2002
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Events
Dated Events
Real World January 1. Euro coins and banknotes are introduced in 12 countries.
Real World February 12. Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial begins.
Real World March 1. Coalition forces initiate Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan.
Real World March 19. Operation Anaconda ends; 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters were killed during the course of the operation.
Real World May 26. The Mars Odyssey probe finds evidence of water ice deposits on Mars.
- Men in Black (Films): July. Events of Men in Black II. (Men in Black II)
Real World July 14. An assassination attempt is made on French President Jacques Chirac.
- Space Odyssey: July 16. Discovery I departs for Jupiter to solve the mystery of the Monolith. (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Real World September 12. U.S. President George W. Bush makes a speech before the United Nations in which he pressures the U.N. to either enforce its resolutions against Iraq, or allow the U.S. and others to do it in their place.
Real World October 2. The "Beltway Snipers" begin their rampage across the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area with five fatal shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland.
- Space Odyssey: October 24. Frank Poole is outside the Discovery I, trying to put back the A-35 unit until Hal dismantles the air-hose of his spacesuit and he floats away. David Bowman disconnects Hal. (2001: A Space Odyssey book and film)
Real World October 24. The "Beltway Snipers" are captured; they killed ten during their spree.
Real World November 25. The Homeland Security Act is signed into law in the United States.
- Doctor Who (Expanded Universe): November 30. The gunman Murdock kills five people. A time-travelling Ace alters history, so that three were killed instead. (Head Games)
Undated Events
- Resident Evil: Events of Resident Evil: Dead Aim.
New Fictional Works
Notable Book
The Shelters of Stone by Jean Auel, Prey by Michael Crichton, Everything's Eventual by Stephen King, From a Buick 8 by Stephen King, Night Watch by Terry Pratchett.
Notable Films
- 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil, 28 Days Later, Antibody, Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers (TV movie), Below, Blade II, Blood Gnome, The Bourne Identity, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Clockstoppers, Code Hunter, The Count of Monte Cristo
- Cryptz, Cube 2: Hypercube, Dead and Rotting, Dead in a Heartbeat, Deadly Species, Death Factory, Deathbed, Demon Slayer, Derailed, Die Another Day, Dog Soldiers, Dragonfly, Eight Legged Freaks, Equilibrium, Escaflowne (Japan)
- The Fast Runner, Fear of the Dark, Fiancee of Dracula, Final Encounter, Ghost Ship, Greenmail, Halloween: Resurrection, Hansel and Gretel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hell Asylum, Hellraiser: Hellseeker, House of 1000 Corpses
- I Spy, Impostor, Infested, Jason X, Jigsaw, Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil, Knight Chills, Lathe of Heaven, Left Behind II: Tribulation Force, Lilo and Stitch, Long Time Dead, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Men in Black II
- Minority Report, The Mothman Prophecies, Octopus 2: River of Fear, One Hell of a Christmas, Pinata: Survival Island, Pinocchio, Power Play, Project V.I.P.E.R., Python II, Queen of the Damned, The Rats, Red Dragon, Reign of Fire
- Repli-Kate, Resident Evil, Return to Never Land, The Ring, Rollerball, Sabretooth, Saint Sinner, Sangre Eterna, The Santa Clause 2, Sasquatch, Scooby-Doo, Scorcher, The Scorpion King, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon, Signs
- Snake Island, Solaris, Spider-Man, Spiders 2: Breeding Ground, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Star Trek: Nemesis, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Stuart Little 2, Subterano, The Sum of All Fears, Terminal Invasion, Terror Toons
- They, Till Human Voices Wake Us, The Time Machine, Time Quest, Trancers 6: Life After Deth, Treasure Planet, Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters, Tuck Everlasting, The Tuxedo, Vampires: Los Muertos, Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled, XXX.
Notable Television Series
- Beginning: Birds of Prey, Carrie (miniseries), Firefly, Firestarter 2: Rekindled (miniseries), Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (U.S.), Rose Red (miniseries), Stargate: Infinity, Transformers Armada, Ultraman Tiga (U.S.).
- Continuing: Andromeda (Season 3), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 7), Farscape (Season 4), Totally Spies (Season 2 (U.S.), Season 1 (Japan)).
- Ending: Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
Notable Electronic Games
Resident Evil remake (Gamecube), Resident Evil Zero.
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