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2000 in the United States
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
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Events from the year 2000 in the United States.

1 Political incumbents
2 Events
3 Deaths
4 References
5 External links

Political incumbents

Events

January–March

January 4 – Alan Greenspan is nominated for a fourth term as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman.
January 5–8 – The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit of several high-level al-Qaeda members (including two 9/11 American Airlines hijackers) is held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
January 10 – America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
January 12 – Elián González affair: Attorney General Janet Reno rules that a child rescued by Coastguards must be returned to his father in Cuba.^[1]
January 14 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
January 16 – In Sacramento, California, a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the State Capitol building, killing the driver.
January 26 – The rap-metal band Rage Against the Machine plays in front of Wall Street, prompting an early closing of trading due to the crowds.
January 30 – Super Bowl XXXIV: The St. Louis Rams win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1951, defeating the Tennessee Titans 23–16.
January 31 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes in the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people on board.
February 11 – A blast from an improvised explosive device in front of a Barclay's Bank, across from the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, wounds dozens but kills none.
February 13 – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles Schulz.
February 17 – Microsoft releases Windows 2000.
March 7 – George W. Bush and Al Gore emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the United States presidential election.
March 9 – The FBI arrests art forgery suspect Ely Sakhai in New York City.
March 10 – The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048.^[2]
March 20 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), a former Black Panther, is captured after a gun battle in Atlanta, Georgia that leaves a sheriff's deputy dead.
March 21 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the government lacks authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug, throwing out the Bill Clinton administration's main anti-smoking initiative.
March 27 – The Phillips explosion of 2000 kills one and injured 71 in Pasadena, Texas.

April–June

April 3 – United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
April 22 – In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, DC, ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history.
April 25 – The State of Vermont passes HB847, legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples.
April 28 – Richard Baumhammers begins a two-hour racially motivated shooting spree in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, leaving five dead and one paralyzed.
May 3 – In San Antonio, Texas, computer pioneer Datapoint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
June 5 – 405 The Movie, the first short film widely distributed on the Internet, is released.
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.^[1]
June 28 – Elián González affair: Elián González seized by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and returned to Cuba.^[1]

July–September

July 31–August 3 – The Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania nominates George W. Bush for U.S. President and Dick Cheney for Vice President.
August 8 – The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
August 14–17 – The Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles nominates U.S. Vice President Al Gore for President and Senator Joe Lieberman for Vice President.
September 6 – In Paragould, Arkansas, Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart is stillborn to Scott Stewart and Lisa Bartlett. Breanna Lynn's stillbirth is notable for being the first stillbirth to be resolved by means of the Kleihauer-Betke test.

October–December

October 12: USS Cole bombing

October 11 – 250 million gallons of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).
October 12 – In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
October 23 – Madeleine Albright holds talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.
October 26 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Mets in Game 5 of the 2000 World Series, 4–1, to win their 26th World Series title. This is the first Subway Series matchup between the two crosstown rivals. It is their 4th World Series win in the last five years under Manager Joe Torre.
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.^[1]
November 7 – Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office.
November 16 – Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting U.S. President to visit Vietnam.
December 13 – The Texas 7 escape from their prison unit in Kenedy, Texas, and start a crime spree.
December 24 – The Texas 7 rob a sports store in Irving, Texas; police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot dead.
December 28 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
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.^[1]
December 31 – President Clinton signs the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.^[1]

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)
December 23 - Victor Borge, comedian, conductor and pianist (born 1909)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 650–652. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Fifth Anniversary: Nasdaq's record all-time closing high 5,048.62. Retrieved 19 November 2007.

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