Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 Crash Kills 23 – August 30, 2002

The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. Date: May 28, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped on January 23, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors. Date: February 1, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. Date: May 10, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. Date: May 7, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Ryanair Flight 296 Fire at London Stansted Airport, February 27, 2002China Airlines…

In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. Date: March 29, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This…

Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Date: June 14, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Iran Airtour Tupolev…