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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 2002.
The US president was George W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on January 2002: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 2002?


Events

  • 01 Jan 2002 Twelve member states of the European Union have made euro banknotes and euros coins legal tender.
  • 02 Jan 2002 The 2002 Tennessee quarter-dollar is now in circulation at the US Mint
  • 03 Jan 2002 Freddy Heineken, the beer brewer and grandfather of the brewery's founder, died at home at the age 78.
  • 04 Jan 2002 U.S. officials announced that they had custody of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
  • 05 Jan 2002 Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot crashes a light plane into a Tampa, Florida, building. This evokes fear of an imitating 9/11 terrorist attack.
  • 08 Jan 2002 IBM announced that it will cease manufacturing desktop personal computers in most parts of the globe. It will sell its desktop equipment in the US and Europe to Sanmina SCI.
  • 12 Jan 2002 The X (roller coaster), opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, Santa Clarita, California.
  • 14 Jan 2002 New York hears the asylum case of Adelaide Abankwah
  • 16 Jan 2002 John Ashcroft, the U.S. Attorney General, announces that John Walker Lindh, an American Taliban member will be tried in the United States.
  • 18 Jan 2002 The Sierra Leone Civil War has been ended.
  • 20 Jan 2002 Speed skating: world championships sprint, Hamar, Norway. Canada's Katriona Lemay Doan wins the women's competition (2. Andrea Nuyt, Neth., 3. Anzhela Kotyuaga, Bel. ), Jeremy Wotherspoon (also from Canada) becomes the male champion in the men’s competition (2. Casey Fitzrandolph, US, 3. Michael Ireland, Can. ).
  • 22 Jan 2002 Kmart is the first retailer to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in America's history.
  • 23 Jan 2002 Daniel Pearl, Wall Street Journal reporter, is kidnapped by his captors in Pakistan and accused of being an agent for the US Central Intelligence Agency.
  • 24 Jan 2002 Enron hearings begin.
  • 27 Jan 2002 A blast at a military storage unit in Lagos, Nigeria kills at most 1,100 people and causes more than 20,000 injuries.
  • 29 Jan 2002 Geography:
  • 31 Jan 2002 Large sections of the Antarctic Larsen Ice Shelf begin to disintegrate, taking about 35 days.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in January 2002?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - How You Remind Meyoutube
  2. - U Got It Badyoutube
  3. - Family Affairyoutube
  4. - Always On Time
  5. - Get The Party Started

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)
  2. - Gotta Get Thru This
  3. - Murder On The Dancefloor
  4. - If You're Not The One
  5. - Somethin' Stupid

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Release year: 2002

Directed by: Kevin Reynolds

Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain

Country: United States of America

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

Release year: 2002

Directed by: Paul Greengrass

Starring: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Allan Gildea

Country: Ireland

A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember

Release year: 2002

Directed by: Adam Shankman

Starring: Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah

Country: United States of America

24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People

Release year: 2002

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Starring: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Narc

Narc

Release year: 2002

Directed by: Joe Carnahan

Starring: Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Dan Leis

Books

Which were the most popular books released in January 2002?
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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

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One Ring to Rule them All, One Ring To Find Them, One Ring To Bring Them All and In the Darkness Bind ThemAll.

The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson

The Prayer of Jabez

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Walk Thru the Bible Ministries president Dr. Bruce Wilkinson takes readers to 1 Chronicles 4:10. He explains how people can experience God's miracle power and the blessings God has for them.

Jack: Straight From the Gut by Jack Welch with John A. Byrne

Jack: Straight From the Gut

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Smoke In Mirrors by Jayne Ann Krentz

Smoke In Mirrors

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Meredith Spooner was a con artist and a seductress. She died young. Leonora Hutton is coming back to haunt her last scam, which involved embezzling more that a million dollars from college endowment funds.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

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This is a great classic, and the prelude for The Lord of the Rings. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit living a simple, comfortable life. He rarely ventures further than his cellar or pantry.