2000 in the United States

2000 in the United States

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Events from the year 2000 in the United States.


=Political incumbents=

*President - Bill Clinton
*Vice President - Al Gore
*Senate Majority Leader - Trent Lott
*Secretary of State - Madeleine Albright
*Secretary of Defense - William Cohen
*Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives - Dennis Hastert

Events

* January 12 - Elián González affair: Attorney General Janet Reno rules that a child rescued by Coastguards must be returned to his father in Cuba.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=650–652]
* January 31 - Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes in the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people on board.
* June 7 - United States Microsoft antitrust case: A Court orders the break up of the Microsoft corporation because of its monopoly in the computer software market.
* June 28 - Elián González affair: Elián González seized by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and returned to Cuba.
* October 12 - USS "Cole" is attacked by terrorists in a suicide bombing while docked in Yemen, killing 17 sailors.
* November 7
** United States presidential election, 2000: Republican candidate Texas Governor George W. Bush defeats Democratic Vice President Al Gore in the closest election in history, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
** Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of President Bill Clinton wins the Senate election in New York.
* December 13 - "Bush v. Gore": The U.S. Supreme Court stops the Florida presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to George W. Bush.
* December 31 - President Clinton signs the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Deaths

* January 15 - Fran Ryan, actress (born 1916)
* January 26 - Don Ralke, music arranger (born 1920)
* February 4 - Phil Tonken, radio and television announcer (born 1919)
* February 7 - Big Pun, rapper (born 1971)
* February 8 - Derrick Thomas, football player (born 1967)
* February 9 - Beau Jack, boxer (born 1921)
* February 10 - Jim Varney, actor noted for his character, Ernest P. Worrell. (born 1949)
* February 12 - Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, musician (born 1929)
* February 12 - Tom Landry, football coach (born 1924)
* February 12 - Charles M. Schulz, comic strip artist ("Peanuts") (born 1922)
* February 29 - Dennis Danell, musician (Social Distortion) (born 1961)
* April 5 - Lee Petty, race car driver (born 1914)
* April 10 - Larry Linville, actor (born 1939)
* April 25 - David Merrick, stage producer (born 1911)
* May 12 - Adam Petty, race car driver (born 1980)
* May 20 - Edward Bernds, director (born 1905)
* May 21 - Mark R. Hughes, entrepreneur and founder of Herbalife (born 1956)
* May 31 - John Coolidge, son of President Calvin Coolidge (born 1906)
* June 18 - Nancy Marchand, actress who starred in The Sopranos (born 1928)
* June 21 - Alan Hovhaness, composer (born 1911)
* July 1 - Walter Matthau, actor (born 1920)
* July 7 - James C. Quayle, newspaper publisher (born 1921)
* July 14 - Meredith MacRae, actress (born 1944)
* July 27 - Gordon Solie, wrestling commentator (born 1929)
* August 9 - Bob Lido, musician (born 1914)
* August 12 - Loretta Young, actress (born 1913)
* August 12 - Dave Edwards, musician (born 1941)
* August 25 - Carl Barks, cartoonist (born 1901)
* September 2 - Elvera Sanchez, dancer (born 1905)
* September 6 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, notable stillborn baby girl (born 2000)
* September 17 - Nicole Reinhart, cyclist (born 1976)
* September 26 - Carl Sigman, songwriter (born 1909)
* October 22 - Rodney Anoa'i, wrestler known as Yokozuna (born 1966)
* October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, and author (born 1921)
* November 6 - L. Sprague de Camp, writer (born 1907)

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