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The 21st Century Almanac · The 2000s

2002

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

The world braced for war as the Bush administration named an 'Axis of Evil' and made the case against Iraq, the European Union introduced euro banknotes and coins, and the Department of Homeland Security rose from the ashes of 9/11.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Chicago
Nobel · Literature
Imre Kertész (Hungary - Hungarian)
World Series
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor

Major Events of 2002

3 events
Major Events of 2002US Leads Assault on Taliban in AfghanistanCivil War Breaks Out in the Ivory Coast

Sports Highlights

Champions of 2002

Champions

MLB2002 World Series Anaheim Angels win 4-3 against the San Francisco Giants - Oct 19...San Francisco 4 at Anaheim 3 - Oct 20...San Francisco 10 at Anaheim 11 - Oct 22...Anaheim 10 at San Francisco 4 - Oct 23...Anaheim 3 at San Francisco 4 - Oct 24...Anaheim 4 at San Francisco 16 - Oct 26...San Francisco 5 at Anaheim 6 - Oct 27...San Francisco 1 at Anaheim 4
NFLSuper Bowl XXXVI New England Patriots win 20-17 against the St. Louis Rams - Super Bowl Box Score: New England...0 14 3 3-20 St. Louis...........3 0 0 14-17 Professional Golf Men's Majors winners - The Masters: Tiger Woods... -12, margin of 3 -
US OpenTiger Woods, -3 to par - British Open: Ernie Els, -6 (PO) - PGA Championship: Tiger Woods, -18 to par Women's Majors winners - Kraft Nabisco Championship: Annika Sörenstam... 70-71-71-68& 150;-280 - US Women's Open: Juli Inkster... -4 to par - McDonald's LPGA Championship: Se Ri Pak - Weetabix Women's British Open: Karrie Web

Top Music of 2002

The year on the charts

Grammy Awards

Record of the Year
"Walk On" - U2
Song of the Year
"Fallin" - Alicia Keys
Album of the Year
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Best New Artist
Alicia Keys

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Donnie Darko Amelie Spirited Away Blow Ocean's Eleven A Beautiful Mind Shrek Black Hawk Down

Academy Awards

Honoring 2002
Best Picture
Chicago
Best Director
Roman Polanski for The Pianist Best actor in a leading role: Adrien Brody - The Pianist Best actress in a leading role: Nicole Kidman - The Hours Best actor in a supporting role: Chris Cooper - Adaptation. Best actress in a supporting role: Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Peace
Jimmy Carter (USA) - former President of the United States "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"
Physiology or Medicine
Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz, & John E. Sulston "for establishing the precise order in which cells in the worm C. elegans divide and die, and for elucidating the process of programmed cell death or apoptosis" Economic Sciences: Daniel
Chemistry
Kurt Wüthrich (Switzerland), John B. Fenn (USA), & Koichi Tanaka (Japan) "for their development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules"
Physics
Raymond Davis Jr. and Masatoshi Koshiba (Japan) "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos" Riccardo Giacconi "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the disco
Literature
Imre Kertész (Hungary - Hungarian)

Pulitzer Prizes

Public Service
New York Times, for " A Nation Challenged" National Reporting: Staff, New York Times International Reporting: Barry Bearak, New York Times Editorial Writing: Alex Raksin & Bob Sipchen, Los Angeles Times Editorial Cartooning: Clay Bennett, Christian Science Monitor Photography: Staff, New York Times Commentary: Thomas Friedman, New York Times Criticism: Justin Davidson, Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. Feature Writing: Barry Siegel, Los Angeles Times Beat Reporting: Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times Explanatory Reporting: Staff, New York Times Investigative Reporting: Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham, & Sarah Cohen, Washington Post Breaking News: Staff, Wall Street Journal
Fiction
Richard Russo, Empire Falls
Drama
Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog
History
Louis Menand, The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
Poetry
Carl Dennis, Practical Gods
Music
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