13th » 2004 enlargement of the European Union called European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.
17th » Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo or transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections wit
18th » California gubernatorial recall election 2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the California state would face a record Government budget balance budget deficit of United States dollar $35 billion, roughly double th
23rd » An General Atomics MQ-1 Predator Iraq e.g MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 called MiG-25.
27th » 2002 Grozny truck bombing e.g Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
Famous Birthdays on December in 2002
28th » Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American child abuse victim (d. 2005)
Famous Deaths for December 2002
1st » Edward L. Beach, Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)
1st » Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2nd » Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
2nd » Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)
3rd » Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
3rd » Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)
5th » Roone Arledge, American sportscaster (b. 1931)
5th » Ne Win, Burmese general and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911)
6th » Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
9th » Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (Stereolab) (b. 1966)
9th » Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944)
9th » Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942)
10th » Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
10th » Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer and director (b. 1925)
12th » Dee Brown (writer) known as Dee Brown, American historian and author (b. 1908)
12th » Jay Wesley Neill, American murderer (b. 1965)
17th » K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka) known as Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
17th » James Hazeldine, English actor and director (b. 1947)
18th » Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (b. 1934)
18th » Wayne Owens, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
19th » Will Hoy, English race car driver (b. 1952)
19th » Arthur Rowley, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
19th » George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1907)
20th » Bernard King (television) or Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (b. 1934)
22nd » Desmond Hoyte, Guyanan politician, 3rd President of Guyana (b. 1929)
22nd » Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues) (b. 1952)
22nd » Kenneth Tobey, American actor (b. 1917)
24th » Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)
24th » Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
25th » William T. Orr, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
26th » Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
26th » Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)
27th » George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)