Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims. Date: February 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries. Date: February 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
An Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre carrying Intelsat 904. Date: February 23, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 23 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. Date: February 22, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 22 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
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 โ ๐ Other events on February 20 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. Date: February 19, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 19 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
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 โ ๐ Other events on February 12 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The trial of Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion. Date: February 12, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 12 ๐ Events…
Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped on January 23, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors. Date: February 1, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 1 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This Day (Today)
In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea. Date: January 29, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 29 ๐ Events on this day in 2002 ๐ On This…