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2002 was the second hottest year on record, exceeded only by 1998. [31] There was below average precipitation in 2002, with droughts in Australia, northern China, India, and western United States. [31] Heavy rains in late 2002 caused significant flooding in eastern Asia [31] and in central Europe.
July 4 – 2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: Egyptian immigrant Hesham Mohamed Hadayet kills two and injures six before being killed by a security officer. The incident is called an act of terrorism.
Graph of conflict deaths from 1990 to 2002. The spike of one-sided violence in 1994 is mostly due to the Rwandan genocide. This is a list of wars that began between 1990 and 2002. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
Law and crime Lawrence Lessig argues Eldred v. Ashcroft in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The case challenges retroactive copyright extensions passed by Congress, and potentially affects millions of copyrighted works. October 10, 2002 (2002-10-10) (Thursday) edit history watch Armed conflicts and attacks France confirms that an explosion aboard French oil tanker Limburg off the coast of ...
December 2002 was the twelfth and final month of that common year. The month, which began on a Sunday, ended on a Tuesday after 31 days. Portal:Current events.
The following lists events that happened during 2002 in Australia. 2002 in Australia; Monarch: ... The 5,000 metres were conducted at Melbourne on Thursday 7 March 2002.
The 2002 United States elections were held on November 5, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's first term. Republicans won unified control of Congress , picking up seats in both chambers of Congress, making Bush the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 to gain seats in both houses of Congress.
Gulbarg Society massacre : During the 2002 Gujarat riots, a mob attacked the Gulbarg Society, a lower middle-class Muslim neighbourhood in Chamanpura, Ahmedabad. Most of the houses were burnt, and at least 35 victims including a former Congress , Member of Parliament , Ehsan Jafri , were burnt alive, while 31 others went missing after the ...