Editing 2002 (section)

=== November ===
[[File:S-vicente2-Prestige oil spill.jpg|thumb|Cleanup after the [[MV Prestige|MV ''Prestige'']] disaster]]
* [[November 3]] – [[2002 Denali earthquake]]: A 7.9 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest North American earthquakes recorded, occurs in Alaska.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=181}}
* [[November 7]] – A [[2002 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum|sovereignty referendum]] is held in [[Gibraltar]]. The people reject Spanish sovereignty.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=385}}
* [[November 8]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] unanimously adopts [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441|Resolution 1441]], forcing [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] to either [[Iraq disarmament crisis|disarm or face]] "serious consequences".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/iraq-weapons-inspections-fast-facts/index.html|title=Iraq Weapons Inspections Fast Facts|date=2016-03-04|website=CNN|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314010652/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/iraq-weapons-inspections-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Iraq agrees to the terms of the resolution on November 13.<ref name=":0" />
* [[November 13]] – [[Prestige oil spill|''Prestige'' oil spill]]: Greek oil tanker {{MV|Prestige}} begins spilling oil coast of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]. It will continue until November 19, spilling 60,000 tonnes of oil in the worst environmental disaster in the history of the [[Iberian Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Martinez |first1=Marta Rodriguez |last2=Llach |first2=Laura |date=2022-11-14 |title='Terrifying cocktail': Spain's worst environmental disaster, 20 years |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/11/14/spains-biggest-environmental-disaster-the-prestige-20-years-after |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Euronews |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211042302/https://www.euronews.com/2022/11/14/spains-biggest-environmental-disaster-the-prestige-20-years-after |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Hu Jintao]] becomes [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-11-15 |title=Hu confirmed as China's next leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/nov/15/china.world1 |access-date=2024-11-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[November 16]] – [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak]]: The first case of the [[SARS|Severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS) epidemic, a [[zoonosis]] caused by a [[coronavirus]], is recorded in [[Guangdong]] province of south China.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Feng |first1=Dan |last2=de Vlas |first2=Sake J. |last3=Fang |first3=Li-Qun |last4=Han |first4=Xiao-Na |last5=Zhao |first5=Wen-Juan |last6=Sheng |first6=Shen |last7=Yang |first7=Hong |last8=Jia |first8=Zhong-Wei |last9=Richardus |first9=Jan Hendrik |last10=Cao |first10=Wu-Chun |date=November 2009 |title=The SARS epidemic in mainland China: bringing together all epidemiological data |journal=Tropical Medicine & International Health |language=en |volume=14 |issue=Suppl 1 |pages=4–13 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02145.x |pmc=7169858 |pmid=19508441}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/csr/sars/country/table2004_04_21/en/index.html|title=Summary of probable SARS cases with onset of illness from 1 November 2002 to 31 July 2003|publisher=[[World Health Organization]]|year=2004|access-date=2011-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624025825/http://www.who.int/csr/sars/country/table2004_04_21/en/index.html|archive-date=2011-06-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 22]] – [[NATO]] announces seven new countries that intend to join: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-11-22 |title=NATO Summit Closes With Seven New Members |url=https://www.dw.com/en/nato-summit-closes-with-seven-new-members/a-680791 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Deutsche Welle |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 25]]
** The [[Hague Code of Conduct]] is signed to regulate [[intercontinental ballistic missiles]] internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HCoC {{!}} HCoC |url=https://www.hcoc.at/what-is-hcoc/frequently-asked-questions.html |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=www.hcoc.at}}</ref>
** U.S. President George W. Bush signs the [[Homeland Security Act of 2002|Homeland Security Act]] into law, establishing the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]], in the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] in [[1947]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2512891.stm|title=Bush signs landmark security act|date=2002-11-25|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020062609/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2512891.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Following a several month-long transitional period, it commences operations the following year.
* [[November 28]] – [[2002 Mombasa attacks]]: Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in [[Mombasa]], Kenya, but their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down an [[Arkia|Arkia Israel Airlines]] charter flight with surface-to-air-missiles.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sher |first=Hanan |date=2003 |title=Israel |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23605545 |journal=The American Jewish Year Book |volume=103 |pages=183–280 |jstor=23605545 |issn=0065-8987 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627024124/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23605545 |url-status=live }}</ref>