Portal:Current events/2002 June 22

June 22, 2002 (Saturday)

Medicine – Europe is declared polio-free by the World Health Organization.
Recent celebrity deaths: Columnist Ann Landers dies of myeloma at age 83.
Natural disaster – a major earthquake hit Iran, with its epicentre at Bou'in-Zahra, measuring at least 6.0 on the Richter scale.

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