Unix Timestamp: 1027209600
Sunday, July 21. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Telecommunications giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (the largest such filing in United States history).

August ndash The 2002 European floods ravage Central Europe.

A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes at an air show in Ukraine, killing 77 and injuring more than 100, making it the worst air show disaster in history (see Sknyliv airshow disaster).

Helen Clark, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, is re-elected in a landslide victory.

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