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A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002.

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Table of contents
1 May 31, 2002
2 May 30, 2002
3 May 28, 2002
4 May 26, 2002
5 May 24, 2002
6 May 23, 2002
7 May 22, 2002
8 May 21, 2002
9 May 20, 2002
10 May 19, 2002
11 May 15, 2002
12 May 9, 2002
13 May 8, 2002
14 May 7, 2002
15 May 6, 2002
16 May 5, 2002

May 31, 2002

May 30, 2002

  • Miller Brewing is acquired from Philip Morris by South African Brewing for $3.6 billion in stock.
  • September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack: A wordless ceremony at the World Trade Center site marks the end of the recovery effort. In the ceremony, which started at 10:29 AM with the tolling of a firemen's bell, a stretcher with an American flag, symbolizing the victims whose remains were not recovered or yet identified was carried up the 500-foot ramp to an FDNY ambulance, which slowly left the site, as did the flatbed truck carrying the last steel beam to be removed. The ceremony included the playing of America the Beautiful by the NYPD pipe-and-drum corps, a flyover by five NYPD helicopters, and the playing of taps by a NYPD and FDNY bugler. The ceremony was attended by hundreds of rescue and recovery workers, family members of victimes, and New York politicians.

May 28, 2002

May 26, 2002

May 24, 2002

May 23, 2002

May 22, 2002

May 21, 2002

May 20, 2002

May 19, 2002

May 15, 2002

  • Politics of the Netherlands: General elections for the lower house of parliament were held.
  • The LPF(Lijst Pim Fortuyn) was the great winner, the party gained 26 of the 150 seats, a historic achievement for a new party. The CDA (Christen Democratisch Appèl) led by Jan Peter Balkenende became the greatest party (43 seats). The great losers were the coalition parties of the ruling "purple coalition" (PvdA, labour party; VVD, liberals; D'66, leftist liberals). These parties were deminished to half of their former size. Ad Melkert (PvdA) resigns as political leader of his party.

May 9, 2002

May 8, 2002

May 7, 2002

  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 15 and wounds 58 in a billiards and gambling club in Rishon le Zion at approximately 11 pm local time, while Ariel Sharon is meeting with President Bush in Washington D.C.

May 6, 2002

May 5, 2002

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