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)
Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. Date: June 11, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…
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-DÃaz 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 last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. Date: May 28, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
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)
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)
The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland. Date: May 23, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)