ADVISORY/Guam Will Greet the Millennium for the U.S.; Updates and Photos Will be Available On the Internet Shortly After Midnight.Business & News Editors ADVISORY...for Saturday (Jan. 1) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Guam, a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific, will be the first American First American may refer to:
In addition to numerous parties at Guam's hotels, gatherings in the streets of the island's villages and a special mass at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica is a majestic structure located on the site where the first Catholic church on Guam was constructed in 1669 under the guidance of Padre San Vitores. , there will be synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to at two locations. One site will be crescent-shaped Tumon Bay, where most of the visitor accommodations are located. The other display will be at Agana Bay. Shortly after midnight, the Guam Visitors Bureau will release a statement from Guam's Governor, Carl T.C. Gutierrez, along with details and photos of the arrival of 2000 on Guam. This information will be available on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at http://www.avisoinc.com/guam2000 and via Business Wire.
WHO: Guam Visitors Bureau
WHAT: Details describing the arrival of the millennium on U.S. soil, a
statement from Governor Carl T.C. Gutierrez, and photos of
events, will be released over Business Wire and posted at
http://www.avisoinc.com/guam2000
WHEN: Shortly after midnight, January 1, 2000 (Guam time)
Shortly after 9 a.m., EST, Dec. 31, 1999, or
Shortly after 6 a.m., PST, Dec. 31, 1999
WHERE: http://www.avisoinc.com/guam2000 and via Business Wire
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