August 2002

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 August 4, 2002 1.2 August 5, 2002 1.3 August 7, 2002 1.4 August 8, 2002 1.5 August 9, 2002 1.6 August 10, 2002 1.7 August 11, 2002 1.8 August 12, 2002 1.9 August 13, 2002 1.10 August 14, 2002 1.11 August 16, 2002 1.12 August 17, 2002 1.13 August 18, 2002 1.14 August 19, 2002 1.15 August 21, 2002 1.16 August 22, 2002 1.17 August 23, 2002 1.18 August 25, 2002 1.19 August 31, 2002

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• Afghanistan timeline August 2002

[edit] August 4, 2002

• Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian suicide bombing claims 9 lives, near Safed; there is a shooting attack in Jerusalem, claiming 2; there is an attack upon a settler family, killing the parents. Not all of the victims of these attacks were Israeli Jews; some were Israeli Arabs and Druze.
• The water parasite Cryptosporidium was discovered in drinking water as a result of the 2002 Glasgow floods.

[edit] August 5, 2002

• Recent celebrity deaths: Chick Hearn, pro-basketball announcer dies at the age of 85.
• Stock market downturn of 2002: U.S. indices continue heavy losses from the previous week and fall by over three percent on the day, NASDAQ falling below its July 23 low.
• British cases of Legionnaires' disease continue to rise, to a total of 56 diagnosed cases so far, in that country's largest outbreak for many years.
• Microsoft has announced that it is to make some concessions towards the proposed final settlement of the United States v. Microsoft case, ahead of the judge's verdict.
• The gun turret of the USS Monitor was raised from the sea bottom off the coast of North Carolina, where it had lain since sinking in 1862.

[edit] August 7, 2002

• Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians: Israeli undercover soldiers kill four Palestinian militants wound three in a gun-fight in Tulkarm. An Israeli sniper kills Hussam Hamdan, a member of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops and 30 tanks push into northern Gaza, killing a Palestinian policeman. These come in response to the attacks of August 4 listed below.
• Three members of Manchester rock band Oasis have bee