September 2002 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 2002 Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians: The Arab League has disowned the Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-up's final statement. They claim that they support Israel's right of existence within pre-1967 borders and that the conflict in Middle East is not between all Jews but only Palestinians and Israelis.
• 03 Sep 2002 Consolidated Freightways is the third-largest U.S. trucking company and files for bankruptcy.
• 04 Sep 2002 At the World Basketball Championships, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Argentina beat the United States 87 to 80. This was the first international loss for a team of National Basketball Association players in the United States.
• 05 Sep 2002 In Kandahar, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan was assassinated. The Governor of Kandahar was wounded by a gunman in the uniform of the Afghan Army. One of the President's bodyguards was also killed by the gunman.
• 06 Sep 2002 Terrorist Attack on September 11, 2001/Memorials & Services: A joint session of the US Congress is held in Federal Hall, New York City. This was the original capital of the United States.
• 07 Sep 2002 2002 US Open: Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams.
• 08 Sep 2002 2002 US Open: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi in 4 sets to win his 14th major record.
• 09 Sep 2002 Judit Pologar defeats Garry Kasparov in a speed chess game.
• 10 Sep 2002 Switzerland is now a full member in good standing of the United Nations.
• 11 Sep 2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development is over.
• 12 Sep 2002 U.S. President George W. Bush addressed the United Nations and challenged its members to confront "grave-and-growing danger" from Iraq or remain silent while the United States and other like-minded countries act.
• 14 Sep 2002 The world record for the 100-meter dash was broken by Tim Montgomery from the United States. He ran 9.78 seconds, beating the previous record of 9.79 held by Maurice Greene in 1999.
• 16 Sep 2002 U.S. plans to invade Iraq: Colin Powell meets the U.N. Security Council in an effort to push for stronger resolutions to the conflict against Iraq. Surprise reversal: Iraq informs the UN that it will allow weapons inspectors to inspect its territory immediately and without conditions.
• 18 Sep 2002 After three days of negotiations at Sattahip in Thailand, the Tamil Tigers accepted independence from Sri Lanka and acquiesced to autonomy in the north-west and northwest.
• 19 Sep 2002 A coup attempt by disillusioned former soldiers of Cote d'Ivoire failed. General Robert Guei was killed. He was a former military dictator of the nation. Guei was shot to death when his car refused stop at a traffic light in downtown Abidjan. The cities of Bouake, Korhogo and Korhogo are still under the control of rebels.
• 20 Sep 2002 U.S. plans to invade Iraq: White House officials and Pentagon officials announced that Gen. Tommy Franks had presented detailed war plans to President Bush at the beginning of September.
• 21 Sep 2002 Recent celebrity deaths: Robert L. Forward, science fiction author, dies.
• 22 Sep 2002 German Federal Election leaves Gerhard Schroder, his Social Democrats, and the Greens at the top.
• 23 Sep 2002 Release of the first public version Mozilla Firefox's web browser (''Phoenix 0.1’').
• 24 Sep 2002 Technology: Motorola announced a single chip satellite navigation receiver. This will allow for the addition of location-specific functions in low-cost ubiquitous computing devices. The chip includes RF processing as well as analog signal processing and digital signal processing. It also has a CPU.
• 25 Sep 2002 The Vitim event, which could have a bolide impact on Siberia, Russia.
• 26 Sep 2002 Overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Joola, crashes off Gambia's coast killing over 1,000 people.
• 27 Sep 2002 Timor-Leste (East Timor), joins the United Nations.
• 28 Sep 2002 To protest the U.S. invasion of Iraq, hundreds of thousands marched through London. Around a hundred thousand protested in Rome.
• 30 Sep 2002 Following ethics scandals, Senator Robert Torricelli (D.N.J.) has withdrawn from his campaign for reelection.

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