2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents

· 1Events

· 2Nobel prize winners

· 3Deaths

· 4Movies released

· 5Hit Songs

· 6References

Events[change | change source]

· January 1 – The Treaty on Open Skies, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.

· January 1 – Euro notes and coins started to be used in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands.

· January 5 – A light aircraft crashes into a Tampa, Florida building, bringing fear of a repeat September 11, 2001 attacks.

· January 10 – Enrique Bolaños became the President of the Republic of Nicaragua.

· January 16 – The UN Security Council agreed to forbid selling arms to Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the Taliban and freezes their assets.

· January 17 – Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo erupts, leaving about 400,000 people without a home.

· January 23 – Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan, accused of being a CIA agent.

· January 31 – A large section of the Antarctic Larsen Ice Shelf begins breaking up, eventually consuming about 3,250 km² (1,254 miles²) after 35 days.

· February 8-24 – The 19th Olympic Winter Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[1]

· April 28 – Green Party of Pakistan is formed

Nobel prize winners[change | change source]

· Chemistry – John B. Fenn

· Chemistry – Koichi Tanaka

· Chemistry – Kurt Wüthrich

· Economics – Daniel Kahneman^[2]

· Economics – Vernon L. Smith

· Literature – Imre Kertész

· Medicine – Sydney Brenner

· Medicine – H. Robert Horvitz

· Medicine – John E. Sulston

· Peace – Jimmy Carter

· Physics – Raymond Davis Jr.

· Physics – Riccardo Giacconi

· Physics – Masatoshi Koshiba

Deaths[change | change source]

· January 8 – Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's fast food chain (b. 1932)

· February 13 – Waylon Jennings, American country music singer (b. 1937)

· April 5 – Layne Staley, American singer (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)

· May 18 – Davey Boy Smith, British professional wrestler (b. 1962)

· October 13 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936)

· December 22 – Joe Strummer, British musician (The Clash) (b. 1952)

Movies released[change | change source]

· Chicago

· Collateral Damage

· Die Another Day

· D-Tox

· Frida

· Gangs of New York

· Punch-Drunk Love

· The Pianist

· 8 Mile

· Minority Report

· Spider-Man

· Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

· The Master of Disguise

· The Bourne Identity

· The Time Machine

· xXx

Hit Songs[change | change source]

· Don't Say Goodbye – Paulina Rubio

· Escape – Enrique Iglesias

· I'm Gonna Be Alright - Jennifer Lopez

· Lose Yourself – Eminem

· A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton

· Beautiful – Christina Aguilera

· Somewhere Out There – Our Lady Peace

· Everyday – Bon Jovi

· Headstrong – Trapt

· Up! – Shania Twain

· Landslide – Dixie Chicks

· Cry – Faith Hill

References

TR Welling