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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[â ]
2002Jamie Drysdale, Canadian ice hockey player[â ]
Jamie Drysdale is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL. Internationally, Drysdale has represented Canada at multiple underage and junior competitions.
2002ViktĂłria Forster, Slovak track and field athlete[â ]
ViktĂłria Forster is a Slovak track and field athlete who competes internationally as a hurdler and a sprinter. She holds the Slovak women's record for 60 metres hurdles, 100 metres hurdles and 100 metres.
2002Skai Jackson, American actress[â ]
Skai Jackson is an American actress. With such accolades as a Shorty Award and a nomination for a NAACP Image Award, she was featured in Time's list of the most influential teens in 2016.
2002MarĂa FĂ©lix, Mexican actress (born 1914)[â ]
MarĂa de los Ăngeles FĂ©lix GĂŒereña was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro ArmendĂĄriz and Dolores del RĂo, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, her strong personality and taste for finesse garnered her the title of diva early in her career. She was known as La Doña, a name derived from her character in Doña BĂĄrbara (1943), and MarĂa Bonita, thanks to the anthem composed exclusively for her as a wedding gift by her second husband, AgustĂn Lara. Her acting career consists of 47 films made in Mexico, Spain, France, Italy and Argentina.
2002Harvey Quaytman, American painter (born 1937)[â ]
Harvey Quaytman was a geometric abstraction painter best known for large modernist canvases with powerful monochromatic tones, in layered compositions, often with hard edges - inspired by Malevich and Mondrian. He had more than 60 solo exhibitions in his career, and his works are held in the collections of many top public museums.
2002The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.[â ]
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985. Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7, 1985.
Nasty feud erupts among wealthy neighbors in Edgewater Point, New York, peninsula in Long Island Sound over seemingly minor property disputes that could have legal implications for similar enclaves; developer Melvyn Kaufman sued over concrete pier of Dean and Elizabeth Kehler, and ended up suing three more neighbors, as well as property owners assn for not enforcing rules; neighbors say Kaufmans misinterpret covenants for their own benefit; photos; map (M)
The Archdiocese of New York said that six priests who have been named in allegations of sexual misconduct have been ''asked to leave their current assignments,'' and ''are not to represent themselves as priests.''
New York Archdiocese removes six priests named in sexual misconduct cases from their current assignments and tells them not to represent themselves as priests; six are not identified but all are on list of accused priests that church has given to Manhattan Dist Atty Robert Morgenthau (M)
Judge Delays Ruling on Suit To Block Hewlett's Merger A state judge in Delaware delayed a decision on a request by Hewlett-Packard to dismiss a case filed by a dissident director, Walter Hewlett, to block its $18.3 billion takeover of Compaq Computer. After a rare two-hour Sunday hearing in Delaware Chancery Court, Judge William Chandler III told lawyers for both sides that he would contact them soon with his decision on whether to allow Mr. Hewlett's complaint to go forward as planned in two weeks. [Page C2.]
Critics of financial structure in New Jersey, where per-capita property-tax rates are highest in US, hope current fiscal plight will stir enough interest to reform tax system altogether; idea of constitutional convention on property tax reform grows along with resentment of widespread local tax increases; charts comparing state's revenue sources with those of other states (M)
Article on campaign by Republican Elizabeth Dole for US Senate seat from North Carolina being vacated by Sen Jesse Helms; inescapable similarities in her life and political career with that of New York Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed; Dole emphatically denies modeling campaign after Clinton; says despite similarities there is world of difference between them; photos (M)
Fiery collapse of World Trade Center towers after terrorist attacks on September 11 leaves scientists, engineers and building officials questioning traditional practice of relying on tests done with low-tech furnaces to assess whether building materials will survive out-of-control blazes; tests at Underwriters Laboratories and elsewhere focus on ability of separate building components to survive temperatures as high as 2,000 degrees; many scientists support them, but others concluded well before September 11 that tests were out of touch with computer-age understanding of devastation caused by fury of real fire; diagrams; photos (L)
Mike Wallace, almost 84, says he will cut work load as news correspondent in half next fall at 60 Minutes, CBS news magazine he helped start in 1968; move comes as CBS begins to focus on how to maintain program as key players near retirement; program, still top-rated news magazine despite slipping from top-10 rated programs, remains vital revenue generator and promotional platform for other CBS programs; creator and executive producer Don Hewitt, 79, says he does not plan to retire soon; photo (M)
News analysis of possible fallout from scandal within Catholic church, stemming from disclosures of sexual abuse of children by priests; crisis may force many American Catholics to separate religious faith from institution that is supposed to nurture it; is forcing many to re-evaluate relationships with priests in their daily lives and compassion and intentions of bishops in their diocese (M)
Ben Brantley reviews Suzan-Lori Parks play Topdog/Underdog, directed by George C Wolfe; Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright star; photo (M)
George Vecsey Sports of The Times column discusses Satoru Komiyama, New York Mets newly acquired relief pitcher who is making adjustment from Japanese Pacific League, where he started; photos (M)
Wall Street Firms Accused In an expanded lawsuit expected to be filed today, Enron shareholders accuse nine top Wall Street firms of knowingly taking part in a scheme to defraud them. PAGE A15