2002

2002 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	2002 ; MMII
Ab urbe condita	2755
Armenian calendar	1451 ; ?? ????
Assyrian calendar	6752
Baha'i calendar	158?159
Balinese saka calendar	1923?1924
Bengali calendar	1409
Berber calendar	2952
British Regnal year	50 Eliz. 2 ? 51 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2546
Burmese calendar	1364
Byzantine calendar	7510?7511
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake ) ; 4698 or 4638 ; ? to ? ; 壬午年 (Water Horse ) ; 4699 or 4639
Coptic calendar	1718?1719
Discordian calendar	3168
Ethiopian calendar	1994?1995
Hebrew calendar	5762?5763
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2058?2059
- Shaka Samvat	1923?1924
- Kali Yuga	5102?5103
Holocene calendar	12002
Igbo calendar	1002?1003
Iranian calendar	1380?1381
Islamic calendar	1422?1423
Japanese calendar	Heisei 14 ; (平成１４年)
Javanese calendar	1934?1935
Juche calendar	91
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4335
Minguo calendar	ROC 91 ; 民國91年
Nanakshahi calendar	534
Thai solar calendar	2545
Tibetan calendar	?金蛇年 ; (female Iron- Snake ) ; 2128 or 1747 or 975 ; ? to ? ; ?水?年 ; (male Water- Horse ) ; 2129 or 1748 or 976
Unix time	1009843200 ? 1041379199

Millennium :	3rd millennium
Centuries :	20th century ? 21st century ? 22nd century
Decades :	1970s 1980s 1990s ? 2000s ? 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years :	1999 2000 2001 ? 2002 ? 2003 2004 2005

2002 ( MMII ) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium , the 2nd year of the 21st century , and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.

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 Bolanos 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]
March 1 ? The US 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 Asian continent, Brazil defeats Germany in the final match 2-0.
June 16 - Padre Pio is canonized In Vatican City. ^[2]
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 Chinese province of Guangdong .

Nobel prize winners [ change | change source ]

Chemistry ? John B. Fenn
Chemistry ? Koichi Tanaka
Chemistry ? Kurt Wuthrich
Economics ? Daniel Kahneman ^[3]
Economics ? Vernon L. Smith
Literature ? Imre Kertesz
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 [ change | change source ]

January 22 - Caitlin Clark , American basketball player
March 2 - Alyssa Raghu, American singer
March 29 - Paul Andrei Maftei, Romanian football player & bassist ( Fecal Matter )
April 5 - Golden Canedo , Philippine singer
April 29 - Karina Bautista, Philippine actress
May 16 - Shayne Sava, Philippine actress
July 18 - Zachary Turner , Canadian murder victim (d. 2003 )
July 25 - Gabriel Dru?u, Romanian singer & rapper (Trupa Filmului) (d. 2023 )
September 9 - Rylee Goodrich , American murder victim (d. 2021 )
November 3 -
- Bugoy Carino, Philippine actor
- Kyline Alcantara , Philippine actress
December 13 - Mari Luz , Spanish murder victim (d. 2008 )
December 27 - Liberty German , American murder victim (d. 2017 )
December 28 - Kelsey Briggs , American murder victim (d. 2005 )