Actress Amara Miller

Events in 2000 and 4-5

Events in US in the birth year of Amara Miller

• Wary investors bring stock plunge; beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom (Feb. 25).
• Cuban boy Elián González, 6, at center of international dispute, reunited with his father after federal raid of Miami relatives' home (April 22).
• U.S. presidential election closest in decades; Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state (Nov. 7-8). Republicans file federal suit to block manual recount of Florida presidential election ballots sought by Democrats (Nov. 11). Florida Supreme Court rules election hand count may continue (Nov. 21). U.S. Supreme Court orders halt to manual recount of Florida votes (Dec. 9). Supreme Court seals Bush victory by 5-4; rules there can be no further recounting (Dec. 12). See 2000 election chronology.
• See also: 2000 Year in Review and 2000 Month-by-Month

Birthday Amara Miller (4-5) in history

• Day 4-5 year 1626: Dutch Governor Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 in cloth and brass buttons.
• Day 4-5 year 1886: The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.
• Day 4-5 year 1932: Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.
• Day 4-5 year 1959: The first Grammy Awards were held.
• Day 4-5 year 1961: Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
• Day 4-5 year 1970: Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
• Day 4-5 year 1998: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.