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- Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in 12 member states of the European Union.
January 2, 2002
- Sci Fi Channel's programming block of daily marathons, S.C.I.F.I. World, ends.
January 3, 2002
- Beer brewer Freddy Heineken (grandson of the brewery's founder) died in his home at the age of 78.
January 4, 2002
- U.S. officials announce they have custody of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi.
- The Israeli Army seizes the Karine A on the Red Sea, claiming the arms on the ship were bound for the Palestinian Authority.
- Tom Daschle accuses President Bush and the Republicans have caused the "most dramatic fiscal deterioration in our nation's history."
- The United States Department of Labor announces that the United States unemployment rate rose to 5.8% in December.
- U2, India.Arie, and Alicia Keys lead the nominations for the 44th Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- The movies Impostor, Eisenstein, Black Hawk Down, and Gosford Park are released in the U.S.
January 8, 2002
- Fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dies at 69.
- Ozzie Smith is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Michael Jordan's wife files for divorce.
January 20, 2002
- Speed skating: world championships sprint, Hamar, Norway. Katriona Lemay-Doan of Canada wins in the women's event (2. Andrea Nuyt, Neth., 3. Anzhela Kotyuaga, Bel.), Jeremy Wotherspoon, also of Canada becomes the champion in the men's competition (2. Casey Fitzrandolph, USA, 3. Michael Ireland, Can.).
January 23, 2002
- Kenneth Lay, CEO of the bankrupt Enron Corporation, resigns.
January 24, 2002
- Enron hearings begin.
- Terrorist suspect John Walker Lindh's hearing begins.
January 29, 2002
- George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress.
Topics in the news in January 2002
- Ethnicity: Israeli - Jew - Palestinian
- Geography:
- Re Colin Powell's speech: Gaza - Gaza Strip - Golan Heights - Israel - Judea - Palestine - Syria - West Bank
- Re airport security bill: Reagan National Airport
- Re germ warfare: Iraq - North Korea
- Law: anti-terrorism legislation
- Organizations, governmental and professional: Air Transport Association - American Automobile Association - House of Lords - United States Department of Transportation
- People: Yasser Arafat - Caroline Dickinson - Saddam Hussein - Shimon Peres - Colin Powell - Condoleezza Rice - Nabil Shaath - Ariel Sharon
- Religion: Islam - Judaism
- Concepts:
- Military and defense: biological weapons program - sniffer dogs - weapons of mass destruction - x-ray searching
- Other: airline baggage - bounty - bounty hunter - sniffer dog - x-ray searching
Background for events in January 2002
The War in Afghanistan: Background
- Developing stories: 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan - individual cases of anthrax
- Ethnicity: Demographics of Afghanistan - Azerbaijan - Pashtun - Tajik
- Geography: Afghanistan - Baghlan, Afghanistan - Israel - Kabul - Kandahar - Kunduz, Afghanistan - New York City - Pakistan - Palestine - United States of America - Washington, D.C.
- People: Osama bin Laden - Tony Blair - George W. Bush - Abdul Rashid Dostum - Pervez Musharraf - Mullah Mohammed Omar - Burhanuddin Rabbani - Donald Rumsfeld - Abdul Sattar
- Organizations: al Qaeda - CDC - Northern Alliance - Taliban - United Nations - United Nations Security Council - U.S. Special Operations
- Concepts
- Geographical: airport - airspace - pipeline
- Military/guerilla/defense technology and strategy: aircraft carrier - airport security - anthrax - antibiotic resistance - baggage screening - biological warfare - biological weapon - car bomb - ciprofloxacin - domestic security - gas mask - germ warfare - aircraft hijacking - smallpox - terrorist cell - vaccine
- Political: anti-Americanism - domestic terrorism - foreign aid - foreign aid worker - humanitarian aid - peace - risk analysis - terrorism - terrorist groups - war
- Religious: Islamism
- Psychological: collective trauma
U.S. Domestic Response to Terrorism: Background
- Geography: New York City - Reno, Nevada - Washington, D.C.
- People: John Ashcroft - George W. Bush - Colin Powell -
- Organizations: Air Transport Association - Central Intelligence Agency - U.S. Department of Defense - Federal Bureau of Investigation - Office of Homeland Security
- Concepts: bipartisanship - electronic surveillance - encryption - wiretap - tax cut
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Background
- Ethnicity: Israeli - Jew - Palestinian
- Geography: Gaza - Gaza Strip - Golan Heights - Israel - Judea - Palestine - Syria - West Bank
- People: Yasser Arafat - Shimon Peres - Colin Powell - Nabil Shaath - Ariel Sharon
- Religion: Islam - Judaism
- The terrorist attack: September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - World Trade Center - The Pentagon - New York City - Washington, D.C. - AA Flight 11 - UA Flight 75 - AA Flight 77 - UA Flight 93 - September 11
India and Pakistan
Other Conflicts
Science and Technology
- Max Perutz, the molecular biologist, has died at the age of 87.
- A new genetic mechanism has been found allowing evolution to radically redesign body plans, caused by mutations occurring in the regulatory genes that control embryonic development.
Europe
- ETA
- Anti-war protests
Business news
- recession
- stock market - stock exchange - Dow Jones Industrial Average - NASDAQ
- Cisco Systems
- United Auto Workers
- Railtrack
Celebrity news
Sports news
- Basketball: Michael Jordan returns to the NBA, with the Washington Wizards
- American football: Super Bowl XXXVI
- 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Football\Soccer club Fulham made a club record signing of £11.5 million for Steve Marlet.
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March 1, 2002
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- Various April Fool's hoaxes are perpetrated throughout the world, as is custom.
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May 2, 2002
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June 5, 2002
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July 1, 2002
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August 4, 2002
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian suicide bombing claims 9 lives, near Safed; there is a shooting attack in
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September 1, 2002
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October 3, 2002
- Hurricane Lili strikes near Intercoastal City, Louisiana as a Category One hurricane weakened from the significant Category Four storm it was just 10 hours eariler.
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November 1, 2002
- An earthquake has killed 29 in the town of San Giuliano di Puglia, in Campobasso, Molise, Italy. Most victims (26) are children, they were in a school of which the roof collapsed. Est. 5,500 homeless.
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December 1, 2002
- World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the global AIDS epidemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.
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This is a timeline of the War in Afghanistan in January 2002. The list is not complete and you are welcome to expand it.
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January 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining. The preceding day is December 31 of the previous year.
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January 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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- 366 - Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
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Headquarters New York City
Website www.scifi.com
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S.C.I.F.I. World was a daytime programming schedule for the Sci Fi Channel that started on July 17, 2000[1] and ended on December 21, 2001[2]. It was what replaced varied programming in favour for mini-marathons.
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January 3 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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- 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
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Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (November 4, 1923, Amsterdam, Netherlands – January 3 2002) was a major stock holder and president of Heineken International, the brewing company bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam.
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January 4 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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- 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
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Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi (ابن الشیخ اللبّی) was a Libyan paramilitary trainer for Al-Qaeda.
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