George W. Bush Signs No Child Left Behind Act – January 8, 2002

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…

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 2002Beltway Sniper Attacks Begin in Washington, D.C. – October…

Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. Date: January 17, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Kyoto Protocol Reaches 55 Parties After Iceland Ratification May 23,…

A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three. Date: November 6, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 6 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Mombasa Hotel Bombing and Arkia Flight 582 Attack, November 28, 2002Iran Airtour Tupolev…

An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100. Date: March 5, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002UN Security Council Approves Iraq Disarmament Resolution 1441 November 8, 2002Passover Massacre…