Timeline Tuesday 9 July 2002

Events on Tuesday 9 July 2002 2

• 1925 – 2002 Rod Steiger (1925-2002) Died 9 July 2002, aged 77 Rod Steiger was an American actor of the intense, Method school whose roles included the mob-connected brother in On the Waterfront, the title character in The Pawnbroker and the bigoted Southern sheriff in In the Heat of the Night, for which he won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor. He also played Napoleon and Mussolini. He spoke publicly about his struggles with depression.
• 2002 African Union founded Continental body replaces the Organisation of African Unity The African Union was launched at a summit in Durban, South Africa, on 9 July 2002, succeeding the Organisation of African Unity that had existed since 1963. Modelled partly on the European Union, it created a commission, a pan-African parliament and provisions for intervention in member states. Thabo Mbeki became its first chairperson.