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Anatchaya Suputhipong, known professionally as Natty, is a Thai singer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Kiss of Life which debuted under S2 Ente…
Natty, Thai singer based in South Korea
Madison Hu is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Frankie Wong on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, and for her previous recurring role as Marci on anoth…
Madison Hu, American actress
Fonua Pole is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or lock forward for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Fonua Pole, New Zealand rugby league player
Tyrell Sloan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and winger for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Tyrell Sloan, Australian rugby league player
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity…
Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours…
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 was a repositioning flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow to Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. On 28 July 2002, the Il…
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow,…
On 19 August 2002, a group of Chechen fighters armed with a man-portable air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death …
Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny,…
Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Ir…
A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five…
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 was a short haul domestic Brazilian flight from Cruzeiro do Sul and Tarauacá to Rio Branco. On 30 August 2002, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, registra…
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on…
Koni De Winter is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Serie A club AC Milan and the Belgium national team.
Koni De Winter, Belgian footballer
Samuel Walker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sam Walker, English-Australian rugby league player
Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Portugal national team. He is widely reg…
Nuno Mendes, Portuguese footballer
Hugo Timothée Ekitike is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the France national team.
Hugo Ekitike, French footballer
Benson James Boone is an American singer–songwriter. He began his music career by briefly competing on American Idol in early 2021 before withdrawing voluntarily. He gained popular…
Benson Boone, American singer-songwriter
Chandler Michael Smith Sr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 38 Ford F-150 for Front …
Chandler Smith, American race car driver
Typhoon Rusa was a deadly and destructive typhoon that severely affected South Korea in 2002. The twenty-first tropical depression, the fifteenth named storm, and the tenth typhoon…
Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.
The Oakland Athletics were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California, from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL…
The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians…
MV Le Joola was a Senegalese government-owned roll-on/roll-off ferry that capsized off the coast of The Gambia on 26 September 2002, with 1,863 deaths and 64 survivors. The majorit…
The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
The D.C. sniper attacks were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred over three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the Distric…
The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufacture…
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
Meret Manon Sarpong Bannerman, also known mononymously as Manon, is a Swiss singer. She began her career through her social media presence on Instagram and TikTok. As a singer, she…
Manon Bannerman, Swiss singer and dancer
Kelee Jahare-Hale Ringo is an American professional football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgi…
Kelee Ringo, American football player
Marta Olehivna Kostyuk is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings by the WTA of No. 12 in singles, achieved on 8 June 2026, and No. 27 in doubles, reac…
Marta Kostyuk, Ukrainian tennis player
Matthew Rempe is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Rangers in the sixth round …
Matt Rempe, Canadian ice hockey player