2002

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Events edit

January 10 - Arnoldo Alemán's term as President of Nicaragua ends.
January 18 - End of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
February 8 - End of the Algerian Civil War.
February 22 - UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi is killed by MPLA forces during a shootout in Lucusse, Moxico Province.
March 20 - The Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization perpetrates a suicide bombing on an Egged bus which was passing through Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, killing 7 people and injuring 27 others.
March 27 - Nantere Massacre: Richard Durn kills 8 people and injures 30 others in the town hall in Nantere, France. He was apprehended the same day but committed suicide while in police custody the following day.
March 27 - Hamas perpetrates a suicide bombing at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel, killing 30 people and injuring 140.
March 29 to May 10 - Israel conducts Operation Defensive Shield in the Palestinian territories, ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
April 4 - End of the Angolan Civil War.
April 11 - A shootout takes place between the Caracas Metropolitan Police and government forces at the Llaguno Overpass in Caracas, Venezuela. 19 people are killed and 127 are injured. The shootout was a response to a failed coup d'état that resulted in Hugo Chávez being briefly deposed as President of Venezuela.
April 26 - The Erfut school massacre takes place when former student Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 people before committing suicide at Gutenberg Gymnasium secondary school in Erfut, Germany.
April 27 - River Run Riot: A brawl breaks out between Mongols and Hell's Angels at Harrah's Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. Three die and at least a dozen are injured.
May 2 - FARC attacks the town of Bellavista in Bojayá Municipality, Chocó Department, Colombia in an attempt to take control of the Atrato River region from the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. 119 people are killed in the attack.
May 27 - Viktor Orbán's first term as Prime Minister of Hungary comes to an end.
June 5 - Brian David Mitchell and his wife Wanda Barzee kidnap 14-year old Elizabeth Smart from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah.
June 7 - Michael Skakel is found guilty of the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley and is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
June 29 - Robert William Fisher is placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
July 24 - Carla Harris murders her husband David Lynn Harris by running him over with her car.
August 4 - Soham murders
August 23 - 21-year-old Michelle Knight is kidnapped by Ariel Castro after leaving her cousin's house in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.
October 2 to 24 - The Beltway sniper attacks: John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo kill a total of 17 people in a series of sniper shootings in Washington D.C.
October 4 - Trans woman Gwen Araujo is killed by four men in a transphobic hate crime.
October 12 - The 2002 Bali bombings take place, leaving 202 people dead excluding the bombers and 209 injured. Islamic terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah claimed responsibity for the bombing.
November 15 - Hu Jintao is named General Secretary of the Communist Party of China following the retirement of Jiang Zemin.
December - David Duke is convicted of felony fraud and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment.
December 30 - Daniel arap Moi steps down as President of Kenya.
Unknown - The American College of Pediatricians is founded.

Births edit

Villains births edit

March 3 - Gabe Parker
March 12 - Abdoullakh Anzorov
May 7 - Aaron Campbell
May 16 - Morgan Geyser
May 18 - Jake Martin
September 8 - Jesse Osborne
October 14 - Ezekiel Kelly
Unknown - Kirill Volsky

Victims births edit

January 23 - Jessica Ridgeway
February 4 - Nathaniel Craver
February 6 - Ellie Gould
February 21 - Karli Smith
February 25 - Hannah Hart
March 10 - Olivia Anderson
March 15 - Lydia Schatz
March 21 - Megan Hurley
March 31 - Jack Sykes
April 3 - Aliahna Lemmon
April 11 - Rebecca Riley
April 12 - Ella Bennett
April 18 - Isabella Nardoni
May 3 - Nicole Lovell
June 2 - Jazzmen Montgomery
June 12 - Alianna DeFreeze
June 26 - Tamir Rice
July 14 - Emily Tuck
July 18 - Zachary Turner
July 20 - Aiyana Jones
August 11 - Ngatikaura Ngati
August 26 - Kristal Bayron-Nieves
September 6 - Kayla Garcia
September 6 - Gavin McFarland
September 9 - Rylee Goodrich
September 11 - Alyssa Morgan
September 23 - Cordon Schoenborn
September 24 - Tylee Ryan
October 4 - Ivan Krapivin
October 24 - Devonte Hart
October 25 - Luke Hoyer and Jion Broomfield
November 5 - Atcel Olmedo
November 11 - Lesandro Guzman-Feliz
November 27 - Kyron Gorman
November 9 - Peter Wang
December 27 - Liberty German
December 28 - Kelsey Smith-Briggs
Unknown - Kristina Khamrayeva
Unknown - Genesis Cornejo-Alvarado
Unknown - Helen Miller

Deaths edit

Villains deaths edit

January 24 - Elie Hobeika
February 22 - Jonas Savimbi
March 28 - Richard Durn
March 30 - John Brennan Crutchley
April 26 - Robert Steinhäuser
May 5 - Hugo Banzer
May 28 - David Parker Ray & Napoleon Beazley
June 10 - Maury Travis & John Gotti
July 22 - Chuck Traynor
July 23 - William Luther Pierce
September 21 - Angelo Buono
September 24 - Robert Anthony Buell
October 9 - Aileen Wuornos
October 24 - José Antonio Rodríguez Vega
November 14 - Mir Aimal Kasi
November 15 - Myra Hindley
November 21 - Arturo Guzmán Decena
December 5 - Ne Win

Victim deaths edit

January 9 - Ashley Pond
February 1 - Daniel Pearl
March 8 - Miranda Gaddis
April 10 - Tynisha Ysais
July 24 - David Lynn Harris
August 4 - Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman
October 4 - Gwen Araujo