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2004
 
 
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio as the eccentric aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, in The Aviator    
2002
 
    
The trial of Slobodan Milosevic begins at the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague       
2002
 
     
The death of Jonas Savimbi is soon followed by the disbanding of UNITA and the end of 27 years of Angolan civil war        
2002
 
    
In Zimbabwe's presidential election, again characterized by violence and apparent vote-rigging, Mugabe defeats Tsvangirai       
2002
 
    
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, widow of the British king George VI, dies at the age of 102       
2002
 
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For the Queen's Jubilee Mark Edwards builds an eight-oared royal shallop, Jubilant, a replica of an eighteenth-century original owned by the National Maritime Museum See in Google maps   
Jubilant, replica of an 18th-century royal shallop

2002
 
   
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan sweeps the Taliban from power, ending their protection of al-Qaeda      
2002
 
    
Fifty years after her accession to the throne, the British queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Golden Jubilee       
2002
 
   
Controversial Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated outside a a radio station in Hilversum      
2002
 
     
The African Union (AU) is established as a successor to the African Economic Community and the Organization of African Unity