This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009)

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 Bandi 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