Musically star Desmond Mueller

Events in 2000 and 9-5

Events in US in the birth year of Desmond Mueller

• 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 Desmond Mueller (9-5) in history

• Day 9-5 year 1914: Mother's Day became a public holiday.
• Day 9-5 year 1926: Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.
• Day 9-5 year 1936: Fascist Italy annexed Ethiopia.
• Day 9-5 year 1962: The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.
• Day 9-5 year 1978: The body of slain former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in Rome.
• Day 9-5 year 1984: It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.
• Day 9-5 year 1994: The South African parliament chose Nelson Mandela as president.
• Day 9-5 year 2004: Chechnya's Moscow-backed leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, was killed in a bombing. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.