Timeline April 2000

Events in April 2000 5

• 1910 – 2000 Claire Trevor (1910-2000) American actress known as the Queen of Film Noir, Oscar winner for Key Largo.
• 2000 Claire Trevor dies in Newport Beach Claire Trevor dies aged 90.
• 2000 Metallica sue Napster File-sharing fight The lawsuit makes them the face of the music industry against piracy.
• 2000 2000 World Snooker Championship Mark Williams First Winner: Mark Williams; Runner-up: Matthew Stevens. Score: 18–16.
• 2000 Federal agents seize Elian Gonzalez An armed dawn raid in Miami ends an international custody dispute Before dawn on 22 April 2000 armed United States federal agents removed six-year-old Elian Gonzalez from the home of Miami relatives to reunite him with his father, ending a months-long standoff over the Cuban boy rescued at sea. A news photograph of an agent confronting the child with a rifle became iconic. Elian returned to Cuba with his father in June.