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Chicago White Sox defeat New York Yankees, 12-3; New York second baseman Chuck Knoblauchleaves game, and Stadium, after throwing away three balls in first six innings; photo (M)
Sports of The Times on Tiger Woods's six-under-par 65 in opening round of US Open in Pebble Beach; photo (M)
New York City police, armed with flood of tips that followed release of suspects' photographs, charge six men from all around region and all walks of life in rampage of sexual assaults in Central Park; men, who range in age from 16 to 31 and who have no or minor criminal records, are charged with first-degree sexual assault, a felony; police release photographs of 13 more suspects taken from videotapes of melee, and say that as many as 20 people are still being sought in attacks on at least 37 women; arrestees are James Taylor, Steven Burt, Isaias Lozano, Manuel Nunez, Roberto Camacho and Manuel Vargas; photos of the 13 additional suspects being sought (M)
American automakers are improving productivity, narrowing gap with their Japanese counterparts; biggest overall efficiency gains last year took place at General Motors Corp, which was once known for inefficiency; Ford Motor Co is most efficient American automaker; Big Three Detroit-based automakers have increased productivity through improved management and organization rather than through use of high-technology computers and robots, though they have integrated such equipment into their factories; graph; photos (M)
New York City health officials prepare to spray insecticide over broad swath of Corona, Queens, after blood tests show that chicken in area infected with West Nile encephalitis virus; photo; map; Comr Neal L Cohen says spraying will commence only if follow-up tests on chicken in monitored flock confirm diagnosis (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 14, 2000, covering June 16, 2000.
Eminem
Kid Rock
Britney Spears
Matchbox Twenty
*NSYNC
2000Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player[†]
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the WTA. Andreescu has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, at the 2019 Indian Wells Open and the 2019 Canadian Open, and a major title at the 2019 US Open. She is the first Canadian to win a major singles title, and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years.
2000The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.[†]
United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, adopted on 19 March 1978, five days after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the context of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon and the Lebanese Civil War, called on Israel to withdraw immediately its forces from Lebanon and established the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL). It was adopted by 12 votes to none; Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union abstained, and China did not participate.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]