2002
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| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s |
| Years: | 1999 2000 2001 - 2002 - 2003 2004 2005 |
Year 2002 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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[change] 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, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
- January 5 - A light aircraft crashes into a Tampa, Florida building, bringin 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 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.
- April 28 - Green Party of Pakistan is formed
[change] Nobel prize winners
- Chemistry - John B. Fenn
- Chemistry - Koichi Tanaka
- Chemistry - Kurt Wüthrich
- Economics - Daniel Kahneman
- 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
