2002 timeline

  • January 2nd 2002

    January 2nd 2002
    January 2nd 2002 68th Orange Bowl: #5 Florida beats #6 Maryland, 56-23
  • MARCH 4TH 2002

    MARCH 4TH 2002
    march 4th 2002 Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.
  • MAY 2ND 2002

    MAY 2ND 2002
    may 2nd 2002 Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala.
  • may 3rd 2002

    may 3rd 2002
    May 3rd 2002 A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
  • july 2nd 2002

    july 2nd 2002
    july 2nd 2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
  • August 4th 2002

    August 4th 2002
    August 4th 2002 Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
  • October 2nd 2002

    October 2nd 2002
    october 2nd 2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
  • october 6th 2002

    october 6th 2002
    october 6th 2002 The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
  • november 4th 2002

    november 4th 2002
    november 4th 2002 Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress
  • november 6th 2002

    november 6th 2002
    november 6 2002 12 people are killed in a fire on board a train headed for Vienna from Paris.
  • december 1st

    december 1st
    december 1st 2002 91st Davis Cup: Russia beats France in Paris (3-2)