2002 History
What Events Happened in 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 Miloevic 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 theater , 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
- Leaders of the world's richest nations meeting
at the G8 summit in Canada agree to help the poorest countries
in the world by providing funding for economic and political development
in Africa.
- 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
- Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her
family's Salt Lake City home ( Found Alive in 2003 )
- Priests Indiscretion uncovered when files
show major cover up for priests accused of abuse
- A wildfire destroys almost a half million
acres in Oregons Siskiyou National Forest
- Forest fires in Colorado have destroyed
nearly 100,000 acres of land making them the worst in the states history.
- 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
- The Basque terrorist organization ETA
continues it's bombing campaign in support of its aim for self determination
for the Basque country.
- 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
- George Bush creates the Department of Homeland
Security to fight threats of terrorism
- "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
- Estimated 40 million people now infected
with Aids / HIV virus worldwide.
- Terrorist Dirty Bomb Plot Foiled In The United
States.
- The plan to create a single Nuclear Waste
Dump in the United States at Yucca Mountain, Nevada to replace 130
separate dumps around the US is passed by the US Senate
- 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
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
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
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
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