Date: March 29, 2002
TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94. Date: January 28, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Jerusalem Mahane Yehuda Market Suicide Bombing Kills Seven April…
The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976). Date: May 20, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in…
The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m. Date: March 1, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on…
Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel. Date: June 29, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 29 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 20022002…
The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. Date: January 18, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Last Steel Girder Removed from World Trade Center Site, May 28, 2002Grozny Truck Bombs Kill 72 at…
The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. Date: June 10, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Mount Nyiragongo…