The following lists events that happened during 2000 in the United States. Incumbents Federal government President: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) Vice President: Al Gore (D-Tennessee) Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Wisconsin) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) Senate Majority Leader: Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) Congress: 106th Events January January 4 – Alan Greenspan is nominated for a fourth term as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman. January 5–8 – The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit of several high-level al-Qaeda members (including two 9/11 American Airlines hijackers) is held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. January 10 – America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger). January 12 – Elián González affair: Attorney General Janet Reno rules that a child rescued by the Coast Guard must be returned to his father in Cuba. January 14 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble). January 19 – A dorm fire at Seton Hall University kills three people and injures several others. Three years later, Sean Ryan and Joseph LePore are convicted of arson and sentenced to five years in prison. January 26 – The rap-metal band Rage Against the Machine plays in front of Wall Street, prompting an early closing of trading due to the crowds. January 30 – Super Bowl XXXIV: The St. Louis Rams win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1951, defeating the Tennessee Titans 23–16. January 31 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes in the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people on board. February February 11 – A blast from an improvized explosive device in front of a Barclay's Bank, across from the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, wounds dozens but kills none. February 13 – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles Schulz. February 17 – Microsoft releases Windows 2000. March March 7 – Texas Governor George W. Bush and U.S. Vice President Al Gore emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the United States presidential election. March 9 – The FBI arrests art forgery suspect Ely Sakhai in New York City. March 10 – The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048. March 20 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), a former Black Panther, is captured after a gun battle in Atlanta, Georgia that leaves a sheriff's