2002 год в истории

454 записи

События

  • 2002

    Euro currency becomes legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.

  • 2002

    Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.

  • 2002

    Президент Джордж Буш подписывает закон о "Не оставляйте ни одного ребенка позади"

  • 2002

    Совет Безопасности ООН единогласно установил эмбарго на поставки оружия и заморозку активов Осамы бен Ладена, Аль-Каеды и оставшихся членов Талибана.

  • 2002

    Вулкан Nyiragongo извергается в Демократической Республике Конго, эвакуировав около 400 000 человек.

  • 2002

    Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.

  • 2002

    Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

  • 2002

    Американский журналист Даниэль Перл похищен в Карачи, Пакистан, и впоследствии убит.

  • 2002

    An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.

  • 2002

    Пассажирский самолёт TAME Flight 120, Boeing 727-100, разбивается в Андах на юге Колумбии, погибли 92 человека.

  • 2002

    В своей речи о stanie федерального правительства президент Джордж Буш описывает "режимы, спонсирующие террор", как ось зла, в которую он включает Ирак, Иран и Северную Корею

  • 2002

    Даниэль Перл, американский журналист и главный редактор Южноазиатского бюро The Wall Street Journal, был похищен 23 января 2002 года, его захватчики обезглавили и изуродовали его.

  • 2002

    Суд над Слободаном Милошевичем, бывшим президентом Федеративной Республики Югославия, начинается в Международном уголовном суде ООН по бывшей Югославии в Гааге, Нидерланды. Он умирает через четыре года до его завершения.

  • 2002

    Самолёт Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 разбился в горах за пределами Хоррамабада, Иран, при спуске на посадку на аэропорт Хоррамабад, убив 119 человек.

  • 2002

    NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.

  • 2002

    Политический и повстанческий лидер Анголы Джонас Савимби был убит в засаде.

  • 2002

    Пассажирский самолет Ryanair Flight 296 загорелся в аэропорту Станстед в Лондоне. Следующие расследования критикуют управление эвакуацией Ryanair.

  • 2002

    Пожар поезда в Годаваре: мусульманская толпа поджигает поезд, возвращающийся из Айодхьи, убивая 59 индийских паломников.

  • 2002

    During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.

  • 2002

    Войска США вторглись в Афганистан: операция «Анаconda» начинается на востоке Афганистана.

  • 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).

  • 2002

    Войска США вторглись в Афганистан: началась операция «Анаconda» (окончилась 19 марта, после гибели 500 боевиков Талибана и Аль-Каеды, с 11 жертвами среди западных войск).

  • 2002

    Афганистан: Семь солдат американских специальных операций и 200 боевиков Аль-Каиды погибли, когда американские силы попытались проникнуть в долину Шах-и-Кот на низколетящем вертолете для разведки.

  • 2002

    Зимбабве приостановлено в Содружестве по обвинению в нарушениях прав человека и фальсификации выборов после бурных президентских выборов.

  • 2002

    Массовое убийство на Пасху: палестинский террорист-смертник убивает 29 человек на Пасхальном ужине в Нетании, Израиль.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    Израильские силы окружили церковь Рождества в Бетlehem, в которую отступили вооруженные палестинцы.

  • 2002

    The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.

  • 2002

    Бомбардировка синагоги Гхriba аль-Каидой убивает 21 человека в Тунисе.

  • 2002

    Более двухсот тысяч человек маршируют в Каракасе в сторону президентского дворца, требуя отставки президента Уго Чавеса. Погибло 19 протестующих.

  • 2002

    A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.

  • 2002

    Президент Венесуэлы Уго Чавес вернулся к власти через два дня после того, как его отстранили и арестовали вооруженные силы страны.

  • 2002

    Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

  • 2002

    OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.

  • 2002

    An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.

  • 2002

    Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.

  • 2002

    A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

  • 2002

    38-дневная блокада церкви Рождества в Бетlehem завершилась, когда палестинцы внутри согласились депортировать 13 подозреваемых террористов в несколько различных стран.

  • 2002

    Агент ФБР Роберт Хансен приговорен к пожизненному заключению без права на условно-досрочное освобождение за продажу тайн США России за 1,4 миллиона долларов наличными и бриллиантами.

  • 2002

    Бывший президент США Джимми Картер прибыл на Кубу с пятидневным визитом к Фиделю Кастро, став первым президентом США, посетившим остров, в или вне офиса, с момента революции 1959 года.

  • 2002

    Независимость Восточного Тимора признана Португалией, формально завершив 23 года индонезийского правления и три года временного управления ООН (саму Португалию до 1976 года считали бывшим колониальным правителем Восточного Тимора).

  • 2002

    Движение за гражданские права: Жюри в Бирмингеме, Алабама, осудило бывшего члена Ку-Клукс-Клана Бобби Фрэнка Чери за убийства в 1963 году четырех девушек в взрыве 16-й улицы Baptist Church.

  • 2002

    The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.

  • 2002

    Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.

  • 2002

    China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. All 225 people on board are killed.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    Последняя стальная балка удалена с оригинального места строительства Всемирного торгового центра. Официально заканчиваются работы по очистке, с церемонией закрытия на Грін-Церро в Манхэттене, Нью-Йорк.

  • 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

    The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.

  • 2002

    Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.

  • 2002

    The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    Подземный толчок силой 6.5 Mw произошел в регионе северо-западной Ирана, убив по меньшей мере 261 человека и ранив 1300 других, и в конечном итоге вызвал широкое общественное негодование из-за медленной официальной реакции.

  • 2002

    The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.

  • 2002

    Морские столкновения между Южной Кореей и Северной Кореей привели к гибели шести южнокорейских моряков и потоплению северокорейского судна.

  • 2002

    The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

  • 2002

    The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; its first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Day celebrations.

  • 2002

    "Американский талiban" Джон Уокер Линд признётся в том, что снабжал врага и хранил взрывчатые вещества во время совершения преступления

  • 2002

    Антитеррористический суд Пакистана выносит смертный приговор британцу Ахмеду Омару Сaeед Шейху и пожизненные сроки трём другим подозреваемым в убийстве корреспондента The Wall Street Journal Даниэля Перла

  • 2002

    Катастрофа авиашоу в Украине: истребитель Су-27 упал во время авиашоу в Львове, Украина, убив 77 человек и более 500 получили ранения, что делает это событие самым смертоносным авиашоу в истории.

  • 2002

    Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.

  • 2002

    Группа иракцев, противников режима Саддама Хусейна, захватила иракское посольство в Берлине, Германия, на пять часов, до того как освободили заложников и сдались.

  • 2002

    Клуб «Окленд Атлетикс» выигрывает свою 20-ю подряд игру, рекорд Американской лиги.

  • 2002

    The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.

  • 2002

    Швейцария, традиционно нейтральная страна, присоединяется к Организации Объединенных Наций.

  • 2002

    The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.

  • 2002

    An overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.

  • 2002

    The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

  • 2002

    A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

  • 2002

    Террористы взорвали бомбы в клубе Sari в Куте, Бали, убив 202 человека и ранив более 300.

  • 2002

    Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

  • 2002

    Кризис заложников в театре «Дом культуры» в Москве: чеченские террористы захватили театр и взяли в заложники около 700 зрителей.

  • 2002

    Полицейские задерживают серийных убийц Джона Аллена Мухаммеда и Ли Бойда Малво, что заканчивает атаку снайперов по окружной автодороге в районе Вашингтона, округ Колумбия.

  • 2002

    Кризис с заложниками в театре в Москве: около 50 чеченских террористов и 150 заложников гибнут, когда российские Спецназ штурмует театральный зал в Москве, который террористы заняли во время музыкального представления за три дня до этого.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    В Хьюстоне, штат Техас, федеральный большой жюри инкриминирует бывшему финансовому директору Enron Андрею Фастову 78 обвинений в мошенничестве с помощью wires, отмывании денег, заговоре и препятствовании правосудию, связанным с крахом его бывшего работодателя.

  • 2002

    Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.

  • 2002

    Кризис разоружения Ирака: Резолюция 1441 Совета Безопасности ООН: Совет Безопасности ООН единогласно одобряет резолюцию по Ираку, заставляя Саддама Хусейна разоружиться или面临 "серьезные последствия".

  • 2002

    Вихрь выходных днейVeteran's Day: Вихрь, протянувшийся от Северного Огайо до побережья Мексиканского залива, один из крупнейших вихрей, зарегистрированных в ноябре. Самый сильный вихрь F4 ударил по Ван-Верту, Огайо, в начале и середине послеобеденного времени и разрушил кинотеатр, который был эвакуирован.

  • 2002

    Кризис разоружения Ирака: Ирак соглашается с условиями Резолюции Совета Безопасности ООН 1441.

  • 2002

    Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.

  • 2002

    Кризис разоружения Ирака: инспекторы ООН под руководством Ханса Блиxa прибыли в Ирак.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    НАТО приглашает Болгарию, Эстонию, Латвию, Литву, Румынию, Словакию и Словению стать членами.

  • 2002

    In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

  • 2002

    Смертники взорвали израильский отель в Момбасе, Кения; их коллеги не смогли сбить самолёт Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 с помощью зенитных ракет.

  • 2002

    Расширение Европейского союза: ЕС объявляет, что с 1 мая 2004 года членами станут Кипр, Чешская Республика, Эстония, Венгрия, Латвия, Литва, Мальта, Польша, Словакия и Словения.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    Калифорнийская отставка губернатора: тогдашний губернатор Калифорнии Грэй Дэвис объявляет, что штат столкнётся с рекордным бюджетным дефицитом в 35 миллиардов долларов, примерно в два раза больше цифры, сообщённой во время его переизбрания месяцем ранее.

  • 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.

  • 2002

    Два грузовика с взрывными устройствами убили 72 человека и ранили 200 в про-московском штабе правительства Чечни в Грозном, Чечня, Россия.

Известные рождения

Известные смерти

  • 2002

    Джулия Филипс, американский кинопродюсер и писатель (р. 1944)

  • 2002

    Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)

  • 2002

    Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1918)

  • 2002

    Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (b. 1923)

  • 2002

    Аvery Schreiber, американский комик и актер (р. 1935)

  • 2002

    Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

  • 2002

    Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (b. 1932)

  • 2002

    Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director and playwright (b. 1920)

  • 2002

    Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)

  • 2002

    Frank Shuster, Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916)

  • 2002

    Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)

  • 2002

    Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)

  • 2002

    Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)

  • 2002

    Камило Хосе Села, испанский писатель и политик, лауреат Нобелевской премии (р. 1916)

  • 2002

    Роман Персонов, русский физик и академик (р. 1932)

  • 2002

    Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)

  • 2002

    Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)

  • 2002

    Peter Bardens, English keyboard player (b. 1945)

  • 2002

    Stanley Marcus, American businessman and author (b. 1905)

  • 2002

    Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934)

  • 2002

    Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)

  • 2002

    Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)

  • 2002

    Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934)

  • 2002

    Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)

  • 2002

    Клиф Бакстер, сотрудник компании Enron (р. 1958)

  • 2002

    Густав Де Лор, бельгийский велогонщик и солдат (р. 1913)

  • 2002

    Астрид Линдгрен, шведская писательница и сценарист (р. 1907)

  • 2002

    Айше Нур Зarakolu, турецкая писательница и активистка (р. 1946)

  • 2002

    Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)

  • 2002

    Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919)

  • 2002

    Aykut Barka, турецкий геолог и академик (р. 1951)

  • 2002

    Hildegard Knef, немецкая актриса и певица (р. 1925)

  • 2002

    Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)

  • 2002

    Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)

  • 2002

    Оng Teng Cheong, сингапурский архитектор и политик, 5-й президент Сингапура (р. 1936)

  • 2002

    Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920)

  • 2002

    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)

  • 2002

    Дейв Ван Ронк, американский певец-автор песен и гитарист (р. 1936)

  • 2002

    Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)

  • 2002

    Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)

  • 2002

    Джон Эриксен, датский футболист (р. 1957)

  • 2002

    Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

  • 2002

    Надь Хайдегкути, венгерский футболист и тренер (р. 1922)

  • 2002

    Мик Токер, английский барабанщик (р. 1947)

  • 2002

    Говард К. Смит, американский журналист и актер (р. 1914)

  • 2002

    Кевин Смит, новозеландский актер (р. 1963)

  • 2002

    Walter Winterbottom, English footballer and manager (b. 1913)

  • 2002

    Sylvia Rivera, American transgender LGBT activist (b. 1951)

  • 2002

    John Thaw, English actor and producer (b. 1942)

  • 2002

    Роден Кутлер, австралийский лейтенант и политик, 32-й губернатор Нового Южного Уэльса (р. 1916)

  • 2002

    Чак Джонс, американский аниматор, продюсер и сценарист (р. 1912)

  • 2002

    Джонатан Савимби, ангольский генерал, основал Национальное объединение за независимость Анголы (UNITA) (р. 1934)

  • 2002

    Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)

  • 2002

    Джеймс Л. Усри, американский политик, первый афроамериканский мэр Атлантик-Сити, штат Нью-Джерси (р. 1922)

  • 2002

    Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)

  • 2002

    Спайк Миллинган, ирландский солдат, актер, комик и писатель (р. 1918)

  • 2002

    Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)

  • 2002

    Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)

  • 2002

    G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1951)

  • 2002

    Угне Карвельис, литовский писатель и переводчик (р. 1935)

  • 2002

    Элин Митчелл, австралийская лыжница и писатель (р. 1913)

  • 2002

    Велибор Вaso维奇, сербский футболист и тренер (р. 1939)

  • 2002

    Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)

  • 2002

    Джеймс Тобин, американский экономист и академик, лауреат Нобелевской премии (р. 1918)

  • 2002

    Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)

  • 2002

    Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)

  • 2002

    Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1900)

  • 2002

    Чerry Wilder, новозеландский писатель и поэт (р. 1930)

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