2002

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Births - Deaths
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See also: 2002 (disambiguation)

Year 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents:
  1. Events of 2002
  2. Births
  3. Deaths
  4. Nobel Prizes
  5. See also -  Notes -  External links

The year 2002 was designated the:

See also: the almanac of events for this year.

The year number was a palindrome (next palindrome year will be 2112).

[edit] Events of 2002

[edit] January

January
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[edit] February

February
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Artists concept of the 2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft
Artists concept of the 2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft

[edit] March

March
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Hubble Space Telescope after servicing by the crew of STS-109
Hubble Space Telescope after servicing by the crew of STS-109

[edit] April

April
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29 30          

[edit] May

May
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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[edit] June

June
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Concorde leads the Red Arrows over London in a fly past for Queen Elizabeth II on her Golden Jubilee
Concorde leads the Red Arrows over London in a fly past for Queen Elizabeth II on her Golden Jubilee

[edit] July

July
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29 30 31        

[edit] August

August
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[edit] September

September
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30  
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder

[edit] October

October
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 
28 29 30 31      

[edit] November

November
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The Department of Homeland Security is formed in response to terrorist concerns in the United States.
The Department of Homeland Security is formed in response to terrorist concerns in the United States.

[edit] December

December
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 
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30 31

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[edit] Ongoing

[edit] Fictional

The following are references to year 2002 in fiction:

  • Literature:
  • Television:
  • Film:
  • Games:
2002 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 2002
MMII
Ab urbe condita 2755
Armenian calendar 1451
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԱ
Bahá'í calendar 158 – 159
Berber calendar 2952
Buddhist calendar 2546
Burmese calendar 1364
Chinese calendar 4638/4698-11-18
(辛巳年十一月十八日)
— to —
4639/4699-11-28
(壬午年十一月廿八日)
Coptic calendar 1718 – 1719
Ethiopian calendar 1994 – 1995
Hebrew calendar 57625763
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2057 – 2058
 - Shaka Samvat 1924 – 1925
 - Kali Yuga 5103 – 5104
Holocene calendar 12002
Iranian calendar 1380 – 1381
Islamic calendar 1422 – 1423
Japanese calendar Heisei 14
(平成14年)
Korean calendar 4335
Thai solar calendar 2545
Unix time 1009843200 – 1041379199
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[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

For more, see: Deaths in 2002.

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

Lilian Baels, Belgian princess
Lilian Baels, Belgian princess

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Unknown

[edit] Nobel prizes

[edit] Fields Medalists

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

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