2000 in the United States
Events from the year 2000 in the United States.
Political incumbents
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]
- 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]
- 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]
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)