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* March 7 – [[W. D. Hamilton]], evolutionary biologist, at age 63

* March 7 – [[W. D. Hamilton]], evolutionary biologist, at age 63

* March 10 – [[William Porter (hurdler)|William Porter]], hurdler won gold medal in 1948, at age 73<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic hero from Jackson dies at 73: Porter won 110 hurdles at ’48 London Games|newspaper=Jackson Citizen-Patriot|date=March 14, 2000|page=C1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/jackson-citizen-patriot-olympic-hero-fro/185850956/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* March 10 – [[William Porter (hurdler)|William Porter]], hurdler won gold medal in 1948, at age 73<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic hero from Jackson dies at 73: Porter won 110 hurdles at ’48 London Games|newspaper=Jackson Citizen-Patriot|date=March 14, 2000|page=C1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/jackson-citizen-patriot-olympic-hero-fro/185850956/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* March 25 – [[Jim Cash]], screenwriter (”[[Top Gun]]”, at age 59<ref>{{cite news|title=”Top Gun” co-writer, MSU teacher Jim Cash dies in East Lansing at 59|newspaper=The Flint Journal|date=March 29, 2000|page=A10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-flint-journal-top-gun-co-writer-m/185851089/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* March 25 – [[Jim Cash]], screenwriter (”[[Top Gun]]”, at age 59<ref>{{cite news|title=”Top Gun” co-writer, MSU teacher Jim Cash dies in East Lansing at 59|newspaper=The Flint Journal|date=March 29, 2000|page=A10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-flint-journal-top-gun-co-writer-m/185851089/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* May 2 – [[Harry Newman (American football)|Harry Newman]], UM quarterback (1930–32), Big Ten MVP (1932), at age 90<ref>{{cite news|title=Harry Newman, record-setting New York Giant|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|date=May 4, 2000|page=19B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-harry-newman/185851240/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* May 2 – [[Harry Newman (American football)|Harry Newman]], UM quarterback (1930–32), Big Ten MVP (1932), at age 90<ref>{{cite news|title=Harry Newman, record-setting New York Giant|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|date=May 4, 2000|page=19B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-harry-newman/185851240/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* May 2 – [[Teri Thornton]], jazz singer and piano player, at age 65<ref>{{cite news|title=Teri Thornton: She sang her way back to spotlight|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=May 5, 2000|page=7B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-teri-thornton-she-sa/185851329/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* May 2 – [[Teri Thornton]], jazz singer and piano player, at age 65<ref>{{cite news|title=Teri Thornton: She sang her way back to spotlight|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=May 5, 2000|page=7B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-teri-thornton-she-sa/185851329/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

List of events

This article reviews 2000 in Michigan, including the state’s office holders, demographics, performance of sports teams, cultural events, and a chronology of the state’s top news and sports stories.

The top stories in Michigan in 2000 included:

Michigan had a population as recorded in the 2000 U.S. Census of 9,938,444, an increase of 6.9% from the 1990 Census which recorded Michigan’s population at 9,295,297.

The following is a list of 23 Michigan cities with populations over 50,000 based on 2000 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1990 and 2010 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of Metro Detroit are shaded in tan.

2000 Rank	City	County	1990 Pop.	2000 Pop.	2010 Pop.	Change 1990–2000
1	Detroit	Wayne	1,027,974	951,270	713,777	−7.5%
2	Grand Rapids	Kent	189,126	197,800	188,036	4.6%
3	Warren	Macomb	144,864	138,247	134,056	−4.6%
4	Flint	Genesee	140,761	124,943	102,434	−11.2%
5	Sterling Heights	Macomb	117,810	124,471	129,699	5.7%
6	Lansing	Ingham	127,321	119,128	114,297	−6.4%
7	Ann Arbor	Washtenaw	109,593	114,024	113,934	4.0%
8	Livonia	Wayne	100,850	100,545	96,942	−0.3%
9	Dearborn	Wayne	89,286	97,775	98,153	9.5%
10	Westland	Wayne	84,724	86,602	84,094	2.2%
11	Farmington Hills	Oakland	74,611	82,111	79,740	10.1%
12	Troy	Oakland	72,884	80,959	80,980	11.1%
13	Southfield	Oakland	75,745	78,322	71,758	3.4%
14	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	80,277	76,145	74,262	−5.1%
15	Wyoming	Kent	63,891	69,368	72,125	8.6%
16	Rochester Hills	Oakland	61,766	68,825	70,995	11.4%
17	Pontiac	Oakland	71,166	66,337	59,515	−6.8%
18	Taylor	Wayne	70,811	65,868	63,131	−7.0%
19	St. Clair Shores	Macomb	68,107	63,096	59,715	−7.4%
20	Saginaw	Saginaw	69,512	61,799	51,508	−11.1%
21	Royal Oak	Oakland	65,410	60,062	57,236	−8.2%
22	Dearborn Heights	Wayne	60,838	58,264	57,774	−4.2%
23	Battle Creek	Calhoun	53,540	53,364	52,347	−0.3%

• 2000 Detroit Lions season – Led by head coach Matt Patricia until his firing after week 11, the Lions compiled a 5–11 record. The team’s statistical leaders included Charlie Batch (2,489 passing yards) and James “Little Man” Stewart (1,184 rushing yards).^[1]
• 2000 Michigan Wolverines football team – In their sixth year under head coach Lloyd Carr, the Wolverines compiled a 9–3 record and tied for the Big Ten championship. The team’s statistical leaders included quarterback Drew Henson with 1,852 passing yards, running back Anthony Thomas with 1,551 rushing yards and 102 points scored.^[2]
• 2000 Michigan State Spartans football team – Led by head coach Bobby Williams who took over after the depature of Nick Saban, the Spartans compiled a 5–6 record. The team’s statistical leaders included Jeff Smoker (1,365 passing yards) and T. J. Duckett]] (1,353 rushing yards).^[3]

• No. 8 Michigan defeated No. 5 Alabama, 35–34, in the Orange Bowl. Tom Brady completed 34 of 46 passes for 369 yards and four touchdowns.^[9][10][11]
• No. 9 Michigan State, led by Nick Saban, defeated No. 10 Florida, 37–34, in the Florida Citrus Bowl.^[12][13]

• Oak Park Police Sgt. Solomon Bell shot himself in the head while sitting at blackjack table in the high-roller area of the Motor City Casino. He had been on a losing streak and drew 20 in his final hand, only to lose when the dealer drew 21.
• DaimlerChrysler cochairman Robert James Eaton announced that he would retire in March. Eaton led the company’s comeback in the 1990s and its sale to Daimler-Benz.
• Ford Motor announced a $6.9 billion proftis for 1997. It was the largest annual profit ever for any automaker.

• January 27 – Ford announced that workers would receive profit-sharing checks averageing $8,000.

• February 22 – In the Michigan Republican presidential primary, John McCain won with 646,744 votes (51%), defeating George W. Bush who received 547,939 votes (43%) and Alan Keyes with 58,790 votes (5%).

• March 11 – Al Gore won the Michigan Democratic presidential caucus with 82% of the votes.

• November 1 – Detroit and Ford Field were awarded hosting honors for Super Bowl XL in 2006.
• November 2 – State, county, and city government combine to offer Ford a $222 million incentive pacage to sepnd $2 billion to redevelop and expand its Rouge complex.
• November 5 – Al Gore visited Dearborn for a final election stop in Michigan.
• November 6 – Bobby Ross quit as head coach of the Detroit Lions; Gary Moeller hired to replace him.
• November 7

• 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan: Democrate Al Gore received 2,170,418 votes (51.28%), defeating Republican George W. Bush with 1,953,139 votes (46.14%).
• 2000 United States Senate election in Michigan: Democrat Debbie Stabenow received 2,061,952 votes (49.47%), in an upset victory over the incumbent Republican Spencer Abraham who received 1,994,693 votes (47.86%).^[14]
• 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

• November 18 – Michigan defeated Ohio State in their annual rivalry game. It was Michigan’s twelfth victory against only three defeats and one tie in the past 16 years.
• November 27 – Kirk Kerkorian filed a shareholder suit seeking to undo the merger of Daimler Benz and Chrysler. Kerkorian alleged that Daimler Chrysler Chairman Juergen Schrempp of “blatantly lying” to Chrysler shareholders that the deal was a “merger of equals.”^[15]

• December 1 – Six children, ages 2 to 7, died in a fire in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects on the city’ east side.^[16]
• December 12 – General Motors announced that it was phasing out its 103-year-old Oldsmobile brand, the oldest brand in the American automobile industry.^[17]
• December 28 – The Census Bureau released figures showing that, despite its strongest population growth since the 1960s, Michigan would lose a seat in Congress, as national population continued to shift from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West. Michigan previously lost two seats in 1990 and one in 1980.^[18]

• January – Jasper Martus, polician, in Flushing
• January 20 – Ayo Akinola, soccer player, in Detroit
• February 1 – Alexa Spaanstra, soccer player, in Brighton
• February 23 – Natalie Viggiano, soccer player, in Troy
• March 5 – Gabe Brown, basketball player, in Ypsilanti
• March 23 – Treylon Burks, wide receiver, in Flint
• March 31 – Javon Foster, offensive tackle, in Detroit
• April 14 – Armani Williams, stock car racing driver, in Grosse Pointe
• April 24 – Courtney Sarault, short track speed skater, in Grand Rapids
• April 26 – Isaac Darkangelo, linebacker, in Brighton
• May 5 – Ben VanSumeren, football fullback, in Bay City
• May 13 – Antonio Cipriano, actor and opera singer, in Grosse Pointe Woods
• May 31 – Spencer Schwellenbach, MLB pitcher, in Saginaw
• June 1 – Rocket Watts, basketball player, in Detroit
• June 6 – BabyTron, rappper, in Ypsilanti
• June 21 – Joel Wilson, football tight end, in Petoskey
• June 26 – Yuki Nomura, baseball infielder, in Howell
• July 14 – Marcus Bingham Jr., basketball player, in Grand Rapids
• July 16 – Terry Armstrong, basketball player, in Flint
• July 27 – Quinton Barrow, football tackle, in Inkster
• July 29 – Theo Day, quarterback, in Canton
• August 6 – Alec Regula, hockey player, in West Bloomfield
• August 9 – Aidan Hutchinson, defensive end, in Plymouth
• August 17 – Olivia Nelson-Ododa, basketball player, in Lansing
• August 24 – Issa Rayyan, soccer player, in Dearborn
• August 31 – Sauce Gardner, cornerback, in Detroit
• September 5 – Max Sasson, hockey player, in Birmingham
• September 30 – Ben Ofeimu, soccer player, in West Bloomfield
• October 7 – Ryan Talbot, track and field athlete, in Alto
• October 13 – Anna Fairman, hockey player, in Troy
• December 21 – D’Wan Mathis, quarterback, in Oak Park
• 2000 – Mei Semones, jazz-influenced rock musician, in Ann Arbor

• January 8 – Warren H. Wagner, botanist, at age 79^[19]
• January 13 – Arthur Henry Krawczak, auxiliary bishop of Detroit, at age 86^[20]
• January 16 – Gene Harris, jazz pianist, at age 66^[21]
• January 29 – Martha Jean “The Queen” Steinberg, radio broadcaster and pastor, at age 69^[22]
• February 1 – James V. Neel, geneticist, at age 84^[23]
• February 2 – Harry K. Cull, Flint mayor, at age 88^[24]
• February 8 – Sid Abel, Detroit Red Wings player (1938–43, 1945–52) and head coach (1957–71), at age 81^[25]
• February 20 – Albert Cleage, black nationalist Christian minister, newspaper publisher, political candidate at age 88^[26]
• March 7 – W. D. Hamilton, evolutionary biologist, at age 63
• March 10 – William Porter, hurdler won gold medal in 1948, at age 73^[27]
• March 25 – Jim Cash, screenwriter (Top Gun), at age 59^[28]
• May 2 – Harry Newman, UM quarterback (1930–32), Big Ten MVP (1932), at age 90^[29]
• May 2 – Teri Thornton, jazz singer and piano player, at age 65^[30]
• May 11 – Verna Aardema, author of children’s books, at age 88
• June 14 – Peter McWilliams, self-help author and marijuana advocate, at age 50
• June 27 – Tobin Rote, Detroit Lions quarterback (1957–59), at age 72
• July 1 – Cub Koda, rock musician, songwriter and critic, at age 51
• July 5 – Gloria Williams, lead singer for early6 incaration of Martha and the Vandellas, at age 57
• July 9 – John Vitale, UM center/guard (1985–1988), at age 34
• July 10 – Bill Munson, Detroit Lions quarterback (1968–1975), at age 58
• July 22 – Dwight E. Beach, US military commander, at age 92
• August 5 – Dudley Randall, African-American poet and publisher, at age 85
• September 23 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Detroit Tigers third baseman (1971–1979), at age 52
• September 29 – Pete Schmidt, Albion head football coach (1983–1996), at age 52
• October 3 – Pat Flowers, jazz pianist and singer, at age 82
• October 5 – Ruth Ellis, LGBT rights activist, at age 101
• October 7 – Leslie Kish, statistician and survey methodologist, at ag 90
• October 25 – Robert E. Waldron, Speaker of Michigan House (1967–68), at age 80
• October 28 – Howard Patterson, competitive swimmer at Michigan State and 1948 Olympics, at age 73
• November 16 – Joe C., rapper and hype man for Kid Rock, at age 26
• November 22 – David Hermelin, ambassador, philanthropist, entrepreneur, at age 63
• December 8 – Neil Staebler, U.S. Congressman (1963–65), at age 95
• December 8 – Gary Bergman, Detroit Red Wings (1964–75), at age 62
• December 24 – Howard Yerges, Michigan quarterback (1944–1947), at age 76
• December 26 – John Coatta, quarterback/coach, at age 71
• Robert Propst, inventor known as the “Father of the Cubicle”, at age 79