| Description | Answer | Date |
| Dave Thomas, the founder of this fast food chain dies | |
| The Galileo spacecraft performs its 5th flyby of this moon of Jupiter with a two letter name | |
| Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in this country | |
| This team defeats the St. Louis Rams 20-17 to win Super Bowl XXXVI | |
| The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in this city | |
| FARC kidnaps Ingrid Betancourt, a presidential candidate in this South American country | |
| Come Away With Me, the debut album of this singer, pianist, and daughter of Ravi Shankar, is released | |
| This actor wins the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing John Bayley in Iris | |
| Nia Vardalos and John Corbett get married in this huge sleeper hit released on this day | |
| Alec Campbell, the last surviving participant of this 1915-1916 campaign to capture Istanbul dies | |
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| This country defeats Germany in the World Cup finals | |
| This South African golfer wins his 3rd major and 1st British Open | |
| A web glitch reveals that this Yann Martel novel about a boy, a boat and a tiger will win the Man Booker Prize | |
| American Idol's first season's winner is this Texan | |
| This country, with capital at Dili, joins the UN after regaining independence on May 20, 2002 | |
| Chechen rebels take control of the theater Nord-Ost in this city | |
| Jam-Master Jay, the DJ for this 'Tougher Than Leather' and 'Raising Hell' hip hop group, is shot and killed | |
| This man becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China | |
| This former peanut farmer and President of the United States is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Seven of the top 10 grossing videogames in the USA are for this best selling console of all time | |
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