Unix Timestamp: 1014163200
Wednesday, February 20. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370.

A Spanish-facilitated ceasefire begins in Sri Lanka.

Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.

Robert William Pickton the most prolific serial killer in Canadian history is arrested and charged with the first two (of twenty-seven) counts of first-degree murder.