WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 2002
Find out what all happened March to September 2002

Hebrew University of Jerusalem is attacked when a bomb explodes in a cafeteria, killing 9. (31. July 2002)

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities). (2. March 2002)

Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. (11. June 2002)

The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (13. June 2002)

The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10. (27. April 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. (15. July 2002)

Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa (26. August 2002)

The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. (10. June 2002)

Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1. (24. July 2002)

The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€). (1. March 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. (15. July 2002)

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. (2. July 2002)

Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election. (19. March 2002)

The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. (4. April 2002)

Timor-Leste joins the United Nations. (27. September 2002)

Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 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. (6. June 2002)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military. (14. April 2002)

French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Day celebrations. (14. July 2002)

F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. (10. May 2002)

A female suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104. (12. April 2002)