Date: December 13, 2002
Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Date: May 22, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On…
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…
The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. Date: January 18, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Sofia Gubaidulina’s Johannes-Ostern and Johannes-Passion Premiere in Hamburg, March 16, 2002Kyoto Protocol Reaches 55 Parties After Iceland…
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…
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 African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa. Date: July 9, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More…