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March 20, 2000

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Headlines from March 20, 2000

BUSINESS DIGEST

By Unknown Author

Siemens and Mannesmann To Form Car-Parts Venture Siemens of Germany said its car-parts unit was planning a partnership with Mannesmann's VDO auto-parts business in the face of mounting competition in the car industry.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 15, 2000, covering March 20, 2000.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Supernatural by Santana

    Supernatural

    Santana

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    38
  2. 2
    Album cover for BTNHResurrection by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

    BTNHResurrection

    Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

    Last week
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Machina/The Machines Of God by The Smashing Pumpkins

    Machina/The Machines Of God

    The Smashing Pumpkins

    Last week
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Dr. Dre -- 2001 by Dr. Dre

    Dr. Dre -- 2001

    Dr. Dre

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    16
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Truth by Beanie Sigel

    The Truth

    Beanie Sigel

    Last week
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Births

Hyunjin

2000Hyunjin, South Korean rapper[†]

Hwang Hyun-jin, known mononymously as Hyunjin, is a South Korean rapper, singer and dancer. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017.

Notable Deaths

2000Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1961)[†]

Gene Andrusco, better known as Gene Eugene, was a Canadian-born actor, record producer, engineer, composer, and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the alternative rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies, and as a founding member of the supergroup Lost Dogs.

Historical Events

Black Panther Party

2000Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.[†]

The Black Panther Party was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major American cities, including San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Philadelphia. They were also active in many prisons and had international chapters in the United Kingdom and Algeria. Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its open carry patrols ("copwatching") designed to challenge the excessive force and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department. From 1969 onward, the party created social programs, including the Free Breakfast for Children Programs, education programs, and community health clinics. The Black Panther Party advocated for class struggle, claiming to represent the proletarian vanguard.

Historical Context for March 20, 2000

In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]