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2002 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2030. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

2002 Calendar

Historical Events Of 2002

• January 1, 2002 – The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.
• February 12, 2002 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
• February 27, 2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair’s handling of the evacuation.
• April 11, 2002 – Over two hundred thousand people marched in Caracas towards the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral. Lucas Rincon announces Hugo Chávez resignation on national TV.
• July 1, 2002 – The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• July 2, 2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
• August 17, 2002 – The Act of Entrusting the World to the Divine Mercy and consecration of the sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki by John Paul II.
• October 23, 2002 – Moscow theater hostage crisis: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
• November 18, 2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
• December 23, 2002 – An MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25.

Who Were Born On 2002?

• February 14, 2002 – Uggie, American acting dog (d. 2015)
• February 26, 2002 – Kendra and Maliyah Herrin, American conjoined twins
• May 4, 2002 – Anastasiya Petryk, Ukrainian singer
• May 6, 2002 – Emily Alyn Lind, American actress
• July 22, 2002 – Prince Felix of Denmark
• July 30, 2002 – Prince Hridayendra of Nepal
• August 30, 2002 – Raffey Cassidy, English actress
• September 30, 2002 – Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
• November 19, 2002 – Gaia Cauchi, Maltese singer
• December 28, 2002 – Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American child abuse victim (d. 2005)