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January 2002: ← – January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1, 2002 1.2 January 3, 2002 1.3 January 4, 2002 1.4 January 5, 2002 1.5 January 8, 2002 1.6 January 20, 2002 1.7 January 23, 2002 1.8 January 24, 2002 1.9 January 29, 2002 2 Topics in the news in January 2002 Events January 1, 2002 Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in 12 member states of the European Union. 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 of having 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 5, 2002 Milan Bandić, mayor of Zagreb tries to bribe a police officer after causing a car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol. This will lead to his resignation and a three-year-long hiatus in his mayor term Charles J. Bishop, an American pilot, steals a Cessna 172 and crashes into Bank of America Tower in Tampa, Florida. This event will be remembered as the 2002 Tampa plane crash. 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, US, 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 Geography: 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 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 v · d · eList of events by month 2009: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2008: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2007: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2006: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2005: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2004: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2003: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2002: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2001: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2000: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December