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R W Apple Jr En Route article on Wiltons, London restaurant beloved by British aristocrats and other grandees for 150 years; photos; venerable institution in St James, discreet, masculine and unchanging, is known for its superlative, very expensive, Dover sole (M)
Amanda Hesser report on good versions of Cobb and other chopped salads; photos; recipes (M)
Chicago Cubs defeat New York Mets, 4-3; photo (M)
Several companies have recently signed deals to outfit office elevators in New York and elsewhere across country with silent, flat-panel video screens that show advertising and news via Internet; photo (M)
New York State lawmakers agree to give annual cost-of-living pension increases for first time to retired state and local government workers; measure, affecting 1.7 million current and former employees, is projected to cost New York City more than $500 million a year (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 14, 2000, covering June 14, 2000.
Eminem
Kid Rock
Britney Spears
Matchbox Twenty
*NSYNC
2000RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player[†]
Rowan Alexander "RJ" Barrett Jr. is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected third overall in the 2019 NBA draft by the New York Knicks after one year of college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils.
2000Naomi Girma, American soccer player[†]
Naomi Haile Girma is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States national team.
2000Bobby Witt Jr., American baseball player[†]
Robert Andrew Witt Jr. is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Royals selected him second overall in the 2019 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut in 2022. In 2024, Witt was named to his first All-Star Game and earned both his first Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award. Internationally, Witt represents the United States.
2000Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (born 1911)[†]
Attilio Bertolucci was an Italian poet and writer. He was the father of film directors Bernardo and Giuseppe Bertolucci.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]