2002

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.

• 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 dismantle his air-hose of his spacesuit and 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 (Novels): 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.

Deaths

• Duvall, Morpheus D. (Resident Evil)
  (Resident Evil: Dead Aim)
• Poole, Frank (Space Odyssey)
  (2001: A Space Odyssey)

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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