Arturo Guzmán Decena, founder of Los Zetas and high-member of the Gulf Cartel, is killed in a shoot-out with the Mexican Army and the police. Date: November 21, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. Date: November 21, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 76,000 m3 (20 million US gal) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history. Date: November 19, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On…
Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq. Date: November 18, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. Date: November 16, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. Date: November 15, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441. Date: November 13, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
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,…
A Fokker F27 Friendship operating as Laoag International Airlines Flight 585 crashes into Manila Bay shortly after takeoff from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, killing 19 people. Date: November 11, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. Date: November 10, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)