Date: March 1, 2002
TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94. Date: January 28, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Birmingham Jury Convicts Bobby Frank Cherry in 16th Street…
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. Date: March 1, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Oakland Athletics Win 20th Consecutive Game, American League Record, September 4, 2002Daniel Pearl Beheaded by…
Terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 and wounding over 200. Date: October 12, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Hugo Chávez Returns to Office After Ouster, April 14,…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This…
Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. Date: January 17, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Iran Airtour Tu-154 Crashes Near Khorramabad, Killing 119 – February…
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 📅…