What Happened In April 2002 In History

Historical Events for April, 2002

• 2nd » Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated; a siege ensues.
• 4th » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
• 11th » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
• 11th » Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 named Over two hundred thousand people marched in Caracas towards the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral.
• 26th » Robert Steinhäuser infiltrates and kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt called Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
• 27th » The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.

Famous Birthdays on April in 2002

• 8th » Skai Jackson, American actress
• 20th » Twist Magic, French race horse (d. 2010)
• 21st » Carl and Clarence Aguirre, Filipino-American conjoined twins
• 30th » Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish son of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca

Famous Deaths for April 2002

• 1st » Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (b. 1905)
• 1st » Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1947)
• 2nd » Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 2nd » John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
• 3rd » Fad Gadget, English singer (b. 1956)
• 7th » John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
• 8th » María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
• 9th » Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 9th » Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
• 12th » George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
• 13th » Desmond Titterington, Irish race car driver (b. 1928)
• 15th » Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
• 15th » Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)
• 16th » Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 16th » Robert Urich, American actor and producer (b. 1946)
• 18th » Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer (b. 1914)
• 18th » Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
• 20th » Alan Dale (singer) named Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
• 20th » Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 22nd » Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (b. 1949)
• 24th » Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
• 25th » Indra Devi, Russian yoga teacher (b. 1899)
• 25th » Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (TLC (band) e.g TLC) (b. 1971)
• 25th » Athanasios Papoulis, Greek-American mathematician and engineer (b. 1921)
• 27th » George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
• 27th » Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created the Barbie or Barbie doll (b. 1916)
• 27th » Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss businessman (b. 1921)
• 28th » Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (b. 1950)
• 28th » Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
• 29th » Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)
• 29th » Lor Tok, Thai actor (b. 1914)
• 30th » Nitsa Tsaganea, Greek actress (b. 1899)
• 30th » Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German founder of the Gründerzeit or Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)

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