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June 2002 was the sixth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Saturday , ended on a Sunday after 30 days.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 2002.
June 5, 2002 (2002-06-05 ) (Wednesday)
Sweden passes a law that allows homosexual couples to apply for both the national and the international adoption of children.
June 6, 2002 (2002-06-06 ) (Thursday)
Singer and (aka R. Kelly) was arrested and charged with having sex with an underaged girl. He was sentenced 2 years.
A 32-foot explodes in the airspace west of
Kashmir , raising fears that misidentifited meteor explosions could spark a nuclear war.
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Robbin Crosby of Ratt dies from a heroin overdose.
June 8, 2002 (2002-06-08 ) (Saturday)
June 10, 2002 (2002-06-10 ) (Monday)
radiological weapon (sometimes called a "
dirty bomb ") in the United States.
Kashmir crisis:
Pakistan and India appear to have stepped down their rhetoric over the
Kashmir crisis, reducing the threat of
nuclear war in the subcontinent slightly.
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Technology - The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11 ) (Tuesday)
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data privacy laws
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with a diameter of just 10 nanometers.
Hit reality show, Fox Network
.
June 14, 2002 (2002-06-14 ) (Friday)
A new terrorist organisation, Al Qanoon , claimed responsibility for an earlier suicide bomb attack aimed at the US consulate in Karachi in Pakistan . 11 people were killed in the bomb attack, and approximately 45 injured. The US has subsequently closed all diplomatic missions in Pakistan.
soccer field, passed the
Earth at a distance of about 120,000 km. It was the second closest asteroid approach to Earth in recorded history. The asteroid was first observed three days after its close approach, on June 17, 2002.
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June 16, 2002 (2002-06-16 ) (Sunday)
Pio of Pietrelcina
a saint
June 18, 2002 (2002-06-18 ) (Tuesday)
BT Cellnet is rebranded as O2
at 6 PM.
Soap actress Nancy Addison died of cancer.
June 20, 2002 (2002-06-20 ) (Thursday)
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22 ) (Saturday)
June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26 ) (Wednesday)
unconstitutional
, because of its "under God" clause.
.
June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27 ) (Thursday)
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30 ) (Sunday)
The and claimed the title for a record fifth time.
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