millennium

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The idea was first proposed as a millennium project by local resident David Thomas, a retired teacher and amateur astronomer who wanted to create something that would inspire learning.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Consumer prices have almost exactly doubled in the U.S. since the start of the millennium, so today’s $1 trillion would “only” be worth about $500 billion in 1999 dollars.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, modern Homo sapiens have existed for only 300,000 years, and what are the odds we make it even another millennium?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

As the new millennium approached, digital technology once again helped give the song renewed life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

A superb Chinese tradition of bronze metallurgy had its origins in the third millennium B.C. and eventually resulted in China’s developing by far the earliest cast-iron production in the world, around 500 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond