four remaining members from each family. On the first half of the daytime version, families were staked with $2,500. The first question was worth $500, with each succeeding question worth $500 more than the previous, with the final question worth $2,500. This allowed for a potential maximum bank of $10,000. For the second half of the daytime version, and also on the syndicated version, all values were doubled, making the maximum potential bank $20,000. The team that eventually won the game played for their bank in Fast Money.

When Richard Dawson returned as host of the program in 1994, the round's name was changed to the "Bankroll" round. Although the goal remained of giving only the number-one answer, the format was modified to three questions from five, with only one member of each family participating for all three questions. The initial stake for each family remained the same ($2,500 in the first half of the hour and $5,000 in the second). However, the value for each question was $500, $1,500 and $2,500 in the first half, with values doubling for the second half. This meant a potential maximum bank of $7,000 in the first half and $14,000 in the second.

The Bullseye round temporarily returned during the 2009–10 season. It was played similarly as the format used from 1992 to 1994 on the syndicated version, with five questions worth from $1,000 to $5,000. However, each family was given a $15,000 starting stake, which meant a potential maximum of a $30,000 bank.

Hosts and announcers
When Family Feud was conceived in 1976, Richard Dawson (then a panelist regular on the Goodson–Todman game show Match Game) had a standing agreement with Mark Goodson that when the next Goodson–Todman game show was produced, Dawson would be given an audition to host it. Dawson had read in trade publications that a pilot for a new show named Family Feud was in the works, and it was to be hosted by William Shatner. Incensed, Dawson sent his agent to Goodson, who threatened an un-funny, silent, and bland Dawson on future Match Game episodes if Dawson wasn't given an audition for Feud. Goodson gave in, and Dawson ultimately won the hosting job. Thus, the original ABC and first syndicated versions of Family Feud were hosted by Richard Dawson. As writer David Marc put it, Dawson's on-air personality "fell somewhere between the brainless sincerity of Wink Martindale and the raunchy cynicism of Chuck Barris". Dawson showed himself to have insistent affections for all of the female members of each family that competed on the show, regardless of age. Writers Tim Brooks, Jon Ellowitz, and Earle F. Marsh owed Family Feud's popularity to Dawson's "glib familiarity" (he had previously played Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes) and "ready wit" (from his tenure as a panelist on Match Game). The show's original announcer was Gene Wood, with Johnny Gilbert and Rod Roddy serving as occasional substitutes.

In 1988, Ray Combs took over Dawson's role as host on CBS and in syndication with Wood returning as announcer and Roddy, Art James, and Charlie O'Donnell serving in that role when Wood was not available. Combs hosted the program until the daytime version's cancellation in 1993 and the syndicated version until the end of the 1993–94 season. Dawson returned to the show at the request of Mark Goodson Productions for the 1994–95 season.

When Feud returned to syndication in 1999, it was initially hosted by Louie Anderson, with Burton Richardson as the new announcer. Richard Karn was selected to take over for Anderson when season four premiered in 2002, and when season eight premiered in 2006, Karn was replaced by John O'Hurley. In 2010, both O'Hurley and Richardson departed from the show; O'Hurley later stated that he left because he was resistant toward the show's decision to emphasize ribald humor and wanted to keep the show family-friendly. Comedian Steve Harvey was named the new host for season twelve, and announcements were made using a pre-recorded track of former 'N Sync member Joey Fatone's voice until 2015, when Rubin Ervin, who has been a member of the production staff as the warmup man for the audience since Harvey took over, became the announcer (Richardson still announces for Celebrity Family Feud).

Production
The first four versions of the show were directed by Paul Alter and produced by Howard Felsher and Cathy Dawson. For the 1988 versions, Gary Dawson worked with the show as a third producer, and Alter was joined by two other directors, Marc Breslow and Andy Felsher. The 1999 version's main staff include executive producer Gabrielle Johnston, co-executive producers Kristin Bjorklund, Brian Hawley and Sara Dansby, and director Ken Fuchs; Johnston and Bjorklund previously worked as associate producers of the 1980s version. The show's classic theme tune was written by an uncredited Walt Levinsky for Score Productions. The themes used from 1999 to 2008 were written by John Lewis Parker. The production rights to the show were originally owned by the production company Goodson shared with his partner Bill Todman, but were sold to their current holder, Fremantle, when it acquired all of Goodson and Todman's works in 2002.

1976–85
Mark Goodson created Family Feud during the increasing popularity of his earlier game show, Match Game, which set daytime ratings records in 1976, and on which Dawson was appearing on as one of its most popular panelists. Match Game aired on CBS, and by 1976, CBS vice president Fred Silverman, who had originally commissioned Match Game, had moved to a new position as president of ABC. The show premiered on ABC's daytime lineup at 1:30 PM (ET)/12:30 PM (CT/MT/PT) on July 12, 1976, and although it was not an immediate hit, before long it became a ratings winner and eventually surpassed Match Game to become the highest-rated game show on daytime TV.

Due to the expansion of All My Children to one hour in April 1977, the show was moved to 11:30/10:30 AM, as the second part of an hour that had daytime reruns of Happy Days (later Laverne & Shirley) as its lead-in. When $20,000 Pyramid was cancelled in June 1980, it moved a half-hour back to 12 noon/11:00 AM. It remained the most popular daytime game show until Merv Griffin's game show Wheel of Fortune surpassed it in 1984. From 1978 until 1984, ABC periodically broadcast hour-long primetime "All-Star Specials", in which celebrity casts from various primetime lineup TV series competed instead of ordinary families. The popularity of the program inspired Goodson to consider producing a nighttime edition, which launched in syndication on September 19, 1977. Like many other game shows at the time, the nighttime Feud aired once a week; it expanded to twice a week in January 1979, and finally to five nights a week (Monday through Friday) in the fall of 1980. However, the viewing habits of both daytime and syndicated audiences were changing. When Griffin launched Wheels syndicated version, starring Pat Sajak and Vanna White, in 1983, that show climbed the ratings to the point where it unseated Feud as the highest-rated syndicated show; the syndicated premiere of Wheels sister show Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host also siphoned ratings from Feud with its early success. With declining ratings, and as part of a scheduling reshuffle with two of ABC's half-hour soaps, the show moved back to the 11:30/10:30 timeslot in October 1984, as the second part of a one-hour game show block with Trivia Trap (later All-Star Blitz) as its lead in, hoping to make a dent in the ratings of The Price Is Right.

Despite the ratings decline, there was some interest in keeping the show in production. In a 2010 interview, Dawson recalled a meeting with executives from Viacom Enterprises about keeping the show for one more season. Dawson was growing tired of the grueling taping schedule and initially wanted to stop altogether. After discussing the situation with ABC and Viacom, Dawson said that he would return for a final syndicated season of thirty-nine weeks of episodes but would not continue doing the daytime series. After this, Dawson did not hear from Viacom for approximately a week and once they contacted him again, Dawson was told that Viacom was no longer interested in continuing the syndicated Feud beyond the 1984–85 season. Viacom made this official in January 1985 ahead of that year's NATPE convention, and within a few weeks, ABC decided that it too would not renew Feud for the 1985–86 season. The daytime version came to an end on June 14, 1985. The syndicated version aired its last new episode on May 17, 1985.

1988–95
Family Feud moved to CBS with Ray Combs hosting on July 4, 1988 at 10:00 AM (ET)/9:00 AM (CT/MT/PT), replacing The $25,000 Pyramid (which had aired continuously in that time slot since September 1982, except between January and April 1988, when Blackout took its place; CBS began development on Family Feud shortly after Blackout was canceled). Like its predecessor, this version also had an accompanying syndicated edition which launched in September of that year. It moved to 10:30/9:30 in January 1991 to make room for a short-lived talk show starring Barbara DeAngelis. At that timeslot, it replaced the daytime Wheel of Fortune, which moved back to NBC. In June 1992, the network version expanded from its original half-hour format to a full hour, and was retitled The Family Feud Challenge; this new format featured three families per episode, which included two new families competing in the first half-hour for the right to play the returning champions in the second half. The Family Feud Challenge aired its final new episode on March 26, 1993, with reruns airing until September 10. The syndicated Feud, meanwhile, remained in production and entered its sixth season in the fall of 1993.

At this point in its run, the syndicated Feud had been dealing with a consistent ratings downturn for several years. Although the series was initially able to secure timeslots in desirable hours such as the Prime Time Access hour, stations quickly found that other programming, such as tabloid news magazine programs such as A Current Affair, Inside Edition and Hard Copy tended to draw better ratings and thus sought those shows to replace Feud. Some stations dropped the syndicated Feud outright, while others relocated it to lower-rated timeslots such as overnights. The slide eventually resulted in the ratings bottoming out in 1992-93.

Distributor All American Television informed Mark Goodson Productions that unless there was an uptick in the ratings or changes made to the program, they would cease distributing Family Feud at the end of the 1993-94 season. The responsibility for this fell on Jonathan Goodson, who had taken over his father's company when Mark Goodson died in 1992. One of the options considered was a host change, with the prevailing thought being that the position would be offered to the original host of the program, Richard Dawson.

This ran counter to his father's original decision, as Mark Goodson was loyal to Combs from the moment he hired him and had refused to even consider Dawson due to the trouble he caused for the production staff of the original series. In fact, many members of the original production staff were also working on the revival series and held lingering bad feelings toward Dawson. However, Jonathan Goodson did not have the ties to Combs that his father did, and felt that the change had to at least be considered in order to save the production.

After a rigorous staff meeting, Goodson offered Dawson a contract to return as host of the syndicated Feud, and the semi-retired Dawson agreed to return. Combs finished out the remainder of the season, but, upset by the decision to replace him, he departed from the studio as soon as he signed off on the final episode of his tenure.

A revamped Family Feud returned for a seventh season in September 1994, with Dawson returning as the host. The show expanded from thirty to sixty minutes, reinstated the Family Feud Challenge format, and did various other things to try to improve the ratings of the show such as modernizing the set, feature families that had previously been champions on the original Feud, and have more themed weeks. Although Dawson did bring a brief ratings surge when he came back, the show could not sustain it long term, and Feud came to a conclusion at the end of the season. Its final new episode aired on May 26, 1995, with reruns airing until September 8. The show ceased production for nearly four years after failing to come to an agreement with various companies.

1999–present
Family Feud returned in syndication on September 20, 1999, with comedian Louie Anderson as the next host. Anderson hosted the show for nearly three years until his release in 2002. After Anderson's release, Richard Karn took over the show. The format was changed to reintroduce returning champions, allowing them to appear for up to five days. However, even after Karn's takeover, Anderson-hosted episodes continued in reruns that aired on PAX TV/Ion Television. Karn hosted the show for four years, and then, it was John O'Hurley at the helm. The show's Nielsen ratings were at 1.5, putting it in danger of cancellation once again (as countless affiliates that carried the show from 1999-2010 aired in daytime, graveyard or low-rated time slots). O'Hurley would host the show for four years, and was succeeded by Steve Harvey. With Harvey at the helm, ratings increased by as much as 40%, and within two short years, the show was rated at 4.0, and had become the fifth most popular syndicated program. Fox News' Paulette Cohn argued that Harvey's "relatability," or "understanding of what the people at home want to know," is what saved the show from cancellation; Harvey himself debated, "If someone said an answer that was so ridiculous, I knew that the people at home behind the camera had to be going, 'What did they just say?' … They gave this answer that doesn't have a shot in hell of being up there. The fact that I recognize that, that's comedic genius to me. I think that's [what made] the difference."

Since Harvey became host, Family Feud has regularly ranked among the top 10 highest-rated programs in all of daytime television programming and third among game shows (behind Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!); in February 2014, the show achieved a 6.0 share in the Nielsen ratings, with approximately 8.8 million viewers. In June 2015, Family Feud eclipsed Wheel of Fortune as the most-watched syndicated game show on television. Under Harvey, the show has had better syndication clearances and better timeslots. It has been airing in early fringe and prime access slots nationwide.

Reruns of the Dawson, Combs, Anderson and Karn hosted episodes have been included among Buzzr's acquisitions since its launch on June 1, 2015. In 2019, reruns of the Karn hosted episodes started airing on Up TV during the morning hours. On June 13, 2016, American episodes hosted by Harvey began airing on the UK digital terrestrial and satellite channel Challenge.

Production of Family Feud was shifted from Universal Orlando to Harvey's hometown of Atlanta in 2011, first at the Atlanta Civic Center and later at the Georgia World Congress Center. Harvey was also originating a syndicated radio show from Atlanta, and the state of Georgia also issued tax credits for the production. In 2017, production moved to Los Angeles Center Studios (later moved again to Universal Studios Hollywood) in Los Angeles to accommodate Harvey's new syndicated talk show Steve, returning production of the regular series back to Los Angeles for the first time since 2010.

Reception
Family Feud won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show in 1977 and 2019, Outstanding Directing for a Game Show and the show has twice won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host, once with Dawson (1978) and again with Harvey (2014) and (2017). Feud ranked number 3 on Game Show Network (GSN)'s 2006 list of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, and also on TV Guide's 2013 list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.

Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting, founders of the website Television Without Pity, wrote that they hated the 1999 syndicated version, saying "Give us classic Feud every time", citing both Dawson and Combs as hosts. Additionally, they called Anderson an "alleged sexual harasser and full-time sphere".

In the Steve Harvey era, the show has become notorious for questions and responses that are sexual in nature, with content frequently referring to certain anatomy or acts of intercourse. This type of material has drawn criticism from viewers, including former NCIS actress Pauley Perrette, who in 2018 sent a series of tweets to Family Feud producers questioning why the show had to be "so filthy." Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center, a politically-conservative content analysis organization, suggested that the responses are in line with sexual content becoming more commonplace on television.

The popularity of Family Feud in the United States has led it to become a worldwide franchise, with over 50 adaptations outside the United States. Countries that have aired their own versions of the show include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam, among others.

Merchandise
Since the show's premiere in 1976, many home versions of Family Feud have been released in various formats. Milton Bradley, Pressman Games, and Endless Games have all released traditional board games based on the show, while Imagination Entertainment released the program in a DVD game format.

The game has been released in other formats by multiple companies; Coleco Adam released the first computer version of the show in 1983, and Sharedata followed in 1987 with versions for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and Apple II computers. GameTek released versions for Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Genesis, 3DO, and PC (on CD-ROM) between 1990 and 1995. Hasbro Interactive released a version in 2000 for the PC and PlayStation. In 2006, versions were released for PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, and PC. Seattle-based Mobliss Inc. also released a mobile version of Family Feud that was available on Sprint, Verizon, and Cingular. Glu Mobile later released a newer mobile version of Family Feud for other carriers.

Most recently, in conjunction with Ludia, Ubisoft has video games for multiple platforms. The first of these was entitled Family Feud: 2010 Edition and was released for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC in September 2009. Ubisoft then released Family Feud Decades the next year, which featured sets and survey questions from television versions of all four decades the show has been on air. A third game, entitled Family Feud: 2012 Edition was released for the Wii and Xbox 360 in 2011.

In addition to the home games, a DVD set titled All-Star Family Feud starring Richard Dawson was released on January 8, 2008 by BCI Eclipse LLC Home Entertainment (under license from Fremantle USA) and featured a total of 15 celebrity episodes from the original ABC/syndicated versions on its four discs, uncut and remastered from original 2” videotapes for optimal video presentation and sound quality. It was re-issued as The Best of All-Star Family Feud on February 2, 2010.