Timeline August 2000

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• 1901 – 2000 Carl Barks (1901-2000) Died 25 August 2000, aged 99 Carl Barks was the Disney comics artist who defined Donald Duck in print and created Scrooge McDuck, Duckburg and much of its supporting cast. Working anonymously for decades, he was known to readers only as "the good duck artist" until fans identified him. His adventure stories influenced later cartoonists and filmmakers.
• 1913 – 2000 Loretta Young (1913-2000) American actress with a career from silent films to her own TV show, winning an Oscar for The Farmer's Daughter.
• 1914 – 2000 Alec Guinness (1914-2000) English actor who moved from the Ealing comedies to The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars.
• 1914 – 2000 Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000) Died 5 August 2000, aged 86 Alec Guinness was among Britain's foremost actors, ranging from Ealing comedies to David Lean epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, for which he won an Oscar. To later audiences he was Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, a role he regarded with some disdain despite the fortune it brought him. He was also a celebrated stage performer.
• 2000 US Open 2000 Men: Marat Safin · Women: Venus Williams Safin demolished Sampras in a stunning upset.
• 2000 Wins PGA Championship, begins the "Tiger Slam" Third consecutive major of the year Woods defeated Bob May in a playoff to win the PGA Championship, his third consecutive major title of the year and the beginning of what became known as the "Tiger Slam" -- holding all four professional major championships simultaneously.
• 2000 Alec Guinness dies in Midhurst Alec Guinness dies aged 86.
• 2000 Firestone recalls millions of tyres Tread failures are linked to Ford Explorer rollovers In August 2000 Bridgestone/Firestone announced a recall of about 6.5 million tyres, many fitted to the Ford Explorer, after tread separations were tied to rollover crashes that had caused hundreds of deaths. Congressional hearings followed, and Ford and Firestone ended a supply relationship dating to 1906. The scandal produced the United States TREAD Act on vehicle-safety reporting.
• 2000 Loretta Young dies in Los Angeles Loretta Young dies aged 87.
• 2000 Sinking of the submarine Kursk Explosions kill all 118 aboard a Russian nuclear submarine On 12 August 2000 the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea after a torpedo explosion set off a second, larger blast. All 118 crew died; some survived for hours in a rear compartment before the air gave out. President Vladimir Putin was criticised for the slow official response and for at first refusing foreign help.
• 2000 – present Usain Bolt Born August 21, 1986 — fastest human ever Usain Bolt was born on August 21, 1986 in Trelawny, Jamaica. He set world records of 9.58s (100m) and 19.19s (200m) at the 2009 Berlin World Championships and won 8 Olympic gold medals.