The almanac
The 2002 Edition
Limited to about 135 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 2002. About 124 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 2002
- Euro coins and bills arrivedEuro cash replaced old money like the Belgian franc and the German mark.January 1 · Source: European Central Bank
- Salt Lake City hosted the Winter OlympicsUtah welcomed the world for the winter games in February.February 8 · Source: Olympedia
- Spider-Man swung into theatersTobey Maguire starred as the web-slinging hero from the comics.May 3 · Source: The Numbers
- Brazil won a fifth World CupRonaldo scored twice as Brazil beat Germany 2 to 0 in Yokohama, Japan.June 30 · Source: RSSSF
- Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire came outA new generation of Pokemon games arrived for the Game Boy Advance in Japan.November · Source: The Pokemon Company
- Lose Yourself ruled the Hot 100Eminem's song from 8 Mile spent a fifth week at No. 1 in early December.December 7 · Source: Billboard
Famous people born in 2002
- Jenna OrtegaAmerican actress · born September 27
- PedriSpanish association football player · born November 25
- Ansu FatiBisau-Guinean association football player · born October 31
- Cole PalmerEnglish footballer · born May 6
- Eduardo CamavingaFrench footballer · born November 10
- Nico WilliamsSpanish footballer · born July 12
- Emma RaducanuBritish tennis player · born November 13
- Nuno MendesPortuguese footballer · born June 19
From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Spotted a mistake?
No. 1 songs of 2002
- How You Remind MeNickelback · first week at No. 1: January 5, 2002
- U Got It BadUsher · first week at No. 1: January 19, 2002
- Always On TimeJa Rule Featuring Ashanti · first week at No. 1: February 23, 2002
- Ain't It FunnyJennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule · first week at No. 1: March 9, 2002
- FoolishAshanti · first week at No. 1: April 20, 2002
- Hot In HerreNelly · first week at No. 1: June 29, 2002
- DilemmaNelly Featuring Kelly Rowland · first week at No. 1: August 17, 2002
- A Moment Like ThisKelly Clarkson · first week at No. 1: October 5, 2002
- Lose YourselfEminem · first week at No. 1: November 9, 2002
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 2002. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 2002
- Older than the human genome mapThe Human Genome Project was completed (month only; the day is not given by the source) on April 1, 2003.
- Older than the iTunes StoreApple opened the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003.
- Older than GmailGoogle announced Gmail and opened a preview of the service on April 1, 2004.
- Older than the iPhoneThe first iPhone went on sale in the US on June 29, 2007.
- Younger than the iPodApple introduced the iPod on October 23, 2001.
- Younger than WikipediaWikipedia was founded on January 15, 2001.
- Younger than the euroThe euro was launched as a currency (for accounting at first; cash came in 2002) on January 1, 1999.