Date: July 10, 2002
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…
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…
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities). Date: March 2, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Afghanistan Shah-i-Kot…
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 2002Operation Anaconda Begins in Eastern Afghanistan, March 1, 2002Space Shuttle Columbia Launches…
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights. Date: June 5, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day…
A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104. Date: April 12, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Robert Hanssen Sentenced to Life…