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)
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military. Date: April 14, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104. Date: April 12, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed. Date: April 11, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia. Date: April 11, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights. Date: April 8, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅…
The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. Date: April 4, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated. Date: April 2, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 2002 Lyon car attack takes place. Date: March 30, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. Date: March 29, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This…