Space Shuttle Columbia Launches STS-109 to Service Hubble Telescope, March 1, 2002

An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 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 2002Jonas Savimbi Killed in Military Ambush, February 22, 2002Quecreek Mine Miners…

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 2002Boeing 707 Crashes Near Bangui Airport, 28 Killed – July 4, 2002Mombasa…

Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty. Date: May 24, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Rubens’ Massacre of the Innocents Sells at Sotheby’s for £49.5M, July 10, 2002Laoag Airlines Flight 585…

The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. Date: November 16, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 Mid-Air Collision,…

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 2002George W. Bush…

The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. Date: September 26, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002Grozny Truck Bombs Kill 72 at Chechen Government…