Today in History for March 2002
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 12 of 12
1st - The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€).
1st - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
1st - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons).
2nd - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
3rd - Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
4th - Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.
4th - Multinational Force in Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
19th - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
21st - In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
21st - British schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is abducted in broad daylight on her way home from Heathside School in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
27th - Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 29 people in Netanya, Israel.
31st - 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 28 of 28
3rd - Harlan Howard, American musician (b. 1927)
4th - Claire Davenport, English actress (b. 1933)
4th - Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (b. 1939)
4th - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
4th - Velibor Vasović, Yugoslavian footballer (b. 1939)
6th - Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
11th - James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
12th - Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
12th - Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
13th - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
14th - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
17th - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911)
17th - Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
18th - R.A. Lafferty, American science fiction writer (b. 1914)
18th - Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (b. 1943)
21st - Herman Talmadge, American politician (b. 1913)
23rd - Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)
23rd - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
24th - César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927)
25th - Kenneth Wolstenholme, English football commentator (b. 1920)
26th - Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
27th - Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
27th - Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935)
27th - Billy Wilder, American director (b. 1906)
29th - Rico Yan, Philippine Young Movie & TV Actor (b. 1975)
29th - Rachel Levy and Ayat al-Akhras, Israeli and Palestinian children
30th - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
31st - Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928)
