[Top 100] 10 Years Ago

NEWS

• The Euro becomes the official currency of twelve of the European Union’s members

• Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her family’s Salt Lake City home (she was found alive in 2003)

• Two snipers in the Washington, D.C., area kill 10 people and injure three more, spreading panic and fear

• George Bush creates the Department of Homeland Security to fight threats of terrorism

• Price of gas averaged $1.39

• Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.37
 

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Died in 2002

• Milton Berle

• Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

• Rosemary Clooney

• John Gotti

• Ann Landers

• Dudley Moore

• Johnny Unitas

• Ted Williams
 

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SPORTS NEWS

• NCAA Football champions: Ohio State Buckeyes

• The Winter Olympic Games are held in Salt Lake City, Utah

• Kentucky Derby winner: War Emblem

• NBA champions: Los Angeles Lakers

• World Series winner: Anaheim Angels
 

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POP CULTURE

• Kelly Clarkson wins first American Idol contest
 

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2002’s Top-Grossing Films

• Spider-Man

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• My Big Fat Greek Wedding