The 2000 Summer Olympic Games opened in Sydney, Australia.
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The Invasion of the Cape Colony came to an end. The Dutch Cape Colony surrendered to the British after three months of battling.
Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in China.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the domain name google.com.
Aboard the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin discovered the Galapagos Islands.
Tanks were used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme, during World War I.
