Today in History for November 2002
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Historical Events
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4th - Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress
6th - 12 people are killed in a fire on board a train headed for Vienna from Paris.
7th - Iran bans advertising of United States products.
8th - Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
13th - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
13th - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
14th - Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
14th - The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
15th - Hu Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
18th - Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
21st - NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
22nd - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
Famous Deaths
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2nd - Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
2nd - Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
3rd - Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931)
3rd - Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
5th - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
6th - Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)
7th - Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (b. 1923)
8th - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (b. 1931)
9th - William Schutz, American psychologist (b. 1925)
9th - Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)
10th - Michel Boisrond, French film director (b. 1921)
13th - Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925)
14th - Eddie Bracken, American film actor (b. 1915)
15th - Myra Hindley, English murderess (b. 1942)
17th - Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (b. 1915)
18th - James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
21st - Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
23rd - Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
24th - John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
25th - Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (b. 1926)
26th - Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur (b. 1915)
26th - Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
28th - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American blues musician (b. 1943)
29th - Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
29th - George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
30th - Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
