The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia. The Ghriba synagogue bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on April 11, 2002, at…
Tag: 2002
8 January 2002
President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
27 March 2002
Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
12 October 2002
Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
12 April 2002
A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
26 October 2002
Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the…
19 February 2002
NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Mars_Odyssey’]
18 January 2002
Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Civil_War’]
8 November 2002
Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or…
2 October 2002
The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks’]