Editing 2000 (section)

===December===
* [[December 7]] – [[Kadisoka]] temple is discovered in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
* [[December 12]] – [[Bush v. Gore]]: The United States Supreme Court [[Bush v. Gore|rules]] that the [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|recount of the 2000 presidential election in Florida]] should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making [[George W. Bush]] the winner of the [[2000 United States presidential election|U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html |title=Bush v. Gore |website=Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015060335/https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 15]] – The third and final reactor at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] is shut down and the station is shut down completely.
* [[December 24]] – The [[Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings|Christmas Eve bombings]] in several churches in Indonesia kill 18 people.
* [[December 25]] – The [[Luoyang Christmas fire]] at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.<ref>{{cite web | last=Fackler | first=Martin | title=309 die as fire sweeps through disco in China | website=the Guardian | date=2000-12-27 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/dec/27/china | access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – The [[20th century]] and [[2nd millennium]] conclude.