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In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]
2000Nassir Little, American basketball player[†]
Nassir Shamai Little is an American professional basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. Little finished his high school career as one of the top-ranked players in his class, having led Orlando Christian Prep to consecutive Florida state championships. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and was selected in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
2000Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (born 1922)[†]
Aldwyn Roberts HBM DA, better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener, was a Trinidadian calypsonian. He has been described as "the grand master of calypso" and "the greatest calypsonian of the post-war age".
2000Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)[†]
Roger Vadim Plemiannikov was a French screenwriter, film director, and producer, as well as an author, artist, and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, such as And God Created Woman (1956), Blood and Roses (1960), The Game Is Over (1966), Barbarella (1968), and Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971).
2000Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.[†]
Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011. STS-134 was expected to be the final mission of the Space Shuttle program, but with the authorization of STS-135 by the United States Congress, Atlantis became the last shuttle to fly.
Trying to create Nirvana. Poor man's ``Lord of the Flies,'' with diversity.
Sen John McCain's limited resources will be stretched thin on March 7 when he competes in Republican contests in 16 states, including New York and California; many supporters of Gov George W Bush, overwhelming choice of party's leaders, are worried; prominent New York Republican officials are concerned that they jumped on Bush bandwagon too soon, failing to anticipate McCain challenge and their candidate's weaknesses; nearly every prominent Republican, at state or local level, is Bush supporter; McCain has support of three elected officials, Staten Island Borough Pres Guy V Molinari, State Sen John J Marchi and Assemblyman Thomas J Kirwan (M)
Article on new developments and designs in automobile glass by Gentex Corp, Donnelly Corp and Prince Corp (M)
House passes, 268 to 158, Republican-sponsored bill that would cut taxes for married couples by $182 billion over next decade, brushing aside Clinton administration's position that any such tax cut should be far smaller and be enacted only after more pressing issues are resolved; Republicans present legislation as reduction in marriage penalty, quirk in tax code that pushes some two-income married couples into higher tax brackets or limits their deductions, making them pay more taxes than they would if they were single; all married couples would benefit from legislation; competing plan proposed by Pres Clinton would help only those people hurt by penalty (M)
Prosecutors plan to ask Atlanta (Ga) grand jury to indict Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting for stabbing murders of Richard Lollar and Jacinta Baker in Atlanta steet brawl; Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, police deputy chief Carter B Jackson and Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard appear at news conference to outline some of charges against Lewis, Oakley and Sweeting; Oakley and Sweeting, who have criminal records, remain at large (M)
Cincinnati Reds acquire Ken Griffey Jr from Seattle Mariners for Brett Tomko, Mike Cameron and two minor leaguers--Antonio Perez and Jake Meyer; Griffey agrees to 9-year contract worth $116.5-million; will get average of $12,944,444 a year, well below his apparent market value; Reds very happy about apparent good fortune, seemingly linked to Griffey's desire to play in home town (M)
French Replaced in Kosovo British forces took over ethnically split Mitrovica, replacing French troops accused of failing as protectors by Serbs and Albanians. PAGE A3 A Casting Call for Regents Albany legislators, hoping to avoid the specter of patronage, held a hearing for prospective Board of Regents candidates. PAGE B1
Upstate New York usually votes Republican, but in US Senate race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani it is in play as it rarely has been before; Clinton and Giuliani aides agree that outcome of race is likely to be determined beyond New York City and its suburbs; politicians, pollsters and academics say that advantage of Giuliani's Republican party affiliation is offset by what he is most famously known as: hard-fighting mayor of New York City, place that has long been viewed by upstate voters as both culturally alien and as drain on state treasury (M)
St John's guard Erick Barkley will play against Villanova tomorrow after National Collegiate Athletic Association subcommittee upholds St John's appeal and slices one game off what was supposed to be a three-game suspension; St John's successfully argues that Barkley did not violate NCAA bylaw against receiving preferential treatment by swapping cars with friend; St John's officials are annoyed that Barkley was not exonerated (M)
Hijacking of Afghan airliner ends peacefully at Stansted airport on Feb 10; British officials say 21 people aboard airliner have been arrested in connection with hijacking, and that some of suspects are expected to seek asylum in Britain; say 60 adults and 14 children of 150 or so passengers have requested asylum, apparently in effort to flee repressive Taliban regime in Afghanistan; photo (M)
New light-filtering technology, suspended particle device, or SPD, is being licensed for use in automobile mirrors and window glass that darken as light that strikes them grow brighter; SPD technology has been refined by Research Frontiers Inc, which holds several patents to technology; diagrams (M)
New York's Senate race is likely to turn on a surprisingly small group of undecided voters, many with strong and conflicted opinions about the well-known candidates. The choices of these voters may have as much to do with personal circumstances and gut feelings as political philosophy. Article, Page B1.