At A Glance
20 February 2002 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 February 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 20 February is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 February 2002 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 February 2002 was First Quarter.
On this day: 20 February
- 1986 The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
- 1988 The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- 1991 In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
- 1998 American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
- 2005 Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
Famous people born on 20 February
- Justin Verlander, American baseball player (born 1983)
- Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer (born 2003)
- Kurt Cobain, American musician (1967–1994)
- Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress (born 1988)
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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