Century Gala Blends History Center Night and Time Capsule
Cedar Rapids hosts Millennium Nights at the History Center with a musical retrospective of the past century. About 200 guests, including local musicians and civic leaders, enjoyed formal attire, vintage films, fine dining, and a time capsule to be opened in 2100.
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Sue Davis
Smith Gazette
Cedar Rapids
History Center
Eddie Piccard
Jayne Coyne
Ruth Darling
Amber Fredricks
Craig Erickson
Ann Koontz
Center
Koontz
Chuck Wellso
Mount Vernon
Harold Becker
Guaranty Bank
Becker
Buchanan and Johnson
Marion Koontz
Couple celebrate twice at international date line
Richard and Martha Lanner of Cedar Rapids rang in 2000 aboard the Legend of the Seas in the first time zone and then again after crossing the international date line. Passengers gathered in the Centrum as the countdown neared midnight and balloons dropped at the moment of 2000.
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South Pacific
Richard
Martha Lanner
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sanners
Lanners
Gazette
Richard Sanner
New Zealand welcomes New Year with warm weather and fireworks
Former Iowa City resident Margaret Hixon, 75, rang in 2000 in Nelson New Zealand as the first time zone to shift to the new year. A steam whistle, private fireworks, and rocket displays lit the sky above Tahunanui and Rabbit Island while locals planned varied celebrations.
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New Zealand
Iowa
Elson
Iowa City
Margaret Hixon
Nelson
Rabbit Island
Hixon
Golden Bay
Shrimp Heads New Year Feasts in Australia Traditions
Sheryl Hime, a Cedar Rapids native teaching in Dimbulah North Queensland, watched New Zealand and Sydney celebrations on TV then joined locals on the esplanade for fireworks. She enjoyed salad and tiger prawns as a Friday night New Year meal, noting a solitary but happy welcome to the new century.
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Bibie Island
Cedar May Rapids
Sheryl Hime
New Zealand
Sydney
Esplanade
Hime
Australia
Dimbulah
Queensland
Brisbane
Kirkwood student in Japan welcomes new millennium with soba
Kirkwood Community College student Aiko Nakano in Saka Japan greets Iowans with Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu on January 1 2000. She notes Y2K passed without issue in Osaka and celebrates with soba at a friend's house before returning to Kirkwood later in January.
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Saka
Japan
Kirkwood Community College
Aiko Nakano
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu
Nakano
Kirkwood
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Parteeeee
C.R
Albert Einstein
Marilyn Monroe
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Onassis
Martha Stewart
Princess Grace
Payne Stewart
Ken
Kathy Baragary
Marion
Diane Jones
Joe Spoden
Scientist
Time Magazine
Third Street
Sandy Ozburn
Tamara Holt
Kurt Fleischman
Third Street Live
Fleischman
Ozburn
Bonnie Malone
Bob Heberer
Burlington
Hn F. Martin
Baragary
Davida
Jim Handler
Millennium News
USA
Soba
Aiko
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!