17 juni 2002 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♊. Het was de 167e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 23 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op dinsdag 17 juni 2025, 356 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op woensdag 17 juni 2026, in 8 dagen. Je hebt 8.757 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 210.183 uur, of ongeveer 12.611.029 minuten, of ongeveer 756.661.740 seconden.
Date: 18 June 2002
By Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon Critic's Notebook column reviews My Family Is Different, special edition of Linda Ellerbee's Nick News program dealing with children being raised by gay parents; photo (M)
Date: 18 June 2002
By David Gonzalez
David Gonzalez
Death of American journalist Larry Lee remains unsolved two-and-a-half years after he was murdered in apartment in Guatemala City, Guatemala; despite increasing pressure from US, his family in Missouri still has no idea who killed him as Guatemalan investigators have barely pressed inquiry, overlooking important evidence and letting trail to suspects go cold; killing is example of justice system in which justice is rarely done; unsolved killings of at least seven other Americans in Guatemala noted; list; photos (M)
Date: 18 June 2002
By Buster Olney
Buster Olney
Cincinnati Reds player Ken Griffey Jr sees baseball, sport he once dominated, as business after messy split from Seattle Mariners, three seasons of injuries and score of game absences hardens him to media; photo (M)
Date: 18 June 2002
By Judea Pearl
Judea Pearl
Op-Ed article by Judea Pearl, whose son Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and killed by militants in Pakistan; says displaying gruesome video of his murder on Web site for millions of viewers to watch was devastating for family, and also undermines efforts to fight terrorism and anti-Semitism; says Daniel Pearl personified everything that is good in our culture and none of its faults; says when they murdered him to humiliate United States, terrorists created opposite effect--they unveiled and magnified humanity of America; says Daniel Pearl has become galvanizing banner in fight against evil (M)
Date: 18 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
McDonald's Corp says second-quarter profit will rise after six quarterly declines as European sales increased and euro gained against dollar (S)
Date: 18 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Morton's Restaurant Group agrees to raised buyout offer from Castle Harlan Inc that matches last month's $56.6 million offer for chain by billionaire financier Carl C Icahn (S)
Date: 18 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Marshall & Ilsley Corp agrees to buy Mississippi Valley Bancshares for $494 million (S)
Date: 18 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Aquila Inc cuts its 2002 profit forecast and slashes its dividend to pay debt and help maintain its investment-grade credit rating; is selling $400 million in common stock and $500 million in bonds; annual dividend is cut to 70 cents per share from $1.20 (S)
Date: 18 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The International Olympic Committee said about 2.1 billion people watched some or all of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, a 17 percent increase from the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.
Date: 18 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shareholders of EasyJet approve purchase of Go Fly Ltd from 3i Group for 374 million pounds ($552 million) to overtake Ryanair Holdings as Europe's largest low-fare airline (S)