Events
DateEvent
2002 Jean Berger Died
2002 Carmelo Bernaola Died
2002 Earle Brown Died
2002 Rudolf Brucci Died
2002 Mark Bucci Died
2002 Mutal Burhonov Died
2002 Romeo Cascarino Died
October 23 2002 Adolph Green Died
August 09 2002 Bertold Hummel Died
2002 Peter Matz Died
2002 Xavier Montsalvatge Died
2002 Leo Ornstein Died
2002 Maui Dalvanius Prime Died
2002 Erkki Salmenhaara Died
2002 Ralph Shapey Died
July 10 2002 Alan Shulman Died
January 01 2002 Twelve EU Countries Legalize Euro
January 01 2002 Taiwan Joins WTO As Chinese Taipei
January 01 2002 Open Skies Surveillance Treaty Starts
2002 Whistleblower Reports Fifa Corruption
January 03 2002 Israel Seize Karine A
January 08 2002 Bush Signs No Child Left Behind Act
January 16 2002 Embargo And Frozen Assets Al-Qaeda And Taliban
January 17 2002 Mount Nyiragongo Erupts In Congo
January 18 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War Is Declared Over
January 22 2002 Kmart Largest Retailer In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
January 23 2002 FBI Takes Custody Of 'American Taliban.'
January 23 2002 Reporter Kidnapped, Then Murdered
January 27 2002 Nigerian Military Facilty Explosion Kills 1,100
January 28 2002 TAME Flight 120 Crashes In The Andes
January 29 2002 Bush Names Iran, Iraq, North Korea ""axis Of Evil"
February 01 2002 In 2002 A Journalist Is Kidnapped And Killed
February 12 2002 Slobodan Milosevic Dies Before Trial Ends
February 12 2002 Iranian Plane Crashes, Killing 119
February 19 2002 Beginning Of NASA's Mars Odyssey Space Probe
February 22 2002 Jonas Savimbi Is Killed
February 27 2002 Ryanair 296 Burns At Stansted; Evacuation Criticized
February 27 2002 Muslim Mob Torches Train Killing Hindus
February 28 2002 Gujarat: Two Religious Massacres Kill 166
March 01 2002 US Invasion Of Afghanistan Is Operation Anaconda
March 01 2002 Envisat Satellite Successfully Reaches Orbit
March 01 2002 Spain Replaces Peseta With Euro
March 02 2002 Operation Anaconda: US Invasion Of Afghanistan
March 04 2002 An Anti-terrorism Mission In Afghanistan Proves Deadly For Americans
March 19 2002 Zimbabwe Suspended From The Commonwealth
March 27 2002 A Palestinian Suicide Bomber Killed 29 People
March 27 2002 8 Councilmen Die In Nanterre France
March 29 2002 Israel Launches Operation Defensive Shield Against Palestinians
April 02 2002 Israeli Forces Besiege Palestinian Held Bethlehem Church
April 04 2002 Angolan-UNITA Peace Treaty Ends War
April 11 2002 21 Killed In Ghriba Synagogue Bombing In Tunisia
April 11 2002 Violent Caracas Protest Against President Chavez
April 12 2002 Female Bomber Blows Up At Jerusalem Market
April 14 2002 Chavez Returns To Office After Ouster
April 26 2002 Rober Steinhauser Kills 16 In Erfurt, Germany
April 27 2002 Last Telemetry From NASA Probe Pioneer 10
May 03 2002 MiG-21 Crashes In India, Killing Eight
May 04 2002 Airliner Crashes In Nigeria, Killing 149
May 07 2002 Chinese Airliner Crashes In Yellow Sea
May 09 2002 Palestinians Take Over The Church Of The Nativity
May 10 2002 FBI Agent Imprisoned For Treason With Russia
May 12 2002 Carter Arrives In Cuba
May 20 2002 Portugal Recognizes East Timor Independence
May 22 2002 Remains Of Chandra Levy Found In Washington, D.C
May 22 2002 Jury Convicts Klan Member Bobby
May 23 2002 Kyoto Protocol Reached Ratification
May 24 2002 Russia And US Sign Moscow Treaty
May 25 2002 225 Killed In Disintegration Of Chinese Flight
May 26 2002 Tugboat Knocks Out Interstate Pier, 14 Dead
May 28 2002 Closing Ceremonies Commerate End Of 911 Clean-up
May 28 2002 NATO Declares Russia A Limited Partner
May 28 2002 Mars Odyssey Finds Water Signs In Mars
June 06 2002 Asteroid Equivalent To Nagasaki Bomb Hits Mediterranean
June 10 2002 Electronic Communication Of Humans Happens First By Warwick
June 11 2002 Antonio Meucci Is The First Inventor Of Telephone
June 13 2002 US Withdraws From Missile Treaty
June 13 2002 US Army Kills Two South Korean Girls
June 14 2002 Asteroid 2002 MN Misses Earth By 121,000 Km
June 22 2002 6.5 Earthquake Strikes Iran And Incites Civil Unrest
June 29 2002 Naval Clashes Lead To 6 Dead
July 01 2002 ICC Prosecutes War Criminals
July 01 2002 Planes Collide Over Germany, 71 Dead
July 02 2002 Fossett Solos Nonstop In Baloon
July 10 2002 Rubens Painting Sold For £49.5 Million
July 14 2002 President Chirac Avoids Bastille Day Assassination Attempt
July 15 2002 Lindh Pleads Guilty To Aiding Enemy
July 15 2002 Court Of Pakiston Orders Murderers To Death
July 24 2002 House Votes To Expel Traficant
July 25 2002 Kalam Becomes President Of India
August 04 2002 Soham Murders: Two Girls Go Missing
August 19 2002 Russian Helicopter Shot Down In Checheny
August 20 2002 Hussein Opposers Take Over Embassy In Berlin
August 26 2002 Earth Summit 2002 Begins In Johannesburg
September 10 2002 Switzerland Joins The U.N
September 20 2002 The Kolka-Karmadon Rock/ice Slide
September 23 2002 The Phoenix Rises: New Web Browser Released
September 25 2002 Vitim Event In Siberia; Possible Bolide Impact
September 26 2002 Senegalese Ferry Capsizes Killing 1,000
September 27 2002 Timor-Leste Joins The United Nations
October 02 2002 The Beltway Sniper Attacked Again
October 06 2002 The Limburg Is Bombed Off Yemen
October 11 2002 Seven Killed In Vantaa, Finland Mall Bombing
October 12 2002 Terrorists Bomb Sari Club In Bali Wounding And Killing People
October 16 2002 Commemoration Of Alexandria Library Inaugurated
October 23 2002 700 Taken Hostage In Moscow Theatre
October 24 2002 Police Arrest Beltway Snipers
October 26 2002 Moscow Hostage Crisis: 150 Hostages Die
October 29 2002 Department Store Fire Worst Vietnam Disaster
October 31 2002 Jury Indicts Enron Chief, 78 Counts
November 04 2002 Cyber-dissident He Depu Arrested
November 07 2002 Iran Bans U.S. Product Advertisements
November 08 2002 UN Approves Resolution On Iraq
November 10 2002 Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak
November 13 2002 Iraq Agrees To UN Disarmament Resolution
November 15 2002 Communist Party Secretary Jintao And Politbuor Committee Inaugurated
November 18 2002 Inspectors In Iraq Were Led By Blix
November 19 2002 Prestige Leaks 20 Million Gallons Of Oil
November 21 2002 Nato Looks To Expand Membership By 7
November 22 2002 100 People Killed, Miss World Contest
November 28 2002 Israeli Owned Kenyan Hotel Blown Up
December 13 2002 European Union Enlargement From May 1, 2004
December 17 2002 The Congolese Sign Peace Treaty Allowing Government
December 18 2002 Gray Davis: Budget Deficit Of $35 Billion
December 23 2002 Iraqi MiG-25 Shoots Down MQ-1 Predator
December 27 2002 Bombs Kill 72, Injure 200 In Russia