2000 in the United States
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Events from the year 2000 in the United States.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.[1] 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.[1] June 28 - Elián González affair: Elián González seized by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and returned to Cuba.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] December 31 - President Clinton signs the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.[1][edit] 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)
