Editing 2002 (section)

===March===
[[File:Envisatmod.jpg|thumb|A model of the [[Envisat]] satellite]]
* [[March 1]] – The [[Envisat]] environmental satellite is launched, with its purpose being the recording of information on environmental change.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2002/mar/01/spaceexploration.environment|title=New satellite will monitor global warming|date=2002-03-01|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018125737/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2002/mar/01/spaceexploration.environment|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 2]]–[[March 10|10]] – Afghan and coalition troops carry out [[Operation Anaconda]] in the [[Shah-i-Kot Valley]], the largest combat operation against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban to that point.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Geibel |first=Adam |date=2002 |title=Operation Anaconda, Shah-i-Khot Valley, Afghanistan, 2-10 March 2002 |url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Online-Exclusive/2017-Online-Exclusive-Articles/Operation-Anaconda-Shah-i-Khot-Valley-Afghanistan/ |journal=[[Military Review]] |volume=82 |issue=3 |pages=72–77 |access-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211045937/https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Online-Exclusive/2017-Online-Exclusive-Articles/Operation-Anaconda-Shah-i-Khot-Valley-Afghanistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 3]] – Switzerland votes in favor of a referendum to join the [[United Nations]], challenging a long-held tradition of neutrality and isolationism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Volger |first1=Helmut |title=A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations |date=28 December 2021 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-48120-6 |page=394 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i2NjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA394 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – The [[Tribute in Light]] is installed at the [[World Trade Center site]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=2015-09-11 |title=Tribute in Light Captures Grief and Joy of 9/11 Anniversary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/nyregion/tribute-in-light-captures-grief-and-joy-of-9-11-anniversary.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911190401/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/nyregion/tribute-in-light-captures-grief-and-joy-of-9-11-anniversary.html |archive-date=2015-09-11 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[March 25]]
** [[2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes]]: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes [[Nahrin]], Afghanistan, killing 800 people and leaving 10,000 homeless.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-04-01 |title=Afghanistan: Earthquake Appeal No.10/02 Operations Update No. 5 |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-earthquake-appeal-no1002-operations-update-no-5 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=ReliefWeb |publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |language=en |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117051523/https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-earthquake-appeal-no1002-operations-update-no-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Shenzhou 3]] is launched from China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shenzhou 3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2002-014A |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref>
* [[March 27]]
** A Palestinian [[Passover massacre|suicide bomber kills]] 30 people and injures 140 others at a hotel in [[Netanya]], Israel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/ten-years-after-passover-bombing-survivors-return-to-netanyas-park-hotel/|title=Ten years after Passover blast, survivors return to Park Hotel|last=Friedman|first=Matti|date=2012-03-27|newspaper=The Times of Israel|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=March 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329232332/http://www.timesofisrael.com/ten-years-after-passover-bombing-survivors-return-to-netanyas-park-hotel/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Nanterre massacre]]: A man kills eight members of the [[Nanterre]] town council in France at the end of a council meeting.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=229}}
* [[March 29]] – In response to increasingly common attacks by Palestinian militants, Israeli initiates [[Operation Defensive Shield]], a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in the [[West Bank]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/02/israel|title=UN report details West Bank wreckage|last=Whitaker|first=Brian|date=2002-08-02|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015042344/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/02/israel|url-status=live}}</ref>