Date: February 12, 2002
A cooking gas cylinder explodes on board an Egyptian National Railways train in El Ayyat, causing a fire and killing over 370 people. Date: February 20, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Iraqi Dissidents…
China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board. Date: May 25, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002China Northern Airlines…
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…
The Massacre of the Innocents, a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, is sold at a Sotheby's auction for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson. Date: July 10, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002TAME Flight…
The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people. Date: October 2, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 2 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Jerusalem Mahane Yehuda Market Suicide Bombing Kills Seven April…
Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. Date: March 4, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)…