At A Glance
11 November 2002 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 November 2002 was a Monday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2002
- The Irish chart song for 2002 was “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne.
- Top Film of 2002
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2002 was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 November 2002 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 November 2002 was First Quarter.
On this day: 11 November
- 1993 A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- 1999 The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
- 2002 Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.
- 2004 New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
- 2006 Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
Famous people born on 11 November
- Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer (born 1974)
- Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer (born 1962)
- Stanley Tucci, American actor and director (born 1960)
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (1821–1881)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2002 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2002 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – The Euro Currency officially became the legal tender for the Republic of Ireland, along with the other European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, replacing the Irish pound by being introduced physically with the official launch of the currency coins and banknotes.
- 9 January – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev received the Freedom of the City of Dublin.
- 13 March – The MS Stena Europe ferry was introduced on the Fishguard–Rosslare route.
Life in Ireland in 2002
Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
Petrol (per litre)
€0.88/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.05
Average House
€220,000
Weekly Wage
€315
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