2002

Events 2002

  • The Euro becomes the official currency of twelve of the European Union's Members


  • Mount Nyiragongo Volcano erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo displaces an estimated 400,000 people


  • Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in American history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.


  • Miss World Pageant causes Riots Nigeria


  • Largest Expansion in the History of NATO with seven Eastern and Central European Nations accepted as new members Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia.


  • Slobodan Miloševic trial former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague


  • Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of the UK Dies


  • Chechen Rebels take 800 theatergoers hostage in Moscow and threaten to blow up the theatre , 3 days later special forces storm the building resulting in the death of 128 hostages and 41 rebels


  • Queen Elizabeth II's celebrates her Golden Jubilee


  • Two Snipers in Washington DC area kill 10 people and injure 3 more spreading panic and fear


  • Iraq rejects new U.N. weapons inspections proposals


  • WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history


  • United Airlines files for bankruptcy protection


  • Priests Indiscretion uncovered when files show major cover up for priests accused of abuse


  • A wildfire destroys almost a half million acres in Oregon’s Siskiyou National Forest


  • Terrorists detonate massive bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and injuring over 300.


  • Mobs of Muslims Burn the Sabarmati Express Train Killing 57 Hindu Pilgrims


  • Restrictions are further loosened for mercy killings and assisted suicide for patients with unbearable, terminal illness in the Netherlands.


  • East Timor Gains Independence From Indonesia


  • "Miss B" Granted Right To Die in Landmark British Case


  • Expelled student goes on shooting rampage killing 13 teachers at Erfurt, Germany


  • A major earthquake rocks Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan


  • A Suicide bomber blows himself up aboard a bus in Haifa


  • Brazil Wins 2002 World Cup in Korea Republic and Japan


  • The Winter Olympic Games are held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States


  • Yasser Arafat trapped in his Compound By Israeli Troops until his death in 2004


Technology 2002

  • The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars


  • A Huge 660 pound meteorite plunges into earths atmosphere and explodes in a fireball over southern Bavaria a piece of the meteorite is found and named Neuschwanstein after the local castle



Popular Culture 2002

Popular Films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Spider-Man
  • Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  • Men in Black II
  • Die Another Day
  • Signs
  • Ice Age
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • Minority Report
  • Chicago
  • The Pianist
  • About Schmidt
  • Gangs of New York

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Popular Musicians

  • Michelle Branch
  • Vanessa Carlton
  • Good Charlotte
  • Counting Crows
  • Puddle of Mudd
  • Revolution
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Eminem
  • Kylie Minogue
  • Avril Lavigne
  • Revolution
  • The Offspring
  • Madonna
  • Christina Aguilera
  • Pink
  • The Rolling Stones
  • The Coral
  • U2
  • Bon Jovi
  • Robbie Williams
  • Travis
  • Pink
  • Supergrass
  • Alanis Morissette
  • No Doubt
  • Oasis
  • Céline Dion
  • Shania Twain
  • Coldplay
  • Linkin Park
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Creed