Millions of people celebrated the beginning of the 21st 'century' on January 1, 2000.
We were discussing how Americans lived at 'the turn of the' 19th/last 'century'.
When the prince got married, it was called the wedding of the 'century'.
(..) You mustrt blame John. He couldn't help what happened. He was just a force of nature. Oh, I've lived to see some amazing things, Ellie. Another century come to pass. But I've... I've had to see my friends and loved ones die off through the years. Hal and Melinda... ...Brutus Howell... (..)1999 The Green Mile