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Events on Monday 6 May 2002 2
20022002 World Snooker ChampionshipEbdon VictoryWinner: Peter Ebdon; Runner-up: Stephen Hendry. Score: 18–17.
2002Assassination of Pim FortuynDutch populist shot dead days before an electionPim Fortuyn, leader of a fast-rising anti-immigration party, was shot dead in a car park in Hilversum on 6 May 2002, nine days before the Dutch general election. The killer was an animal-rights activist, and it was the first political assassination in the Netherlands in centuries. Fortuyn's party still came second in the vote and briefly entered government.