2002 Lyon Car Attack March 30, 2002

Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years. Date: December 17, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day…

Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped on January 23, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors. Date: February 1, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work. Date: November 11,…

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. Date: March 1, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Hu Jintao Becomes CCP General Secretary, New Politburo Standing Committee Inaugurated – November 15, 2002First…

Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel. Date: March 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 Mid-Air…

Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights. Date: June 5, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day…