Musically star Whynot_Joey

Events in 2000 and 6-1

Events in US in the birth year of Whynot_Joey

• 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 Whynot_Joey (6-1) in history

• Day 6-1 year 1540: Four years after beheading his second wife, King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
• Day 6-1 year 1759: The founder of the United States, George Washington, married Martha Custis.
• Day 6-1 year 1838: Samuel Morse gave the first public demonstration of the telegraph.
• Day 6-1 year 1912: New Mexico became the 47th state in the United States.
• Day 6-1 year 1919: Former president Theodore Roosevelt died in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
• Day 6-1 year 1987: University of California astronomers first witnessed the birth of a galaxy that contained 1 billion stars.
• Day 6-1 year 1994: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan clubbed on leg by men including husband of rival skater Tonya Harding.