Replaying Tuesday, May 23, 2000

The May 23, 2000 was a Tuesday under the star sign of . It was the 143 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.

If you were born on this day, you are 26 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, May 23, 2026, 34 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, May 23, 2027, in 330 days. You have lived for 9,530 days, or about 228,743 hours, or about 13,724,603 minutes, or about 823,476,180 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Joan Collins (autobiographer, film actor, model, novelist, stage actor, television actor, television producer, writer, born May 23, 1933)
  • Carl Linnaeus (autobiographer, biologist, botanist, bryologist, entomologist, geologist, mycologist, naturalist, ornithologist, physician, professor, pteridologist, zoologist, born May 23, 1707)
  • Marvelous Marvin Hagler (actor, boxer, born May 23, 1954)
  • Jewel (actor, composer, film actor, guitarist, musician, poet, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, writer, yodeler, born May 23, 1974)
  • Ken Jennings (blogger, computer scientist, game show contestant, game show host, mind gamer, non-fiction writer, podcaster, software engineer, born May 23, 1974)
  • Richard Ayoade (comedian, film director, screenwriter, television actor, television presenter, born May 23, 1977)
  • Lena Meyer-Landrut (actor, composer, model, musician, pianist, recording artist, singer, television actor, voice actor, born May 23, 1991)
  • Windham (wrestler) (actor, professional wrestler, born May 23, 1987)
  • Anatoly Karpov (chess player, journalist, member of the State Duma, politician, writer, born May 23, 1951)
  • Linda Thompson (actor, film actor, performing artist, songwriter, television actor, born May 23, 1950)
  • Drew Carey (comedian, film actor, improviser, philanthropist, photographer, screenwriter, singer, television actor, voice actor, born May 23, 1958)
  • Rosemary Clooney (actor, autobiographer, film actor, jazz musician, screenwriter, singer, television actor, born May 23, 1928)
  • Kimberley Chen (singer, born May 23, 1994)
  • Rubens Barrichello (racing automobile driver, sports commentator, television presenter, born May 23, 1972)
  • Aaron Donald (American football player, born May 23, 1991)
  • Li Bai (calligrapher, lyricist, poet, writer, born May 19, 701)
  • Janine Wissler (political scientist, politician, born May 23, 1981)
  • Melissa McBride (actor, casting director, film actor, television actor, born May 23, 1965)
  • Kappei Yamaguchi (actor, seiyū, singer, born May 23, 1965)
  • Hans Frank (lawyer, politician, born May 23, 1900)
  • Andrea Delogu (radio personality, television presenter, born May 23, 1982)
  • Mohamed Ramadan (actor, singer, born May 23, 1988)
  • Bob Mortimer (comedian, television presenter, born May 23, 1959)
  • Manuela Schwesig (civil servant, politician, born May 23, 1974)
  • H. Jon Benjamin (actor, film actor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born May 23, 1966)
  • Larisa Guzeyeva (actor, presenter, television presenter, born May 23, 1959)
  • Ryan Coogler (film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer, born May 23, 1986)
  • Suguru Osako (long-distance runner, marathon runner, born May 23, 1991)
  • Douglas Fairbanks (actor, businessperson, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, stunt performer, writer, born May 23, 1883)
  • Richard Chase (serial killer, born May 23, 1950)
  • William Barr (lawyer, political scientist, politician, born May 23, 1950)
  • Daniel Evans (tennis player, born May 23, 1990)
  • Cilla Black (actor, game show host, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, television presenter, born May 23, 1943)
  • Natsuna Watanabe (actor, model, tarento, born May 23, 1989)
  • Felix Steiner (military officer, writer, born May 23, 1896)
  • Mansur Yavaş (lawyer, politician, born May 23, 1955)
  • Scatman Crothers (actor, composer, dancer, dub actor, film actor, jazz musician, singer, television actor, voice actor, born May 23, 1910)
  • Yurika Mita (announcer, born May 23, 1987)
  • Gayatri Devi (politician, writer, born May 23, 1919)
  • Rennie Davis (businessperson, peace activist, born May 23, 1940)
  • John Ortiz (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born May 23, 1968)
  • Tim Robinson (actor, screenwriter, television actor, born May 23, 1981)
  • Linden Ashby (actor, film actor, film director, karateka, taekwondo athlete, television actor, born May 23, 1960)
  • Jason Nash (YouTuber, film director, television actor, television producer, video blogger, born May 23, 1973)
  • Nagakura Shinpachi (samurai, born May 23, 1839)
  • Michael Porter (aerospace engineer, economist, mechanical engineer, university teacher, born May 23, 1947)
  • Joe Gomez (association football player, born May 23, 1997)
  • Angelo Ogbonna (association football player, born May 23, 1988)
  • Wotan Wilke Möhring (actor, audio drama actor, film actor, model, musician, stage actor, television actor, born May 23, 1967)
  • Alan García (lawyer, politician, writer, born May 23, 1949)

23rd of May 2000 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 23, 2000

DISNEY'S TOYSMART.COM IS CLOSED AND OFFERED FOR SALE

Date: 23 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Toysmart.com, Internet toy retailer majority owned by Walt Disney Co, is closed and put up for sale after talks to provide more financing fail; company dismisses 170 employees (S)

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COMMERCECONNECT PLANS TO BUY CYGNUS BUSINESS

Date: 24 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

CommerceConnect Media acquires Cygnus Business Media, owner of trade magazines and Web sites, for $275 million (S)

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SUNTERRA, STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL, TO DISMISS 930

Date: 24 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Sunterra Corp, owner of time-share vacation resorts, will dismiss about 930 workers at company headquarters in Orlando and might not be able to continue operations; Sunterra stops sales at many resorts (S)

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PIVOTAL TECHNOLOGIES TO BE BOUGHT FOR $242.5 MILLION

Date: 24 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Broadcom Corp acquires Pivotal Technologies Corp for $242.5 million in stock (S)

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AT&T PURCHASES STAKE IN VOICE RECOGNITION WEB SERVICE

Date: 23 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

AT&T buys $60 million minority stake in Tellme Networks Inc to become primary provider of telecommunication services to company, which sends Web content by voice over telephones (S)

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CORNING ACQUIRES REST OF INTELLISENSE FOR $500 MILLION

Date: 23 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Corning Inc to buy 67 percent of IntelliSense Corp it does not already own for $500 million in stock (S)

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NAVIGANT RETAINS LEHMAN BROS. TO ADVISE IT ON OPTIONS

Date: 23 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Navigant Consulting Inc, whose shares have fallen about 90 percent in eight months, hires Lehman Brothers Inc to advise it on alternatives; names William Goodyear chairman and chief executive (S)

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ADVANCED MICRO TO SELL MOST OF COMMUNICATIONS UNIT

Date: 23 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Advanced Micro Devices Inc to sell 90 percent of its communications products division to Francisco Partners for $375 million in cash; will keep 10 percent stake and have option to buy another 10 percent (S)

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CHERRY CORP. REPORTS BUYOUT OFFER OF $262 MILLION

Date: 24 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Cherry Corp receives buyout offer of $26 a share in cash, or about $262 million, from company it declines to name (S)

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CASTLE & COOK ACCEPTS SWEETENED BID FROM CHIEF

Date: 23 May 2000

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Castle & Cook Inc agrees to be acquired by chief executive David Murdock, who owns or controls 27 percent of stock, in deal that values company at about $600 million; he will pay $230.4 million in cash and assume remainder in debt (S)

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