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Year 2002 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar .
Events
January 1 - The Treaty on Open Skies , initially signed in 1992 , officially enters into force.
January 1 - Euro notes and coins started to be used in France , Spain , Germany , Italy , Portugal , Greece , Finland , Luxembourg , Belgium , Austria , Ireland , and the Netherlands .
January 5 - A light aircraft crashes into a Tampa, Florida building, bringing fear of a repeat September 11, 2001 attacks .
January 10 - Enrique Bolaños became the President of the Republic of Nicaragua .
January 16 - The UN Security Council agreed to forbid selling arms to Osama bin Laden , Al-Qaida , and the Taliban and freezes their assets.
January 17 - Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo erupts , leaving about 400,000 people without home.
January 23 - Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan , accused of being a CIA agent.
January 31 - A large section of the Antarctic Larsen Ice Shelf begins breaking up, eventually consuming about 3,250 km² (1,254 miles²) after 35 days.
April 28 - Green Party of Pakistan is formed
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