Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian
suicide bombing claims nine 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.
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 1869.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces kill six 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 above.
A massive explosion in
Jalalabad at the maintenance facility of the Afghan Construction and Logistics Unit, a private construction company, kills at least 10 and injures 25, damaging 50 homes and a
hydroelectric dam.
Extreme weather: The death toll in Europe caused by flooding has risen to at least 74, with 58 deaths in Russia, 3 in Germany, 3 in Austria, and one in the
Czech Republic. Prime Minister
Vladimír Špidla declared a state of emergency in
Prague,
Bohemia,
Plzeň and
Karlovy Vary. All shipping on the
Danube has been halted. Premier
Silvio Berlusconi approved $50 million in emergency aid in response to the $300 million in damage of northern Italy's crops.
Extreme weather: On the seventh day of heavy rains, the peak of
100-year flood of the
Vltava River reaches
Prague, and the
Kampa district is submerged under several yards of water, as well as the
Prague Zoo, killing an
elephant, five
rhinoceros, a
lion, a
gorilla and 80 birds, and allowing five seals to escape. The
Kampa Museum is flooded. 15,000 people were evacuated from
Mělník, and 1,600 people were evacuated from
Děčín. The death toll in Europe is at 88, 9 in the Czech Republic.
Vladimir Putin announces that
Belarus will be fully integrated into Russia, with each of Belarus's six provinces to become a separate
republic within the Russian
Federation.
The United States
Food and Drug Administration orders a recall of all soft tissues processed since October 3 by
CryoLife, the largest supplier of
implant tissue in the United States, after 27 cases of serious infection, including one death in November.
Extreme weather: The peak of a
100-year flood of the
Vltava River surges through the
Czech Republic into the
Elbe in Germany. In
Plzeň the city center is flooded, and breweries shut down. In
České Budějovice, most of the old town is under more than a foot of water, and the Czech
Budweiser breweries are shut down. More than 200,000 Czechs are forced to leave their homes. Damages are estimated at over $600 million. In
Dresden, the
Zwinger Palace courtyard and basement are flooded, damaging paintings. The
Semper Opera basement is flooded, closing it for weeks. More than 3,000 hospital patients are evacuated. Europe-wide death toll is now 99.
Vladimir Putin announces that
Belarus will be fully integrated into Russia, with each of Belarus's six provinces to become a separate republic within the Russian
Federation.
The United States
Food and Drug Administration orders a recall of all soft tissues processed since October 3 by
CryoLife, the largest supplier of implant tissue in the United States, after 27 cases of serious infection, including one death in November.
Extreme weather: The peak of a
100-year flood of the
Vltava River surges through the
Czech Republic into the
Elbe in
Germany. In
Plzeň the city center is flooded, and breweries shut down. In
České Budějovice, most of the old town is under more than a foot of water, and the Czech
Budweiser breweries are shut down. More than 200,000 Czechs are forced to leave their homes. Damages are estimated at over $600 million. In
Dresden, the
Zwinger Palace courtyard and basement are flooded, damaging paintings. The
Semper Opera basement is flooded, closing it for weeks. More than 3,000 hospital patients are evacuated. Europe-wide death toll is now 99.
Extreme weather: The flooding death toll in Europe reaches 109. The
Danube peaks at
Budapest at a record 28.3 feet (8.6 m), mostly contained by the walls along the river.
Dessau is flooded. Overall damage in the Czech Republic is expected to cost $2.8 billion.
Extreme weather: In China, the
Dongting Lake floods
Yueyang, forcing the evacuation of 600,000 people; the crest of the flooding from the
Yangtze River is expected Sunday. Floods and landslides have killed nearly 1000 people in China, 200 in the
Hunan province. There have been 376 deaths in India, 494 in
Nepal, and 158 deaths in
Bangladesh this
monsoon season.