Date: July 1, 2002
Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people. Date: April 15, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Birmingham Jury Convicts Bobby Frank Cherry in…
Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty. Date: May 24, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Robert Hanssen Sentenced to Life for Spying for Russia, May 10, 2002Egyptian Train Gas Cylinder Explosion…
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 2002Air China Flight 129 Crashes…
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 2002Afghanistan Special Operations Raid Kills 7 U.S. Soldiers, 200 Al-Qaeda…
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. Date: May 10, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
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,…