391 notable events from 2002. Page 1 of 4.
- Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart
Jun 5, 2002–Mar 12, 2003 · United States
- Ariel Castro kidnappings
Aug 22, 2002 · United States
- Murder of Laci Peterson
Dec 2002 · United States
- D.C. sniper attacks
Sep 5, 2002–Oct 24, 2002 · United States
- Moscow theater hostage crisis
Oct 23, 2002–Oct 26, 2002 · Russian Federation
- 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
Jul 1, 2002 · Germany
- Soham murders
Aug 4, 2002 · United Kingdom
- John Allen Muhammad
Feb 16, 2002–Oct 23, 2002 · United States
- 2002 Gujarat violence
Mar 1, 2002 · India
- Levi Bellfield
Mar 21, 2002–Aug 19, 2004 · —
- Cogne case
Jan 30, 2002 · Italy
- Godhra train burning
Feb 27, 2002 · India
- William Clyde Gibson
Jan 1, 2002–Jan 1, 2012 · —
- China Airlines Flight 611
May 25, 2002 · Taiwan
- Bison Dele
Jul 7, 2002 · French Polynesia
- Murder of Charles Perez
Jul 13, 2002 · United States
- 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
Nov 16, 2002–May 19, 2004 · Mongolia
- GBU-43/B MOAB
Jan 1, 2002 · —
- Saipan incident
May 1, 2002 · Northern Mariana Islands
- 2002 Bali bombings
Oct 12, 2002 · Indonesia
- Murder of Milly Dowler
Mar 21, 2002 · United Kingdom
- 7 World Trade Center
Jan 1, 2002 · United States
- Erfurt school massacre
Apr 26, 2002 · Germany
- Nara noise injury case
Nov 1, 2002–Apr 1, 2005 · Japan
- Richthofen case
Oct 31, 2002 · Brazil
- Élodie Kulik affair
Jan 10, 2002 · France
- Sknyliv air show disaster
Jul 27, 2002 · Ukraine
- Dos Palmas kidnappings
Jun 7, 2002 · Philippines
- Murder of Gwen Araujo
Oct 4, 2002 · United States
- 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash
Jan 5, 2002 · United States
- Inaba Incident
2002 · Japan
- Scott Dozier
Apr 18, 2002 · —
- West Bank barrier
from 2002 · Palestine
- Mishima women's junior college student burning murder case
Jan 22, 2002 · Japan
- John Darwin disappearance case
Mar 21, 2002 · United Kingdom
- Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
May 6, 2002 · Netherlands
- Koodathayi cyanide killings
Jan 1, 2002 · India
- Air China Flight 129
Apr 15, 2002 · South Korea
- Mabuchi Motor president's home murder and arson case
Aug 5, 2002 · Japan
- Skin Hunters
2002 · Poland
- Northwest Airlines Flight 85
Oct 9, 2002 · Russian Federation
- Denis Gorin
Jan 1, 2002–Jan 1, 2012 · Russian Federation
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
from Apr 11, 2002 · Algeria
- First Ivorian Civil War
Sep 19, 2002–Mar 4, 2007 · Côte d'Ivoire
- Mohamed Medjahed case
Oct 7, 2002 · France
- 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt
Apr 11, 2002 · Venezuela
- Prestige oil spill
Nov 19, 2002 · Spain
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 421
Jan 16, 2002 · Indonesia
- Rywin affair
from Jul 22, 2002 · Poland
- "False positives" scandal
2002 · Colombia
- Erika and Benjamin Sifrit
May 25, 2002 · —
- Irina Gaidamachuk
Jan 1, 2002–Jan 1, 2010 · Russian Federation
- Death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Mar 30, 2002 · United Kingdom
- Robert Roberson case
Jan 31, 2002 · —
- 2002 European floods
Aug 5, 2002–Sep 13, 2002 · Germany
- 2002 Japan animal cruelty case
2002 · Japan
- 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash
Aug 19, 2002 · Russian Federation
- Akshardham Temple attack
Sep 24, 2002–Sep 25, 2002 · India
- China Northern Airlines Flight 6136
May 7, 2002 · China
- Luxair Flight 9642
Nov 6, 2002 · Luxembourg
- Naroda Patiya massacre
Feb 28, 2002 · India
- Disappearance of Marita Verón
Apr 3, 2002 · Argentina
- Murder of Brett Bowyer
Jan 1, 2002 · United States
- Murder of Danielle van Dam
Feb 1, 2002 · United States
- Perejil Island crisis
Jul 11, 2002–Jul 18, 2002 · Spain
- Vyacheslav Yaikov
Jan 1, 2002–Jan 1, 2003 · Russian Federation
- Murder of Alton McDonald
Apr 3, 2002 · United States
- Murder of Samantha Runnion
Jul 15, 2002 · United States
- Mount Tomuraushi mountaineering accident (2002)
Jul 2002 · Japan
- I-40 bridge disaster
May 26, 2002 · United States
- Bojayá massacre
May 2, 2002 · Colombia
- Nanterre massacre
Mar 27, 2002 · France
- Murder of Casey Williamson
Jul 26, 2002 · United States
- Murder of Marinus Schöberl
Jul 13, 2002 · Germany
- Shenyang consulate North Korean defector asylum incident
May 8, 2002 · China
- Murder of Kacie Woody
Dec 2002 · United States
- Gunma high school girl kidnapping murder case
Jul 19, 2002 · Japan
- Disappearance of Joshua Guimond
Nov 9, 2002 · United States
- Sexual abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston
2002 · United States
- Trial of Slobodan Milošević
Feb 12, 2002–Mar 2006 · Netherlands
- Effacer le tableau
Oct 2002–Jan 2003 · DR Congo
- Galaxy Leader
2002–Jul 6, 2025 · —
- Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
Jan 15, 2002–Oct 23, 2017 · Philippines
- Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
from Oct 7, 2002 · Somalia
- Murder of Alexandra Zapp
Jul 18, 2002 · United States
- Kobe graduate student lynching murder case
Mar 4, 2002 · Japan
- Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal
Nov 23, 2002 · Portugal
- Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
Jan 1, 2002 · Afghanistan
- Llaguno Overpass events
Apr 11, 2002 · Venezuela
- Case of María Marta García Belsunce
Oct 27, 2002 · Argentina
- Tarnak Farm incident
Apr 17, 2002 · Afghanistan
- Battle of Jenin (2002)
Apr 11, 2002 · Palestine
- Tri-State Crematory scandal
Feb 15, 2002 · United States
- Gulbarg Society massacre
Feb 28, 2002 · India
- Disappearance of Tina Lim
Jun 22, 2002 · Singapore
- 2002 Lima, Ohio, apartment shooting
Jan 3, 2002 · United States
- Protests against the Iraq War
2002–2011 · —
- Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident
Nov 2, 2002 · Japan
- Maxime Brunerie
Jul 14, 2002 · —
- EgyptAir Flight 843
May 7, 2002 · Tunisia