Date: March 27, 2002
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) More events from 2002Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches STS-113 to…
A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft. Date: December 23, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Erfurt School Shooting:…
Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. Date: February 22, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Typhoon Rusa Hits South Korea, Killing 236+ August 31, 2002Church of the…
An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100. Date: March 5, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Moscow Theater Siege Ends in Mass Casualties October 26, 2002Envisat Satellite Launches…
Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. Date: December 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Space Shuttle Columbia Launches STS-109…
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-113 to the International Space Station carrying the Expedition 6 crew and the P1 truss. Date: November 23, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Russia and United States Sign…