Born on 16 January 2002

At A Glance

16 January 2002 at a glance

Day of the week

16 January 2002 was a Wednesday.

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 16 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 16 January 2002 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 16 January 2002 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 16 January

• 2001 US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
• 2002 War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
• 2003 The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
• 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
• 2011 Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism.

Famous people born on 16 January

• Aaliyah, American singer and actress (1979–2001)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer (born 1980)
• Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1959)
• Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor (born 1985)

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