Portal:Current events/2002 July 24

July 24, 2002 (Wednesday)

First near-Earth object to be given a positive rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale for potential Earth collision is (89959) 2002 NT₇ 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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