On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 11, 2000, covering October 12, 2000.
Mystikal
98 Degrees
Madonna
Nelly
Shyne
Creed
Eminem
Lil Bow Wow
3 Doors Down
Baha Men
2000Jongho, South Korean singer and actor[†]
Choi Jong-ho, known professionally as Jongho, is a South Korean singer, and actor. He debuted as the main vocalist of the boy group Ateez in 2018. Jongho has also released multiple Korean drama soundtracks, including "Gravity" for the drama Reborn Rich and "A Day" for the drama Lovely Runner.
2000The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.[†]
USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Cole is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, a machine-gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, during World War II. Cole is one of 62 authorized Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, and one of 21 members of the Flight I-class that used the 5 in(127 mm)/54 caliber gun mounts found on the earliest of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The ship was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding and was delivered to the Navy on 11 March 1996.
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Pres Clinton to lift many of trade and economic sanctions against Yugoslavia intended to speed fall of former Pres Slobodan Milosevic; will immediately end ban on American flights and oil embargo; will join with European Union in sweeping away variety of other sanctions over next few weeks, except for those aimed at barring Milosevic, his family and allies from sending assets abroad; will retain so-called 'outer wall' of sanctions' that bar World Bank and International Monetary Fund aid until United States discusses Milosevic's legal fate with Pres Vojislav Kostunica (M)
Vice Pres Al Gore and Gov George W Bush use second presidential debate as exercise in image repair and improvement; Gore's quest for softer, warmer, more truthful touch reflects acknowledgment of where he erred in first debate; Bush seeks to show comfort with complicated information president should master (M)
France Telecom confirms that it is in talks with Equant about 'possible transaction'; says it does not expect deal under current market conditions (S)
German developers Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs, owners of RFR Holdings, win bidding war for Seagram Building, the latest in series of trophy properties changing hands in frenzied Manhattan real estate marketplace; executives involved in deal say sale price is over $375 million; landmark building, located at 52nd St and Park Ave, was designed by Mies van der Rohe; photo (M)
Stephen Holden reviews performance by singer Polly Bergen at Feinstein's at the Regency; photo (M)
New advertisment released by Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign criticizes Rep Rick A Lazio for missing votes in Congress while out campaigning, a line of attack that echoes Alfonse M D'Amato campaign in 1998 race against Charles E Schumer; photo (M)
New Brazilian court injunction threatens to delay Nov 20 sale of Sao Paulo state bank Banespa, one of biggest privatizations in Brazil's financial history; reinstates old injunction brought by bank employees union blocking sale of bank (S)
Huge old cotton warehouse in Atlanta has been converted into Studioplex, a loft community for artists, in $18.3 million experiment in urban redevelopment aimed at reviving central city neighborhood known as Old Fourth Ward; photos (M)
New York Yankees defeat Seattle Mariners, 7-1, to tie American League championship series at 1-1; photos; graph (M)
China's Hainan International Trust and Investment Co defaults on bond issue for 14 billion Japanese yen, or about $130 million, after 14-day grace period lapses on missed payment (S)
Eastern Austrian utility, EVN AG, and its partners say they are making bid of more than 6 billion schillings ($381 million) for 25 percent stake in Energie AG Oberoesterreich to expand in northern Austria; WienStrom, electricity unit of Wiener Stadtwerke AG, and ESG Linz say they also want Energie AG to join their Energie Allianz cooperative; graph (S)
Initial public offering of Sinopec, China's second-largest oil company, is jolted by 11th-hour disclosure that one of Sinopec's subsidiaries has invested in Sudan; subsidiary, Zhongyuan Petroleum, had joint venture with China National Petroleum, parent of PetroChina, to conduct surveys and drill oil wells in Sudan; venture was transferred to China National Petroleum in June; it was another, far larger project in Sudan backed by China National Petroleum that led human rights and labor groups to organize bitter campaign against PetroChina's offering; several portfolio managers say that Sinopec's past link to Sudan will have little effect on global stock offering, which seeks to raise $3.5 billion; photos (M)