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In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]
2000Gable Steveson, American wrestler[†]
Gable Dan Steveson is an American wrestler. In freestyle wrestling, Steveson was a 2020 Summer Olympic gold medalist, and was also a three-time age-group world champion. In folkstyle wrestling, Steveson was a two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a four-time Big Ten Conference champion, and five-time All-American out of the University of Minnesota.
2000Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat, 1st President of Bulgaria (born 1936)[†]
Petar Toshev Mladenov was a Bulgarian communist diplomat and politician. He was the last leader of the Bulgarian People's Republic from 1989 to 1990, and briefly the first President of the Bulgarian Republic in 1990.
2000A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (born 1928)[†]
Alfred Jeyaratnam Wilson was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic, historian and author. He began his academic career as a lecturer in economics and political science at the University of Ceylon and was the founding professor of political science at the University of Ceylon (1969-72). Later he moved to Canada and was professor of political science at the University of New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick.
New Jersey Devils defeat Dallas Stars, 7-3, in first game of Stanley Cup championship series; photo (M)
Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column discusses play of goaltenders Martin Brodeur of New Jersey Devils and Ed Belfour of Dallas Stars in Devils victory over Stars in first game of NHL Stanley Cup championship series; photo (M)
The Nasdaq composite index surged to its biggest percentage gain and the second-largest point gain in its 29-year history. The index jumped 254.37 points, or 7.9 percent, to 3,459.48. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 44.43 points, or 3.2 percent, to 1,422.45, while the Dow Jones industrial average gained 227.89 points, or 2.2 percent, to 10,527.13. Business Day, Page C1.
Echo Park, Broadway-style musical tracing the history of hip-hop culture, is set to open for a one-month run at Harlem's Apollo Theater; producers regard it as a work in progress, are holding ticket prices to $20 to $35 and have not invited critics; photos (M)
Article on New York Knickerbockers preparing for Game 5 of NBA Eastern Conference championship series; photo (M)
Federal Communications Commission, in biennial review ordered by Congress as part of overhaul of telecommunications industry, prepares new rules to relax, but not eliminate, both cross-ownership and dual-network restrictions; specifically proposes easing decades-old regulations preventing broadcasters from owning broadcast station and newspaper in same city and from owning more than one national television network; proposes changing manner in which listening audience of local radio markets is measured by reegulators in way that could enable companies to own more stations than they do under current limits (M)
F.C.C. Proposes Relaxing Some Broadcasting Rules The Federal Communications Commission proposed easing several decades-old regulations on broadcasters, including one that prevents companies from owning a broadcast station and newspaper in the same city and another prohibiting a company from owning more than one national television network. The proposals may significantly affect several pending and recently completed mergers. Existing rules would have required significant divestitures after Viacom's acquisition of CBS and the Tribune Company's proposed purchase of Times Mirror. [Page A1.]
Vice Pres Al Gore wades into one of nation's most contentious environmental debates, pledging to prohibit logging and road building on 43 million acres of undeveloped national forests if elected President; trumps recent proposal by Clinton administration that would bar road building across same broad swath of roadless land in 155 national forests and grasslands that accounts for approximately quarter of entire forest system and includes many of its most pristine areas; addresses criticisms of Clinton plan by environmentalists that it did not go far enough since it would still allow logging in undeveloped forests and explicitly exempted Tongass National Forest in Alaska, nation's largest; Gore strongly suggests he would extend same protections to Tongass, where conservation efforts have been opposed by Alaska's influential Congressional delegation; he wins endorsement of League of Conservation voters; photo (M)
China steps up efforts to expel North Korean immigrants who have sneaked in illegally to escape famine in homeland; formerly turned blind eye to estimated 100,000 to 200,000 living in border region who face persecution as traitors if they return home; begins enforcing longstanding policy that North Koreans are economic migrants who must leave; experts cite China's hope for visit from North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and fear that steady stream of refugees could overwhelm resources; UN refugee agency expresses concern; says 'food migrants' probably meet criteria for protected political refugee status, which would make their return illegal under international law; Western nations, though disturbed, are silent; both sides fear criticism could prompt China to seal border, closing what remains of important safety valve for five-year famine experts say has caused as many as two million deaths; map; photo (M)
New York Republican Party unanimously selects Representative Rick A Lazio to be its candidate for United States Senate; Lazio seizes platform and promises hard-hitting campaign, borrowing heavily on Democratic themes and speech lines as he accuses Hillary Rodham Clinton of engaging in what he terms 'politics of division'; photo (M)
Parents in Poor Neighborhoods Wary of Child Welfare Agency** Parents in New York City's poor neighborhoods, where violence and everyday stresses of poverty take heavy toll on family life and cause frequent visits by child protective workers, are wary of city's child welfare agency even when they need help; there is real everyday fear that momentary crises or parental mistake can lead to investigation by powerful Administration for Children's Services and possible loss of custody; combustible combination of children at risk and oversight agency under pressure not to slip up has created atmosphere in which wide range of parents alter their conduct, color their conversations and have frankest strategic conversations with children, all because of worry about possible encounters with child protective agency; photo (M)
Suspicion surrounds Korean War record of Edward Dailey, who claims to have won medals for valor and has written widely about his exploits as member of Seventh Cavalry Regiment, which is accused of slaughtering defenseless civilians in village of No Gun Ri nearly 50 years ago; Dailey's claims that he participated in alleged atrocities is contradicted by recent evidence showing he was not there; investigation by Associated Press indicates most of his military record apppears to be invented or imagined; photos (L)