Timeline September 2002

Events in September 2002 4

• 1922 – 2002 Kim Hunter (1922-2002) American actress, the original Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire and Zira in Planet of the Apes.
• 2002 UN Membership Ending Isolation Switzerland was one of the last nations to join the United Nations, maintaining its cautious approach to international bodies.
• 2002 Kim Hunter dies in New York Kim Hunter dies aged 79.
• 2002 Forced out of the BBC -- the Guardian column On 25 September 2002 Liddle writes a column in The Guardian about the Countryside Alliance march in defence of fox hunting, suggesting readers would remember why they voted Labour once they saw the marchers. The Daily Telegraph accuses him of political bias. The BBC concludes he has breached his commitment to impartiality and gives him an ultimatum: stop writing the column or resign. He resigns on 30 September 2002. It is the pivotal moment of his career -- the BBC loses a talented editor; Fleet Street gains its most combustible columnist.