2002 in der Geschichte
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Ereignisse
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2002
Euro currency becomes legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
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2002
Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
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2002
President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
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2002
Der UN-Sicherheitsrat beschließt einstimmig ein Waffenembargo und die Einfrierung der Vermögenswerte von Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda und den verbleibenden Taliban-Mitgliedern.
United Nations Security Council · Osama bin Laden · Al-Qaeda · Taliban
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2002
Der Vulkan Nyiragongo bricht in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo aus und vertrieben geschätzte 400.000 Menschen.
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2002
Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
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2002
Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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2002
Der US-amerikanische Journalist Daniel Pearl wird in Karachi, Pakistan entführt und anschließend ermordet.
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2002
An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
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2002
Die TAME-Flug 120, eine Boeing 727-100, stürzt in den Anden in südlichem Kolumbien ab und tötet 92 Menschen.
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2002
In seiner Rede zur Lage der Union beschreibt Präsident George W. Bush "Regime, die den Terrorismus unterstützen" als Achse des Bösen, zu der er den Irak, den Iran und Nordkorea zählt.
State of the Union address · George W. Bush · Terrorism · Axis of evil · Iraq
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2002
Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
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2002
Der Prozess gegen Slobodan Milošević, den ehemaligen Präsidenten der Föderativen Republik Jugoslawien, beginnt vor dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien der Vereinten Nationen in Den Haag, Niederlande. Er stirbt vier Jahre später, bevor das Verfahren abgeschlossen ist.
Trial of Slobodan Milošević · Serbia and Montenegro · United Nations · International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia · The Hague
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2002
An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
Iran Airtour · Tupolev Tu-154 · Khorramabad · Iran · Khorramabad Airport
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2002
NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
NASA · Mars Odyssey · Space probe · Mars
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2002
Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
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2002
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
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2002
Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
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2002
During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
2002 Gujarat riots · Naroda Patiya massacre · Gulbarg Society massacre
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2002
US-amerikanische Invasion Afghanistans: Operation Anaconda beginnt im östlichen Afghanistan.
War in Afghanistan (2001-14) · Operation Anaconda · Afghanistan
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2002
The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons).
Envisat · Environmental satellite · Payload (air and space craft)
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2002
US-amerikanische Invasion in Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda beginnt (endet am 19. März nach dem Tod von 500 Taliban- und al-Qaida-Kämpfern, mit 11 westlichen Truppenopfern).
War in Afghanistan (2001-14) · Operation Anaconda · March 19 · Taliban · Al-Qaeda
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2002
Afghanistan: Sieben amerikanische Spezialkräfte-Soldaten und 200 Al-Qaida-Kämpfer werden getötet, als amerikanische Streitkräfte mit einem Tiefflug-Hubschrauber-Überwachungsflug in das Tal Shah-i-Kot eindringen wollen.
War in Afghanistan (2001-14) · Special Operations Forces · Battle of Takur Ghar · Shah-i-Kot Valley
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2002
Simbabwe wird wegen Menschenrechtsverletzungen und Wahlbetrugs nach einem turbulenten Präsidentschaftswahlprozess aus dem Commonwealth ausgeschlossen.
Zimbabwe · Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations · Commonwealth of Nations · Human rights · Electoral fraud
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2002
Pessach-Massaker: Ein palästinensischer Selbstmordattentäter tötet 29 Menschen bei einem Pessach-Seder in Netanja, Israel.
Passover massacre · Palestinians · Suicide bomber · Passover seder · Netanya
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2002
Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.
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2002
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.
Passover massacre · Israel · Operation Defensive Shield · Palestinian political violence · West Bank
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2002
Die israelischen Streitkräfte umzingeln die Geburtsgotteskirche in Bethlehem, in die sich bewaffnete Palästinenser zurückgezogen hatten.
Israel · Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem · Bethlehem · Palestinians
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2002
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
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2002
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
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2002
Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt · Miraflores Palace · Hugo Chávez
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2002
A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
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2002
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
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2002
Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
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2002
OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
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2002
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
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2002
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
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2002
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
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2002
The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem · Church of the Nativity · Bethlehem · Palestinians
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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.
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2002
Der ehemalige US-Präsident Jimmy Carter reist nach Kuba an, um für fünf Tage mit Fidel Castro zu bleiben und wird der erste Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten, der auf der Insel seit Castros Revolution von 1959, im Amt oder im Ruhestand, besuchte.
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2002
Die Unabhängigkeit Osttimors wird durch Portugal anerkannt, was offiziell 23 Jahre indonesische Herrschaft und drei Jahre vorläufige UN-Verwaltung beendet. Portugal selbst war bis 1976 der ehemalige Kolonialmacht Osttimors.
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2002
Civil Rights Movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Civil Rights Movement · Birmingham, Alabama · Ku Klux Klan · Bobby Frank Cherry · 1963
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2002
The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
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2002
Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
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2002
China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. All 225 people on board are killed.
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2002
The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
I-40 bridge disaster · Arkansas River · Webbers Falls, Oklahoma
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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.
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2002
Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2002 Eastern Mediterranean event · Near-Earth asteroid · Libya · Kiloton · Nagasaki atomic bomb
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2002
The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
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2002
Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
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2002
The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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2002
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.
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2002
An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
Moment magnitude scale · 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake · Iran
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2002
The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
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2002
Marinekonflikte zwischen Südkorea und Nordkorea führen zum Tod von sechs südkoreanischen Matrosen und der Versenkung eines nordkoreanischen Schiffes.
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2002
The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
International Criminal Court · Genocide · Crimes against humanity · War crime · Crime of aggression
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2002
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.
Tupolev Tu-154 · Boeing 757 · Überlingen mid-air collision · Überlingen
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2002
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
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2002
The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; its first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
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2002
At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
Sotheby's · Peter Paul Rubens · Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens) · Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
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2002
French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Day celebrations.
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2002
"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
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2002
Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Pakistan · Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh · The Wall Street Journal · Daniel Pearl
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2002
Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
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2002
Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
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2002
Eine Gruppe von Irakern, die sich gegen das Regime von Saddam Hussein stellen, übernimmt die irakische Botschaft in Berlin, Deutschland, für fünf Stunden, bevor sie ihre Geiseln freilassen und sich ergeben.
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2002
Die Oakland Athletics gewannen ihr 20. aufeinanderfolgendes Spiel, ein Rekord der American League.
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2002
The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
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2002
Schweiz, traditionell ein neutrales Land, tritt der Vereinten Nationen bei.
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2002
The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
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2002
An overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
Senegal · Ferry · MV Le Joola · The Gambia
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2002
The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
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2002
A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
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2002
Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
2002 Bali bombings · Sari Club · Kuta · Bali
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2002
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina · Alexandria · Library of Alexandria · Classical antiquity
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2002
Moskauer Theatergeiselnis: Tschetschenische Terroristen nehmen das Kulturhaus in Moskau in Besitz und nehmen etwa 700 Theaterbesucher als Geiseln.
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2002
Die Polizei arrestiert die Serienmörder John Allen Muhammad und Lee Boyd Malvo, was den Beltway-Schützenschlag in der Gegend um Washington, D.C. beendet.
Spree killer · John Allen Muhammad · Lee Boyd Malvo · Beltway sniper attacks
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2002
Moskauer Theatergeiselnachfrage: Etwa 50 tschetschenische Terroristen und 150 Geiseln sterben, als russische Spetsnaz ein Theatergebäude in Moskau stürmen, das von den Terroristen während einer Musicalaufführung drei Tage zuvor besetzt worden war.
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2002
Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
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2002
Ein Bundesgroßjury in Houston, Texas, erhebt gegen den ehemaligen Finanzchef von Enron, Andrew Fastow, 78 Anklagen wegen Wire Fraud, Geldwäsche, Konspiration und Behinderung der Gerechtigkeit im Zusammenhang mit dem Zusammenbruch seines ehemaligen Arbeitgebers.
Houston, Texas · Enron · Andrew Fastow · Wire fraud · Money laundering
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2002
Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
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2002
Irakische Abrüstungskrise: UN-Sicherheitsrat-Resolution 1441: Der UN-Sicherheitsrat stimmt einstimmig für eine Resolution über den Irak, die Saddam Hussein zur Abrüstung zwingt oder "ernste Konsequenzen" riskiert.
Iraq disarmament crisis · UN Security Council Resolution 1441 · United Nations Security Council · Ba'athist Iraq · Saddam Hussein
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2002
Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.
2002 Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak · Ohio · Van Wert, Ohio
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2002
Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
Iraq disarmament crisis · Iraq · UN Security Council Resolution 1441
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2002
Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Hu Jintao · General Secretary of the Communist Party of China · Politburo Standing Committee
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2002
Krise der Irakischen Abrüstung: Die UN-Waffeninspektoren unter der Leitung von Hans Blix erreichen den Irak.
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2002
The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
Oil tanker · Prestige (oil tanker) · Galicia (Spain) · Prestige oil spill
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2002
In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
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2002
Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
2002 Mombasa attacks · Mombasa · Kenya · Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582
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2002
Erweiterung der Europäischen Union: Die EU verkündet, dass Zypern, die Tschechische Republik, Estland, Ungarn, Lettland, Litauen, Malta, Polen, Slowakei und Slowenien ab dem 1. Mai 2004 Mitglieder werden.
2004 enlargement of the European Union · Cyprus · Estonia · Hungary · Latvia
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2002
Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
Second Congo War · Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2002
California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.
California gubernatorial recall election · Governor of California · Gray Davis · California · Government budget balance
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2002
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.
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2002
Zwei Lastwagenbomben töten 72 und verletzen 200 Menschen im pro-moskauischen Hauptquartier der tschetschenischen Regierung in Grosny, Tschetschenien, Russland.
Berühmte Geburten
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2002
Sadie Sink, American Actress
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2002
Marta Kostyuk, Ukrainian tennis player
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2002
Prince Felix of Denmark
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2002
Alex Smith, American football player
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2002
Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
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2002
Jacob Sartorius, American singer
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2002
Iris Apatow, American actress
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2002
Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor
Berühmte Todesfälle
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2002
Julia Phillips, amerikanische Filmproduzentin und Autorin (geb. 1944)
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2002
Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
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2002
Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1918)
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2002
Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (b. 1923)
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2002
Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (b. 1935)
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2002
Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
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2002
Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (b. 1932)
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2002
Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director and playwright (b. 1920)
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2002
Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
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2002
Frank Shuster, Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
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2002
Michael Anthony Bilandic, amerikanischer Politiker, 49. Bürgermeister von Chicago (geb. 1923)
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2002
Eugène Brands, niederländischer Maler (geb. 1913)
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2002
Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
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2002
Camilo José Cela, spanischer Autor und Politiker, Träger des Nobelpreises (geb. 1916)
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2002
Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
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2002
Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)
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2002
Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
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2002
Peter Bardens, English keyboard player (b. 1945)
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2002
Stanley Marcus, American businessman and author (b. 1905)
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2002
Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934)
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2002
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)
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2002
Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)
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2002
Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934)
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2002
Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
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2002
Cliff Baxter, employee at Enron (b. 1958)
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2002
Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
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2002
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
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2002
Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
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2002
Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
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2002
Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919)
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2002
Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)
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2002
Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
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2002
Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)
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2002
Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
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2002
Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)
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2002
Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920)
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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
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2002
Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
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2002
Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
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2002
Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)
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2002
John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)
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2002
Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
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Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
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Mick Tucker, English drummer (b. 1947)
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2002
Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (b. 1914)
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Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
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2002
Walter Winterbottom, English footballer and manager (b. 1913)
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Sylvia Rivera, American transgender LGBT activist (b. 1951)
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2002
John Thaw, English actor and producer (b. 1942)
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2002
Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (b. 1916)
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2002
Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
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2002
Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (b. 1934)
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2002
Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
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2002
James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (b. 1922)
James L. Usry · African-American · List of mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey · Atlantic City, New Jersey
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2002
Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
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2002
Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (b. 1918)
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2002
Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
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2002
Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
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2002
G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1951)
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2002
Ugnė Karvelis, litauische Autorin und Übersetzerin (geb. 1935)
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2002
Elyne Mitchell, australische Skirennläuferin und Autorin (geb. 1913)
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2002
Velibor Vasović, serbischer Fußballspieler und -trainer (geb. 1939)
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2002
Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
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2002
James Tobin, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
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2002
Spyros Kyprianou, zyprischer Anwalt und Politiker, 2. Präsident Zyperns (geb. 1932)
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2002
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
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2002
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1900)
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2002
Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1930)
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2002
Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (b. 1911)
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2002
Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917)
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2002
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)
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2002
R. A. Lafferty, American soldier and author (b. 1914)
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Herman Talmadge, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913)
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2002
Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
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2002
Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)
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2002
Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (b. 1977)
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César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
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Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsledder (b. 1932)
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Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
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Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
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Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (b. 1908)
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Dudley Moore, English actor (b. 1935)
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Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
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Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (b. 1924)
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Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)
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Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
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John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
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Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
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John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
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María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
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Harvey Quaytman, American painter (b. 1937)
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Pat Flaherty, amerikanischer Rennfahrer (geb. 1926)
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Leopold Vietoris, österreichischer Soldat, Mathematiker und Akademiker (geb. 1891)
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George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
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Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish race car driver (b. 1928)
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Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
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Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)
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Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
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Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
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Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
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2002
Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (b. 1914)
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2002
Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
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Reginald Rose, American writer (b. 1920)
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Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
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Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (b. 1949)
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Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
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Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (b. 1971)
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George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
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Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)
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Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (b. 1950)
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2002
Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1916)
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Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)
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Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)
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2002
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)
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2002
W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
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Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (b. 1910)
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn · First Secretary of State
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Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
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2002
Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
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2002
Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (b. 1904)
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2002
George Sidney, American director and producer (b. 1916)
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2002
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2002
Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)
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2002
Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (b. 1948)
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
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2002
Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
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2002
Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (b. 1925)
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2002
Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
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2002
Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
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2002
László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
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2002
Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
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2002
John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
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2002
Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)
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2002
Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)
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2002
Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930)
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2002
Sam Snead, American golfer and journalist (b. 1912)
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2002
Wallace Markfield, American author (b. 1926)
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2002
Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
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2002
Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
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2002
Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)
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2002
Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
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2002
Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (b. 1937)
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2002
Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913)
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2002
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2002
Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)
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2002
Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (b. 1915)
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2002
B. D. Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (b. 1912)
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2002
Lilian, Princess of Réthy (b. 1916)
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2002
John Gotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
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2002
Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (b. 1922)
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2002
John Hope, American navigator and meteorologist (b. 1919)
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2002
Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (b. 1927)
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2002
June Jordan, American author and activist (b. 1936)
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2002
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2002
Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)
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2002
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2002
Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1905)
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2002
Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
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2002
Timothy Findley, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1930)
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2002
Pedro Alcázar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
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2002
Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
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2002
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2002
Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
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2002
Arnold Brown, English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army) · General of The Salvation Army
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2002
John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
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2002
Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (b. 1920)
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2002
Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
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2002
Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (b. 1910)
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2002
Ray Brown, American bassist and composer (b. 1926)
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2002
Gerald Bales, kanadischer Organist und Komponist (geb. 1919)
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2002
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2002
Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
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2002
Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918)
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2002
Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
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2002
John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2002
Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (b. 1914)
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (b. 1943)
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2002
Laurence Janifer, American author (b. 1933)
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2002
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2002
Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver (b. 1943)
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2002
John Cocke, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
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2002
Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
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2002
Metin Toker, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1924)
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2002
Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
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2002
Alan Lomax, American historian, scholar, and activist (b. 1915)
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2002
Michalis Kritikopoulos Greek footballer (b. 1946)
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2002
Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
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2002
Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (b. 1920)
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2002
William Luther Pierce, American activist and author (b. 1933)
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2002
Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
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2002
Clark Gesner, American author and composer (b. 1938)
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2002
Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher and poet (b. 1917)
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2002
Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
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2002
Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)
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2002
Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
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2002
Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
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2002
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)
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2002
Paul Samson, English guitarist (b. 1953)
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2002
Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
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2002
Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
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2002
Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
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2002
Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
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2002
Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
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2002
Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
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2002
Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
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2002
John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
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2002
Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
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2002
Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
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2002
Nikolay Guryanov Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)
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2002
Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
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2002
Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922)
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2002
Lance Macklin, English race car driver (b. 1919)
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2002
J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
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2002
Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908)
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2002
Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)
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2002
George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
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2002
Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
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2002
Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (b. 1919)
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2002
W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (b. 1902)
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2002
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2002
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Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
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2002
Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
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2002
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
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2002
David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
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2002
George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (b. 1907)
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2002
LaWanda Page, American actress (b. 1920)
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2002
James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
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2002
Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
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2002
Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
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2002
Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
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2002
Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
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2002
Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1971)
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2002
Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (b. 1932)
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2002
Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (b. 1914)
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2002
Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953)
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2002
Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
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2002
Patsy Mink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
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2002
Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (b. 1907)
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2002
Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (b. 1966)
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2002
Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1913)
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2002
Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
Walter Annenberg · United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
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Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
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2002
Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
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2002
André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2002
Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
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2002
Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
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2002
Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
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2002
Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
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2002
Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
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2002
Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)
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2002
Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
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2002
Ray Conniff, American bandleader and composer (b. 1916)
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2002
Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (b. 1974)
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2002
Stephen Ambrose, American historian and author (b. 1936)
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2002
Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (b. 1911)
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2002
Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
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2002
Nikolay Rukavishnikow, russischer Physiker und Astronaut (geb. 1932)
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2002
Richard Helms, amerikanischer Geheimdienstagent und Diplomat, 8. Direktor des Central Intelligence (geb. 1913)
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2002
Geraldine von Albanien (geb. 1915)
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2002
Adolph Green, amerikanischer Theaterdichter und Liedtexter (geb. 1915)
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2002
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2002
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Harry Hay, englisch-amerikanischer Aktivist, Mitbegründer der Mattachine Society und Radical Faeries (geb. 1912)
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2002
Peggy Moran, amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin (geb. 1918)
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2002
Richard Harris, irischer Schauspieler und Sänger (geb. 1930)
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2002
René Thom, französischer Mathematiker und Biologe (geb. 1923)
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2002
Paul Wellstone, amerikanischer Akademiker und Politiker (geb. 1944)
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2002
Jacques Massu, französischer General (geb. 1908)
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Tom Dowd, amerikanischer Musikproduzent und Ingenieur (geb. 1925)
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2002
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2002
Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1898)
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2002
Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917)
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2002
Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)
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2002
Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)
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2002
Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
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2002
Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
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2002
Sid Sackson, American game designer (b. 1920)
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2002
Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (b. 1923)
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2002
Jon Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1931)
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2002
William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (b. 1925)
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2002
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2002
Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (b. 1920)
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Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1925)
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2002
Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese academic and politician (b. 1925)
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2002
Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)
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2002
Elena Nikolaidi, Turkish-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
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2002
Abba Eban, South African-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)
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2002
Frank McCarthy, American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)
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2002
James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
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2002
Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
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2002
Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914)
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2002
Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1911)
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2002
John Rawls, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1921)
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2002
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2002
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2002
Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)
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2002
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2002
Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
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2002
Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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2002
Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)
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2002
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2002
Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
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2002
Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)
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2002
Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
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2002
Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)
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2002
Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931)
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2002
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2002
Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
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2002
Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (b. 1966)
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2002
Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944)
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2002
Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942)
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2002
Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
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2002
Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
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2002
Dee Brown, American historian and author (b. 1908)
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2002
Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
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2002
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2002
Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1954)
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2002
Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (b. 1934)
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2002
Wayne Owens, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
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2002
Will Hoy, English race car driver (b. 1952)
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2002
Arthur Rowley, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
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2002
George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1907)
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2002
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2002
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2002
Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)
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2002
Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
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2002
Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
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2002
Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)
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2002
George Roy Hill, amerikanischer Schauspieler, Regisseur, Produzent und Drehbuchautor (geb. 1922)
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2002
Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
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2002
Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1910)
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2002
Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
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Kevin MacMichael, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1951)