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2002
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: more...
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International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains;
Year of the Outback in Australia;
National Science Year in the United Kingdom;
Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom;
See also Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.
Events
January
January 1 - The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.;
January 3 - The University of Miami defeats Nebraska 37-14 in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to win college football's national championship.;
January 5 - Charles Bishop, a 15 year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa, Florida building, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack.;
January 9 - The United States Department of Justice announces it will pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.;
January 10 - Enrique Bolaños begins his 5-year term as President of the Republic of Nicaragua.;
January 14 - The asylum case of Adelaide Abankwah is heard in New York.;
January 16 - Appalachian School of Law shooting: A student shoots 6 people at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, killing 3.;
January 16 - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announces that American Taliban member John Walker Lindh will be tried in the United States.;
January 16 - The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo on and freezes the assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the Taliban.;
January 17 - The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo displaces an estimated 400,000 people.;
January 18 - A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying anhydrous ammonia derails outside of Minot, North Dakota, killing 1.;
January 22 - AOL Time Warner brings a federal suit against Microsoft seeking damages. The suit alleges that the market for AOL's Netscape Navigator Internet browser was harmed when Microsoft started to give away a competing browser.Confirmation needed;
January 22 - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in American history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.;
January 22 - Clyde Hood is sentenced to 14 years in prison for the Omega Trust fraud.Confirmation needed;
January 23 - Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan, accused of being a CIA agent by his captors.;
January 24 - Terrorist suspect John Walker Lindh's hearing begins.Confirmation needed;
January 27 - Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria kill more than 1,000.Confirmation needed;
January 31 - A large section of the Antarctic Larsen Ice Shelf begins disintegrating, eventually consuming about 3,250 km² (1,254 miles²) over a 35-day period;
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