Date: March 4, 2002
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum. Date: May 6, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Laoag Airlines Flight 585 Crashes in Manila Bay, November 11,…
An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119. Date: February 12, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Gujarat Religious Violence:…
Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work. Date: November 11,…
Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Date: June 6, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6…
Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board. Date: September 14, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Iraq Disarmament Crisis: UN Weapons Inspectors Arrive in Iraq, November 18,…
The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Date: June 13, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002UN Security Council Imposes Arms Embargo on Taliban, al-Qaeda January 16, 2002Padre Pio Canonized by Roman…