Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 Crashes Near Paranapanema, Brazil, September 14, 2002

The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured. Date: May 26, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day…

Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern is premiered, together with her earlier Johannes-Passion, at Hamburg's Michaeliskirche, performed by soloists, choir and orchestra from the Mariinsky Theatre combined with NDR choir and orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Date: March 16, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 2002…

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 2002Iraqi MiG-25…

In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. Date: March 29, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This…

Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries. Date: February 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Boeing 707 Crashes Near Bangui Airport, 28 Killed – July 4, 2002Ryanair Flight…

NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. Date: February 19, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Caracas Protest March Demands Chávez Resignation, 19…