Date: May 20, 2002
Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Date: June 6, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6…
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,…
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 2002Antonio Meucci Recognized as Telephone…
Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims. Date: February 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Angola MPLA and UNITA Sign Peace Treaty Ending Civil…
An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others. Date: January 27, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Egyptian Train Gas Cylinder Explosion…
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 2002Last Steel Girder…