Jacques Chirac Escapes Bastille Day Assassination Attempt, July 14, 2002
Date: July 14, 2002
Date: July 14, 2002
One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria. Date: May 4, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Erfurt School…
Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Date: June 16, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Iran Airtour Tu-154 Crashes Near Khorramabad, Killing 119 – February 12, 2002Godhra Train Burning Kills 59…
Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution. Date: May 12, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this…
An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others. Date: January 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Last Steel Girder Removed from…
An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response. Date: June 22, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅…
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights. Date: April 8, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅…