Explore 2493 historical events from 2000–2009.
China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (CBF6136/CJ6136) was a Chinese domestic passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport. …
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people
From 2 April to 10 May 2002, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank was besieged by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), targeting suspected Palestinian militants who…
The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to ha
Robert Philip Hanssen was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services off and on against the United States from 1…
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States s
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter …
Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the …
The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of
Olivia Gadecki is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 83, achieved on 7 October 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. …
Olivia Gadecki, Australian tennis player
Anthony David Junior Elanga is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Sweden national team.
Anthony Elanga, Swedish footballer
Sinja Kraus is an Austrian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 99 in singles achieved on 23 February 2026 and No. 207 in doubles, achieved in April 2026. K…
Sinja Kraus, Austrian tennis player
Anna Yolanda Bellón Cramling is a Spanish-Swedish chess player, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). She had a peak FIDE rating of 21…
Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess player
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement i…
Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963
The Kyoto Protocol (Japanese: 京都議定書, Hepburn: Kyōto Giteisho) was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) tha…
The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland
China Airlines Flight 611 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport that disi…
China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people o
A bridge collapse occurred southeast of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, United States, at 7:45 a.m. on May 26, 2002. Freight barges being transported on the Arkansas River collided with a…
The tugboat Robert Y
The World Trade Center site, often referred to as "Ground Zero" or "the Pile" immediately after the September 11 attacks, is a 14.6-acre (5.9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New Yor…
The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site
Teden Mengi is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Luton Town.
Teden Mengi, English footballer
Cole Jermaine Palmer is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team. Known for h…
Cole Palmer, English footballer
Angel Reese is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and for Rose of the Unrivaled basketball leag…
Angel Reese, American basketball player
Jacob Hurley Bongiovi is an American model and actor. He is the son of rock musician Jon Bon Jovi.
Jake Bongiovi, American model and actor
Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1…
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replac
The 2002 Eastern Mediterranean Event was a high-energy upper atmosphere explosion over the Mediterranean Sea, around 34°N 21°E on June 6, 2002. This explosion, similar in power to …
Eastern Mediterranean event
Kevin Warwick is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the…
The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin W
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, also known as the ABM Treaty or ABMT, was a 1972 arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti…
The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
A near-Earth object (NEO) is by definition any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun distance…
Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the E
Andrew Barth Feldman is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career in musical theater by participating in local productions as a child. Feldman won a Jimmy Award for …
Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor and singer