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July 24, 2002
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2002-07-24
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First
near-Earth object
to be given a positive rating on the
Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale
for potential Earth collision is
(89959) 2002 NT
7
with a potential impact on February 1, 2019.
U.S. Congressman
James Traficant
was expelled from the
House of Representatives
on a vote of 420 to 1. Traficant had been convicted of ten federal counts of corruption.
The major
Millennium Challenge 2002
war game
run by the
United States armed forces
begins.
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