Editing 2000s (section)

==== North America ====

===== Canada =====
* [[Paul Martin]] replaces [[Jean Chrétien]] as [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] of Canada in 2003 July 23 by becoming the new leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]. [[Stephen Harper]] was [[Canadian Federal Election, 2006|elected prime minister]] in 2006 following the defeat of Paul Martin's government in a [[motion of no confidence]].

===== Greenland =====
* [[Greenland]] was granted further [[Devolution|Self-governance]] (or "[[self-rule]]") within the [[Kingdom of Denmark]] on June 21, 2009.<ref name=selfrule>{{cite news |title=Self-rule introduced in Greenland |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8111292.stm |work=BBC News |date=June 21, 2009 |access-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425041746/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8111292.stm |archive-date=April 25, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===== Mexico =====
* [[Vicente Fox]] was elected [[President of Mexico]] in the 2000 presidential election, making him the first president elected from an opposition party in 71 years, defeating the then-dominant [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] (PRI).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-25 |title=Vicente Fox {{!}} Biography, Presidency, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vicente-Fox |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117234025/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vicente-Fox |url-status=live}}</ref>

===== United States =====
* [[George W. Bush]] was sworn in succeeding [[Bill Clinton]] as the 43rd President of the United States on January 20, 2001, following a [[2000 United States Presidential Election|sharply contested election]].
* On October 26, 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush signed the [[USA PATRIOT Act]] into law.
* On February 15, 2003, anti-war protests broke out around the world in opposition to the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, in what the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] called the largest anti-war rally in human history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/quiosco/pdf/febrero2003/16portada.pdf |title=El Mundo contra la Guerra (in Spanish) |date=February 16, 2003 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041224094409/http://www.elmundo.es/quiosco/pdf/febrero2003/16portada.pdf |archive-date=December 24, 2004}}</ref> In reaction, ''[[The New York Times]]'' writer Patrick Tyler wrote in a February 17 article that: ''...the huge anti-war demonstrations around the world this weekend are reminders that there may still be two superpowers on the planet: the United States and world public opinion.''<ref>{{cite news |last=Tyler |first=Patrick |title=THREATS AND RESPONSES: NEWS ANALYSIS; A New Power In the Streets |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/world/threats-and-responses-news-analysis-a-new-power-in-the-streets.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 24, 2013 |date=February 17, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225062538/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/world/threats-and-responses-news-analysis-a-new-power-in-the-streets.html |archive-date=December 25, 2013}}</ref>
* On June 5, 2004, [[Ronald Reagan]], the 40th [[President of the United States]], died after having suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]] for nearly a decade. His seven-day state funeral followed, spanning June 5–11. The general public stood in long lines waiting for a turn to view the casket. People passed by the casket at a rate of about 5,000 per hour (83.3 per minute, or 1.4 per second) and the wait time was about three hours. In all, 104,684 passed through when Reagan lay in state.<ref>Lak, Daniel. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3793065.stm "Reagan lies in state at Capitol"]. BBC, June 11, 2004. Retrieved March 9, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215143729/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3793065.stm|date=December 15, 2006 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/pressreleases/2004/pr_06-11-04.php "United States Capitol Police Press Releases: Lying In State for former President Reagan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927071913/http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/pressreleases/2004/pr_06-11-04.php|date=September 27, 2007 }}. United States Capitol Police. Retrieved March 9, 2008</ref>
* [[Barack Obama]] was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in 2009, becoming the nation's first African American president.