2002 Election
Time: Tuesday May 28, 2002
Place: FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Details: He was re-elected as head of FIFA in 2002. Blatter's 2002 candidacy has been marked with rumours of financial irregularities and backroom dealings.
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Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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1981 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-The Ban
Monday Dec 21, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Blatter's announcement that he would resign from the post of FIFA president
Tuesday Jun 2, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-2013 FIFA Ethics Committee investigation
Monday Apr 29, 2013 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-2007 Election
Thursday May 31, 2007 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-1998 Election
Monday Jun 8, 1998 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA extended the ban
Wednesday Jun 5, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-2011 Election
Wednesday Jun 1, 2011 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-The 65th FIFA Congress In Zürich
Friday May 29, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Blatter Was Suspended From FIFA For 90
Thursday Oct 8, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-FIFA Reduce The Suspension
Wednesday Feb 24, 2016 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA announced that English clubs were also free to play friendly games in Europe
Dec, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Technical Director
1975 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Diego Maradona-Two-month ban
Friday Jan 15, 2010 - Zurich, Switzerland
Diego Maradona-Best goal ever scored in a World Cup
2002 - Zurich, Switzerland
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-FIFA moves women's world cup to USA
Saturday May 3, 2003 - Zurich, Switzerland
Lothar Meyer-Lothar studied medicine at the University of Zurich
1851 - Zurich, Switzerland
Cristiano Ronaldo-2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 12, 2015 - Zürich, Switzerland
Lionel Messi-2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 7, 2013 - Zürich, Switzerland
Black Friday-Swiss retailer Manor was the first to launch a special Black Friday promotion
2015 - Switzerland
Warren Buffett-Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re)
2009 - Zurich, Switzerland
Lionel Messi-2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 10, 2011 - Zürich, Switzerland
Lionel Messi-2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 9, 2012 - Zürich, Switzerland
Lionel Messi-World Player of the Year of 2009
Monday Dec 21, 2009 - Kongresshaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Cristiano Ronaldo-2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Tuesday Oct 29, 2013 - Zürich, Switzerland
Albert Einstein-First scientific papers
Sunday Apr 30, 1905 - Zürich, Switzerland
Audrey Hepburn-Marriage
Saturday Sep 25, 1954 - Switzerland
Chocolate-Lindt & Sprüngli AG
1845 - Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Sexual Assault Allegations
Friday Nov 10, 2017 - Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Investigators' Announcement
Friday Sep 25, 2015 - Zurich, Switzerland
Visa Inc.-Visa Inc. announced the plan to acquire Visa Europe
Thursday Nov 5, 2015 - Europe
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Winning the 2013 FIFA Puskás Award
Monday Jan 13, 2014 - Zürich, Switzerland
IKEA-The First Store outside Scandinavia
1973 - Spreitenbach, Switzerland
Tobias Stimmer Brith
Monday Apr 17, 1539 - Schaffhausen
Raphael Weiss Birth
Friday Mar 10, 1713 - Wangen
Holy Roman Empire-The House of Habsburg
11th Century - Central Europe
Bart Millard-To Switzerland
1990s - Switzerland
johann sulzer Birth
Monday Sep 18, 1752 - Aargau
Igor Stravinsky-Moving to Switzerland
Sep, 1910 - Switzerland
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland
1902 - Switzerland
FIFA World Cup-First World Cup Televised
Wednesday Jun 16, 1954 - Switzerland
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Covid crosses 48M cases and 1.2M deaths
Friday Nov 6, 2020 at 12:22:00 AM - Zurich
FIFA World Cup-Olympic Sport
1900 - Switzerland
Chocolate-Milk Chocolate
1875 - Switzerland
Jan Hus's death
Thursday Jul 6, 1415 - Constance
German revolutions of 1848–1849-Wagner left Dresden for Switzerland to avoid arrest
Wednesday May 9, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Switzerland)
Battle of Nancy
Friday Jan 5, 1477 - Switzerland
Coverture-In Switzerland
1988 - Switzerland
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was sent to Schule Schloss Salem
1933 - Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Heysel Stadium Events-1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup
Wednesday May 16, 1984 at 04:11:00 PM - St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland
Mohamed Salah-To Basel
Tuesday Apr 10, 2012 - Stadion Rankhof in Basel, Switzerland
Jakob Bernoulli Birth
Wednesday Jan 6, 1655 - Basel
The Burning of Medical Books by Paracelsus
Friday Jun 24, 1527 - Basle
Bretton Woods Conference-Bank for International Settlements
Saturday May 17, 1930 - Basel, Switzerland
Holy Roman Empire-Golden Bull of Sicily
Wednesday Sep 26, 1212 - Basel, Holy Roman Empire
Johann Hebel Birth
Saturday May 10, 1760 - Basel
Shimon Peres-Mapai delegation
1946 - Basel, Switzerland
On This Day - 28 May
George Washington-Battle of Jumonville Glen
Tuesday May 28, 1754 - Pennsylvania, U.S.
Mozart-His father's deaths
Thursday May 28, 1778 - Salzburg, Austria
George Washington-Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia introduced Madison's Virginia Plan
Monday May 28, 1787 - Virginia, U.S.
Second Boer War-Orange Free State was annexed and renamed the Orange River Colony
Monday May 28, 1900 - South Africa
Winston Churchill-Second child
Sunday May 28, 1911 - London, England, United Kingdom
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels's speeches attacked the Catholic church as morally corrupt
Friday May 28, 1937 - Berlin, Germany
Winston Churchill-Baldwin resigned and was succeeded as Prime Minister by Neville Chamberlain
Friday May 28, 1937 - London, England, United Kingdom
World War II-Black May
Friday May 28, 1943 at 01:28:00 AM - Atlantic Ocean
Edward VIII-Death
Sunday May 28, 1972 - Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France
Colombian conflict-the creation of the Patriotic Union (Unión Patriótica)
Tuesday May 28, 1985 - Bogotá, Colombia
Slobodan Milošević-The 10th Congress of the Serbian League of Communists
Wednesday May 28, 1986 - Belgrade, Serbia
1989 Tiananmen Square protests-Protests in Hong Kong
Sunday May 28, 1989 - Hong Kong
Croatian War of Independence-A Military Parade and Review
Tuesday May 28, 1991 - Zagreb, Croatia
Hachikō-Hachikō Bark
Saturday May 28, 1994 - Japan
First Chechen War-Yeltsin even officially declared "victory"
Tuesday May 28, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-Bomb exploded in the Russian railway station of Pyatigorsk
Wednesday May 28, 1997 - Stavropol Krai, Russia
Nuclear Power-First nuclear weapon test in Pakistan
Thursday May 28, 1998 - Pakistan
Kevin Hart-Soul Plane
Friday May 28, 2004 - California, U.S.
Justin Trudeau-Marriage
Saturday May 28, 2005 - Montreal, Canada
Colombian conflict-The 2006 Colombian Presidential Election
Sunday May 28, 2006 - Colombia
2008 Sichuan earthquake-27 May aftershocks
Wednesday May 28, 2008 - Qingchuan County and Ningqiang County, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Quake lakes
Wednesday May 28, 2008 - China
Lionel Messi-2011 UEFA Champions League
Saturday May 28, 2011 - London, England, United Kingdom
Cristiano Ronaldo-2016 UEFA Champions League Final
Saturday May 28, 2016 - San Siro, Milan, Italy
Mark Zuckerberg-Honorary Degree
Sunday May 28, 2017 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Francesco Totti-Final appearance for Roma
Sunday May 28, 2017 - Rome, Italy
Lula da Silva-A Formal investigation
Monday May 28, 2018 - Brazil
Willem van Croij's death
Saturday May 28, 1521 - Soria
Pierre Séguier Birth
Saturday May 28, 1588 - Paris
Spanish Armada attacked England
Saturday May 28, 1588 - England
May 2002
KFC-Yum!
May, 2002 - Louisville, Kentucky, United States
James Bond-The Man with the Red Tattoo was published
Friday May 3, 2002 - London, England, United Kingdom
Marvel Studios-Spider-Man
Friday May 3, 2002 - U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-The World Trade Center site was cleared
May, 2002 - Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-2002 Indian Heat Wave
May, 2002 - India
Michael Ballack-Losing the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final
Wednesday May 15, 2002 - Hampden Park, Glasgow, UK
Xanana Gusmão-The First President of Timor-Leste
Monday May 20, 2002 - Timor-Leste
Elon Musk-SpaceX
May, 2002 - Hawthorne, California, United States
Nintendo-Yamauchi Retirment
Thursday May 23, 2002 - Kyoto, Japan
Plane Accidents-China Airlines Flight 611
Saturday May 25, 2002 at 03 PM - Taiwan Strait, Taiwan
Eminem-The Eminem Show
Sunday May 26, 2002 - Michigan, U.S.
Netflix-Initial public offering
Wednesday May 29, 2002 - U.S.
FIFA World Cup-First one held in Asia
Friday May 31, 2002 - Korea and Japan
2002
Visa Inc.-European Commission exempted Visa's multilateral interchange fees from Article 81 of the EC Treaty that prohibits anti-competitive arrangements
2002 - Europe
Tony Hawk-Boom Boom HuckJam
2002 - U.S.
Tony Hawk-xXx
2002 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Warren Buffett-Forward Contracts
2002 - U.S.
Rosa Parks-Parks received an eviction notice
2002 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Papa John's Pizza-The First National Pizza Chain To make Online Ordering available To all of its U.S. Customers
2002 - Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.
Microprocessor-Less Than 10% of All The CPUs Sold In The World Were 32-bit or More
2002 - U.S.
Nike, Inc.-Purchasing Hurley International
2002 - Costa Mesa, California, U.S.
Computer animation-The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 - U.S. and New Zealand
Kobe Bryant-The 2001–02 season
2002 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-All-NBA First Team
2002 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Google LLC-Google Launched Its Google News Service
2002 - Mountain View, California, U.S.
Christopher Paul Gardner-Father of the year award
2002 - U.S.
Warren Buffett-Currency Market
Tuesday Jan 1, 2002 at 04:48:00 PM - U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Amazon Web Services
2002 - Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-Matched up against the Sacramento Kings
2002 - U.S.
Amazon-Amazon launches Free Super Saver Shipping
Jan, 2002 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-Brawl in a game against the Chicago Bulls
Saturday Jan 12, 2002 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Colombian conflict-Right-wing paramilitaries entered the Village of Chengue
Thursday Jan 17, 2002 - Chengue, Colombia
Dwayne Johnson-Royal Rumble (2002)
Sunday Jan 20, 2002 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Christmas Island-The Christmas Island Flag Became Official
Saturday Jan 26, 2002 - Christmas Island
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević accused the war crimes tribunal of an "Evil and Hostile Attack"
Wednesday Jan 30, 2002 - Hague, Netherlands
Kaká-International debut
Thursday Jan 31, 2002 - Brazil
Lionel Messi-Lamasia
Feb, 2002 - Barcelona, Spain
Java (programming language)-J2SE 1.4
Wednesday Feb 6, 2002 - California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-His first All-Star MVP trophy
Sunday Feb 10, 2002 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Slobodan Milošević-Trial at The Hague
Tuesday Feb 12, 2002 - Hague, Netherlands
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Funeral
Friday Feb 15, 2002 - St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom
Elon Musk-Another Failure
Feb, 2002 - Moscow, Russia
Elizabeth Holmes- Holmes attended Stanford University
2002 - Stanford, California, United States
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi was elected to replace Gephardt
2002 - U.S.
Narendra Damodardas Modi-A Train Accident
Tuesday Feb 26, 2002 - Godhra, India
Angelina Jolie-First Adopted Child
Sunday Mar 10, 2002 - Battambang, Cambodia
St. Patrick's Day-London's parade
Sunday Mar 17, 2002 - London, United Kingdom
Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania X8
Sunday Mar 17, 2002 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dwayne Johnson-Draft Lottery
Monday Mar 25, 2002 - State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Xerox-Xerox restated its financials which reflected the reallocation of equipment sales revenue of more than $2 billion
Sunday Mar 31, 2002 - U.S.
Eminem-Jacques Loussier
Sunday Mar 31, 2002 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal missed the first 12 games of the 2002–03 season
2002 - U.S.
Pedro López (serial killer)-The Colombian government ordered arresting López
2002 - Ecuador
Hugo Chávez-Pulling Support
Thursday Apr 11, 2002 - Caracas, Venzuela
Hugo Chávez-A March headed to the presidential palace
Thursday Apr 11, 2002 - Caracas, Venzuela
Xerox-U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Xerox
Thursday Apr 11, 2002 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Xanana Gusmão-2002 East Timorese presidential election
Sunday Apr 14, 2002 - Timor-Leste
Hugo Chávez-Chávez's Return
Sunday Apr 14, 2002 - Caracas, Venzuela
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-State memorial service
Friday Apr 19, 2002 - Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
Elon Musk-Aim for The Stars
2002 - California, United States
Dwayne Johnson-First Lead Role
Friday Apr 19, 2002 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-2001–02 season
2002 - U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admitted his involvement in the Attacks
Apr, 2002 - Doha, Qatar
Rafael Nadal-First won match
Monday Apr 29, 2002 - London, England
KFC-Yum!
May, 2002 - Louisville, Kentucky, United States
James Bond-The Man with the Red Tattoo was published
Friday May 3, 2002 - London, England, United Kingdom
Marvel Studios-Spider-Man
Friday May 3, 2002 - U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-The World Trade Center site was cleared
May, 2002 - Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-2002 Indian Heat Wave
May, 2002 - India
Michael Ballack-Losing the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final
Wednesday May 15, 2002 - Hampden Park, Glasgow, UK
Xanana Gusmão-The First President of Timor-Leste
Monday May 20, 2002 - Timor-Leste
Elon Musk-SpaceX
May, 2002 - Hawthorne, California, United States
Nintendo-Yamauchi Retirment
Thursday May 23, 2002 - Kyoto, Japan
Plane Accidents-China Airlines Flight 611
Saturday May 25, 2002 at 03 PM - Taiwan Strait, Taiwan
Eminem-The Eminem Show
Sunday May 26, 2002 - Michigan, U.S.
Netflix-Initial public offering
Wednesday May 29, 2002 - U.S.
FIFA World Cup-First one held in Asia
Friday May 31, 2002 - Korea and Japan
Kobe Bryant-The third Title
2002 - Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Three-peat (1999–2002)
2002 - Los Angeles,U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-A Surprise Return
Jun, 2002 - U.S.
Kevin Hart-Paper Soldiers
Jun, 2002 - California, U.S.
Ronaldinho-World Cup 2002
Sunday Jun 30, 2002 - International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
Kaká-World Cup 2002
Sunday Jun 30, 2002 - Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Michael Ballack-Moving to Bayern Munich
Monday Jul 1, 2002 - Munich, Germany
Narendra Damodardas Modi-An Emergency Meeting
Thursday Jul 18, 2002 - India
Dwayne Johnson-Vengeance (2002)
Sunday Jul 21, 2002 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Theresa May-First female Chairman of the Conservative Party
Tuesday Jul 23, 2002 - England
Best Buy-Brad Anderson succeeded Richard Schulze as Best Buy CEO
Jul, 2002 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-The 2002 FIBA World Championship
Aug, 2002 - Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-Sparkling Eyes
2002 - Fife, Scotland, U.K.
Zara-"for&from"
2002 - Worldwide
Jacinda Ardern-Work after university
2002 - Waikato, New Zealand
Netflix-A huge increase in their subscription business
2002 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-SummerSlam (2002)
Sunday Aug 25, 2002 - Uniondale, New York, U.S.
World Trade Organization-Supachai Panitchpakdi
Sunday Sep 1, 2002 - Geneva, Switzerland
Amazon-The corporation started Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2002 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-The Surname Issue
Thursday Sep 12, 2002 - California, United States
Vodafone-Vodafone in Kuwait
Wednesday Sep 18, 2002 - Kuwait City, Kuwait
Red Dog (Pilbara)-Red Dog (2002)
2002 - U.S. and United Kingdom
Best Buy-Best Buy opened the first Canadian Best Buy
Sep, 2002 - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Francesco Totti-First hat-trick in Serie A
Monday Sep 30, 2002 - Brescia, Italy
Marvel Studios-Deals for Sub-Mariner and Prime with Universal Studios
Oct, 2002 - U.S.
Lula da Silva-The 2002 General elections
Sunday Oct 6, 2002 - Brazil
Cristiano Ronaldo-First debut and 2 Goals
Monday Oct 7, 2002 - Lisbon, Portugal
Virat Kohli-Playing for Delhi Under-15 team
Oct, 2002 - Delhi, India
International Monetary Fund-IMF also provided another major lending package to Uruguay
2002 - Uruguay
Elon Musk-Selling PayPal
Oct, 2002 - California, United States
Joe Biden-Biden voted in favor of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Oct, 2002 - U.S.
Google LLC-Google Was then reincorporated
Tuesday Oct 22, 2002 - Delaware, U.S.
Francesco Totti-Win against Real Madrid
Wednesday Oct 30, 2002 - Madrid, Spain
Best Buy-Best Buy acquired Minneapolis-based Geek Squad
Oct, 2002 - U.S.
Ebola Most Major Outbreaks-Third Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo
2002 - Mbomo District, Republic of the Congo
Jeff Bezos-Financial Distress
2002 - Bellevue, Washington, U.S.