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'''2002''' ([[Roman numerals|MMII]]) was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2002nd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations,{{Year article header/year number|2002}}.

== Events ==
* [[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]] [[Volcanic eruption|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&nbsp;km² (1,254&nbsp;miles²) after 35 days.
* [[February|February 8-24]] – The [[2002 Winter Olympics|19th Olympic Winter Games]] were held in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Salt-Lake-City-2002/|title=Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics|author=International Olympic Committee|date=2009|accessdate=1 October 2010}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] – The [[US]] [[United States Army|military]] and coalition forces launched [[Operation Anaconda]] in [[Afghanistan]].
* [[April 1]] – The [[Netherlands]] became the first country in the world to legalize [[euthanasia]].
* [[April 28]] – [[Green Party of Pakistan]] is formed
* [[May 20]] – Independence of [[East Timor]] from [[Indonesia]].
* [[May 31]] – [[June 30]] – The [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] is held in [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]], first time in the [[Asia|Asian]] continent, [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] defeats [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in the final match 2-0.
* [[June 16]] - [[Padre Pio]] is canonized In Vatican City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020616_index_padre-pio_en.html|title=Padre Pio da Pietrelcina (1887-1968): Canonization|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
* [[July 1]] – [[Rome Statute]] establishing the [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC), entered into force.
* [[July 9]] – The [[African Union]], successor to the [[Organization of African Unity]], was founded in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]].
* [[September 10]] – The [[Switzerland]] joins the [[United Nations]].
* [[November 7]] – About 20,000 inhabitants of [[Gibraltar]] refused to join [[Spain]] in a referendum.
* [[November]] – Outbreak of [[SARS]] epidemic in the [[Political divisions of China|Chinese province]] of [[Guangdong]].

== Nobel prize winners ==

* [[Chemistry]] – John B. Fenn
* [[Chemistry]] – Koichi Tanaka
* [[Chemistry]] – Kurt Wüthrich
* [[Economics]] – [[Daniel Kahneman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newclimateeconomy.net/content/Daniel-Kahneman|title=Members of the Economic Advisory Panel - New Climate Economy - Commission on the Economy and Climate|website=newclimateeconomy.net|access-date=2015-06-22|archive-date=2015-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620121557/http://newclimateeconomy.net/content/Daniel-Kahneman|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[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

== Births ==
* [[January 22]] - [[Caitlin Clark]], American basketball player 
* [[March 2]] - Alyssa Raghu, American singer 
* [[April 5]] - [[Golden Cañedo]], Philippine singer 
* [[April 29]] - Karina Bautista, Philippine actress 
* [[May 16]] - Shayne Sava, Philippine actress
* [[July 18]] - [[Murder of Zachary Turner|Zachary Turner]], Canadian murder victim (d. [[2003]])
* [[September 9]] - [[Rylee Goodrich]], American murder victim (d. [[2021]])
* [[November 3]] -
** Bugoy Cariño, Philippine actor 
** [[Kyline Alcantara]], Philippine actress
* [[December 13]] - [[Murder of Mari Luz|Mari Luz]], Spanish murder victim (d. [[2008]])
* [[December 27]] - [[Murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German|Liberty German]], American murder victim (d. [[2017]])
* [[December 28]] - [[Death of Kelsey Smith-Briggs|Kelsey Briggs]], American murder victim (d. [[2005]])

== Deaths ==


=== January ===
[[File:CyrusVanceSoS.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Cyrus Vance]]]]
[[File:Vavá en 1962.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Vavá]]]]
[[File:Peggy Lee 1950.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Peggy Lee]]]]
[[File:Lindgren 1960.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Astrid Lindgren]]]]
* [[January 6]] – [[Sanya Dharmasakti]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. [[1907]])
* [[January 8]] – [[Dave Thomas]], founder of Wendy's fast food chain (b. [[1932]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Cyrus Vance]], 57th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1917]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Vavá]], Brazilian association football player (b. [[1934]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Peggy Lee]], American singer and actress (b. [[1920]])
* [[January 22]] – [[Kenneth Armitage]], British sculptor (b. [[1916]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Astrid Lindgren]], Swedish writer (b. [[1907]])

=== February ===
[[File:Ms Agatha Barbara.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Agatha Barbara]]]]
[[File:Zizinho, Fundo Correio da Manhã - 2.tif|thumb|110px|[[Zizinho]]]]
[[File:Princess Margaret.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom]]]]
[[File:Waylon Jennings RCA cropped.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Waylon Jennings]]]]
[[File:Chuck Jones2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Chuck Jones]]]]
[[File:Johnas Savimbi, leader of Unita, the Angolan Rebels.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jonas Savimbi]]]]
* [[February 4]] – [[Agatha Barbara]], 3rd [[President of Malta]] (b. [[1923]])
* [[February 8]] – [[Zizinho]], Brazilian footballer (b. [[1921]])
* [[February 8]] – [[Ong Teng Cheong]], 5th [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1936]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1930]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Waylon Jennings]], American country music singer (b. [[1937]])
* [[February 22]] – [[Chuck Jones]], American cartoonist (b. [[1912]])
* [[February 22]] – [[Jonas Savimbi]], Angolan politician and rebel leader (b. [[1934]])

=== March ===
[[File:James Tobin.png|thumb|110px|[[James Tobin]]]]
[[File:Spyros Kyprianou UN (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Spyros Kyprianou]]]]
[[File:Milton Berle - publicity.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Milton Berle]]]]
[[File:Dudley Moore (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Dudley Moore]]]]
[[File:Billy Wilder.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Billy Wilder]]]]
[[File:Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother portrait.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]]]
* [[March 10]] – [[Elguja Amashukeli]], Georgian sculptor and painter (b. [[1928]])
* [[March 11]] – [[James Tobin]], American economist (b. [[1918]])
* [[March 12]] – [[Spyros Kyprianou]], 2nd [[President of Cyprus]] (b. [[1932]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Milton Berle]], American actor, entertainer and comedian (b. [[1908]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Dudley Moore]], British actor (b. [[1935]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Billy Wilder]], Austrian-born director (b. [[1906]])
* [[March 29]] - [[Rico Yan]], Philippine actor (b. [[1975]])
* [[March 30]] – [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]], queen of [[George VI of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1900]])

=== April ===
[[File:Staley05 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Layne Staley]]]]
[[File:María Félix 1947.jpg|thumb|110px|[[María Félix]]]]
* [[April 5]] – [[Layne Staley]], American singer ([[Alice in Chains]]) (b. [[1967]])
* [[April 8]] - [[María Félix]], Mexican actress (b. [[1914]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Robert Urich]], American actor (b. [[1946]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Ramiro de León Carpio]], 31st [[President of Guatemala]] (b. [[1942]])
* [[April 22]] – [[Albrecht Becker]], German actor and artist (b. [[1906]])

=== May ===
[[File:Pim Fortuyn - May 4.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Pim Fortuyn]]]]
[[File:Kubala.jpg|thumb|110px|[[László Kubala]]]]
[[File:JohnGorton1968.jpg|thumb|110px|[[John Gorton]]]]
* [[May 3]] – [[Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal]], [[Prime Minister of Somalia]] (b. [[1928]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Hugo Banzer]], [[President of Bolivia]] (b. [[1926]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Pim Fortuyn]], Dutch politician (b. [[1948]])
* [[May 17]] – [[László Kubala]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1927]])
* [[May 18]] – [[Davey Boy Smith]], British professional wrestler (b. [[1962]])
* [[May 19]] – [[John Gorton]], 19th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Xi Zhongxun]], Chinese politician (b. [[1913]])

=== June ===
[[File:Fernando Belaúnde Terry.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Fernando Belaúnde Terry]]]]
[[File:B.D Jatti (enhanced).jpg|thumb|110px|[[B. D. Jatti]]]]
[[File:Pierre Werner 204g.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Pierre Werner]]]]
[[File:Rosemary Clooney 1954.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Rosemary Clooney]]]]
* [[June 4]] – [[Fernando Belaúnde Terry]], 49th and 52nd [[President of Peru]] (b. [[1912]])
* [[June 7]] – [[B. D. Jatti]], [[President of India]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[June 24]] – [[Pierre Werner]], 18th [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[June 27]] – [[John Entwistle]], English bass guitarist ([[The Who]]) (b. [[1944]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Rosemary Clooney]], American singer and actress (b. [[1928]])

=== July ===
[[File:Katy Jurado in a publicity photo for Arrowhead (1953).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Katy Jurado]]]]
[[File:Joaquin Balaguer 1977.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Joaquín Balaguer]]]]
* [[July 5]] – [[Katy Jurado]], Mexican actress (b. [[1924]])
* [[July 14]] – [[Joaquín Balaguer]], 41st, 45th & 49th [[President of the Dominican Republic]] (b. [[1906]])

=== August ===
[[File:Edsger Wybe Dijkstra.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Edsger W. Dijkstra]]]]
[[File:Eduardo Txillida.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Eduardo Chillida]]]]
* [[August 6]] - [[Edsger W. Dijkstra]], Dutch computer scientist (b. [[1930]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Abu Nidal]], Palestinian militant (b. [[1937]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Eduardo Chillida]], Spanish Basque [[sculptor]] (b. [[1924]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Adelina Domingues]], American supercentenarian (b. [[1888]])

=== September ===
[[File:Mauro Ramos en 1962.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Mauro Ramos]]]]
* [[September 17]] – [[Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. [[1934]])
* [[September 18]] – [[Mauro Ramos]], Brazilian footballer (b. [[1930]])
* [[September 18]] – [[Bob Hayes]], Athletics sprinter and American Football wide receiver (b. [[1942]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Eduard Gufeld]], Soviet chess player (b. [[1936]])
* [[September 24]] – [[Mike Webster]], American football player (b. [[1952]])

=== October ===
[[File:Prince Claus of the Netherlands 1986.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Claus of the Netherlands|Prince Claus of the Netherlands]]]]
[[File:Richard Harris 1985.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Richard Harris]]]]
* [[October 6]] – [[Claus of the Netherlands|Prince Claus of the Netherlands]], husband of [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Stephen E. Ambrose]], American historian and biographer (b. [[1936]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Manuel Álvarez Bravo]], Mexican photographer (b. [[1902]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Richard Harris]], Irish actor (b. [[1930]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Michail Stasinopoulos]], 1st [[President of Greece]] (b. [[1903]])

=== November ===
[[File:James Coburn The Californians 1959.JPG|thumb|110px|[[James Coburn]]]]
* [[November 3]] – [[Jonathan Harris]], American character actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[November 18]] – [[James Coburn]], American actor (b. [[1928]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Kakhi Asatiani]], Russian footballer (b. [[1947]])

=== December ===
[[File:11scenestrummer09.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Joe Strummer]]]]
* [[December 5]] - [[Ne Win]], [[President of Myanmar]] (b. [[1911]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Nikolai Amosov]], Ukrainian surgeon (b. [[1913]])
* [[December 22]] – [[Joe Strummer]], British musician ([[The Clash]]) (b. [[1952]])

==References==
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