2002 in the United States

none July 2026 July 2026 July 2026 20022002 Events from the year 2002 in the United States. 3 Incumbents Federal government President: George W. Bush (R-Texas) Vice President: Dick Cheney (R-Wyoming) Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Virginia)William Rehnquist Biography http://www.biography.com/people/william-rehnquist-9454479 biography.com A&E Television Networks 28 February 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) Senate Majority Leader: Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) Congress: 107th State governments Governors and lieutenant governors Governors 30em Governor of Alabama: Don Siegelman (Democratic) Governor of Alaska: Tony Knowles (Democratic) (until December 2), Frank Murkowski (Republican) (starting December 2) Governor of Arizona: Jane Dee Hull (Republican) Governor of Arkansas: Mike Huckabee (Republican) Governor of California: Gray Davis (Democratic) Governor of Colorado: Bill Owens (Republican) Governor of Connecticut: John G. Rowland (Republican) Governor of Delaware: Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic) Governor of Florida: Jeb Bush (Republican) Governor of Georgia: Roy Barnes (Democratic) Governor of Hawaii: Ben Cayetano (Democratic) (until December 2), Linda Lingle (Republican) (starting December 2) Governor of Idaho: Dirk Kempthorne (Republican) Governor of Illinois: George Ryan (Republican) Governor of Indiana: Frank O'Bannon (Democratic) Governor of Iowa: Tom Vilsack (Democratic) Governor of Kansas: Bill Graves (Republican) Governor of Kentucky: Paul E. Patton (Democratic) Governor of Louisiana: Murphy J. Foster, Jr. (Republican) Governor of Maine: Angus King (Independent) Governor of Maryland: Parris N. Glendening (Democratic) Governor of Massachusetts: Jane Swift (Republican) Governor of Michigan: John Engler (Republican) Governor of Minnesota: Jesse Ventura (Independence) Governor of Mississippi: Ronnie Musgrove (Democratic) Governor of Missouri: Bob Holden (Democratic) Governor of Montana: Judy Martz (Republican) Governor of Nebraska: Mike Johanns (Republican) Governor of Nevada: Kenny Guinn (Republican) Governor of New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic) Governor of New Jersey: until January 8: Donald DiFrancesco (Republican) January 8: John Farmer, Jr. (Republican) January 8–12: John O. Bennett (Republican) January 12–15: Richard Codey (Democratic) starting January 15: Jim McGreevey (Democratic) Governor of New Mexico: Gary Johnson (Republican) Governor of New York: George Pataki (Republican) Governor of North Carolina: Mike Easley (Democratic) Governor of North Dakota: John Hoeven (Republican) Governor of Ohio: Bob Taft (Republican) Governor of Oklahoma: Frank Keating (Republican) Governor of Oregon: John Kitzhaber (Democratic) Governor of Pennsylvania: Mark S. Schweiker (Republican) Governor of Rhode Island: Lincoln C. Almond (Republican) Governor of South Carolina: Jim Hodges (Democratic) Governor of South Dakota: William J. Janklow (Republican) Governor of Tennessee: Don Sundquist (Republican) Governor of Texas: Rick Perry (Republican) Governor of Utah: Mike Leavitt (Republican) Governor of Vermont: Howard Dean (Democratic) Governor of Virginia: Jim Gilmore (Republican) (until January 12), Mark Warner (Democratic) (starting January 12) Governor of Washington: Gary Locke (Democratic) Governor of West Virginia: Bob Wise (Democratic) Governor of Wisconsin: Scott McCallum (Republican) Governor of Wyoming: Jim Geringer (Republican) Lieutenant governors 30em Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Steve Windom (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: Fran Ulmer (Democratic) (until December 2), Loren Leman (Republican) (starting December 2) Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of California: Cruz Bustamante (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Joe Rogers (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Jodi Rell (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: John Carney (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Frank Brogan (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Mark Taylor (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: until December 2: Mazie Hirono (Democratic) December 2–4: vacant starting December 4: Duke Aiona (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Jack Riggs (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Corinne Wood (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Joe E. Kernan (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Sally Pederson (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Gary Sherrer (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Steve Henry (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Kathleen Blanco (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Jane Swift (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Dick Posthumus (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Mae Schunk (Independence) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Amy Tuck (Democratic)/(Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Joe Maxwell (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Karl Ohs (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Dave Heineman (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Lorraine Hunt (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Walter Dwight Bradley (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of New York: Mary Donohue (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Bev Perdue (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Jack Dalrymple (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Maureen O'Connor (Republican) (until December 31), vacant (starting December 31) Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Mary Fallin (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Robert Jubelirer (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Charles J. Fogarty (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Bob Peeler (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Carole Hillard (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: John S. Wilder (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Bill Ratliff (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Utah: Olene S. Walker (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Doug Racine (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: John H. Hager (Republican) (until January 12), Tim Kaine (Democratic) (starting January 12) Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Brad Owen (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Margaret A. Farrow (Republican) Events January thumb|120px|January 8: President George W. Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act into law thumb|right|120px|January 11: Camp X-Ray (Guantanamo) January 5 – Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a building in Tampa, Florida, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack. January 6 – The Boston Globe publishes a story detailing the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal. January 8 – The No Child Left Behind Act is signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush. January 9 – The United States Department of Justice announces it will pursue a criminal investigation of Enron. January 11 – The first detainees arrive at Camp X-Ray (Guantanamo). January 13 – President Bush chokes on a pretzel and faints briefly.2002-01-14 Choking on Pretzel, Bush Faints Briefly https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-14-mn-22490-story.html 2021-10-03 Los Angeles Times en-US January 14 – The asylum case of Adelaide Abankwah is heard in New York. January 16 The United Nations 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. A student shoots six at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, killing 3. January 18 – A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying anhydrous ammonia derails outside of Minot, North Dakota, killing one. January 20 – The World Wrestling Federation holds its Royal Rumble pay-per-view event from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. January 21 – Cyberchase premieres on PBS Kids. January 23 – The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan, accused of being a CIA agent by his captors. January 29 – In his State of the Union Address, President Bush describes North Korea, Iran and Iraq as an "axis of evil".Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 650–652 9780304357307 January 31 – U.S. special forces are deployed in the Philippines in Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines, part of the war on terror. February thumb|right|upright|120px|February 8 – February 24: The Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City February 1 – Kidnapped reporter Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal is murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. February 3 – Super Bowl XXXVI: The New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams 20–17 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win their first Super Bowl title.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200202030nwe.htm Super Bowl XXXVI - St. Louis Rams vs. New England Patriots - February 3rd, 2002 Pro-Football-Reference.com December 14, 2025 February 8–24 – The Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The United States wins 10 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze medals. February 12 – The U.S. Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States' nuclear repository. February 13 – Queen Elizabeth II gives former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani an honorary knighthood. February 15 — 23-year-old Janet Danahey, sets fire to the Campus Walk Apartments building in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a prank against her ex-boyfriend. The fire would kill 4 and injury 6 of his neighbors. She is later sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.2023-12-08 Greensboro quadruple murderer Janet Danahey denied parole following governor’s commutation https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/greensboro-quadruple-murderer-janet-danahey-denied-parole-following-governors-commutation/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250109182609/https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/greensboro-quadruple-murderer-janet-danahey-denied-parole-following-governors-commutation/ 2025-01-09 2026-09-16 FOX8 WGHP en-US February 17 – The World Wrestling Federation holds its No Way Out pay-per-view event from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. February 19 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. March March 1 STS-109: Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, its last before the disastrous STS-107. U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins. March 12 – In Houston, Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her five children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison. March 14 SpaceX is founded by Elon Musk in El Segundo, California. 125 vehicles are involved in a massive pile up on Interstate 75 in Ringgold, Georgia. March 15 – Ice Age is released in theaters. March 19 – US war in Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 1) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities. March 21 – In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others are charged with the kidnapping and killing of The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. March 24 – The 74th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, with Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind winning four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film ties with Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in award wins, while the latter leads the nominations with 13. The telecast garners over 41.8 million viewers. March – Layalina Productions, Inc. non-profit public diplomacy initiative is inaugurated.Ali Jafaar, "'Road' to understanding" Variety, March 23, 2007 April April 1 – Maryland defeats Indiana 64–52 to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. April 17 – Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two US F-16s. April 19 – The Senate defeats President Bush's plan to authorize oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. April 21 – The World Wrestling Federation holds its Backlash pay-per-view event from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. April 27 – The Laughlin, Nevada River Run Riot kills three. May thumb|right|120px|May 26: I-40 bridge disaster May 1 – Nicktoons TV (renamed Nicktoons in 2003, then in 2009) launches in the United States. May 3 – Spider-Man is released in theaters as the first film in the Spider-Man trilogy. May 10 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. May 12 – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first U.S. president, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution. May 16 – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is released in theaters. May 19 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Judgment Day pay-per-view event from the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. May 21 – The State Department releases a report naming seven state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. May 22 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicts Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls. Police in Washington, D.C. announce that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who has been missing for a year, have been found in Rock Creek Park. May 26 – I-40 bridge disaster: A barge collides with the Interstate 40 bridge across the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma, killing 14. June June 5 – 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is rescued nine months later. June 11 The first episode of American Idol airs. Antonio Meucci is recognized as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. June 12 – The Los Angeles Lakers sweep the New Jersey Nets in the 2002 NBA Finals to win their third consecutive NBA championship. June 14 – In Karachi, Pakistan, a car bomb in front of the U.S. Consulate kills 12 Pakistanis and injures 50. June 21 – Walt Disney Pictures' 42nd feature film, Lilo & Stitch, is released to positive reviews and box-office success. June 23 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its King of the Ring pay-per-view event from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. June 29 – Vice President Dick Cheney serves as acting president from 7:09 am to 9:24 am EST, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure under sedation. July July 4 – 2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: Egyptian immigrant Hesham Mohamed Hadayet kills two and injures six before being killed by a security officer. The incident is called an act of terrorism. July 13 – A lightning strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burns 499,570 acres (2,022 km2). July 15 – In Washington, D.C., "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to aiding the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony; Lindh agrees to serve 10 years in prison for each charge. July 20 – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius debuts on Nickelodeon. July 21 Telecommunications giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the largest such filing in United States history. World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Vengeance pay-per-view event from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. July 24 – Congressman James Traficant of Ohio is expelled from the House of Representatives by a vote of 420–1 following his ten felony convictions. August August 12 – In Arlington, Virginia, US Airways declares bankruptcy. August 25 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its SummerSlam pay-per-view event from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. September September 2 – Liberty's Kids premieres on PBS Kids. September 4 – Kelly Clarkson wins the first American Idol competition. September 5 – The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,022 km2), is contained. September 7 – The Fox Network's Fox Kids block (which had been on the air since 1990) airs for the final time. It was replaced the following week (on September 14) by the 4Kids-programmed FoxBox.4Kids buys 4 hours from Fox Kids https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/4kids-buys-4-hours-from-fox-kids-1117858752/ Paula Bernstein Variety January 18, 2002 August 13, 2009 September 11 – Thousands of people in New York City and across the nation attend ceremonies as the United States commemorates the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. September 12 – Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President George W. Bush addresses the U.N., and challenges its members to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq, or stand aside as the United States and likeminded nations act. September 14 – Major upheavals take place on Saturday mornings, as the four major networks change their programming on this day. Fox, having sold Fox Kids Worldwide to The Walt Disney Company the previous year, ends Fox Kids and sells its airtime to 4Kids Entertainment, who begin programming a new children's programming block as the Fox Box. Disney, meanwhile, having acquired the Fox Kids brand, ends Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC and renamed ABC Kids. CBS, whose then-corporate sibling Nickelodeon programs its lineup, rebrands its Nick Jr. on CBS block as Nick on CBS and refocuses it on children 2–11 years old, while NBC signs a contract with Discovery Networks to air a programming strand called Discovery Kids on NBC (a spinoff of a former digital cable channel Discovery Kids), which replaces the teen-oriented block TNBC.Kid skeds tread on joint strategy https://www.variety.com/2002/tv/news/kid-skeds-tread-on-joint-strategy-1117873477 Paula Bernstein Variety September 29, 2002 March 18, 2017 September 22 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Unforgiven pay-per-view event from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. October October 2 The Beltway sniper attacks begin with five shootings taking place in Montgomery County, Maryland. The Congress of the United States passes a joint resolution, which authorizes the President to use the United States Armed Forces as he deems necessary and appropriate, against Iraq. October 9 – The Dot-com bubble downward market reaches bottom, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average slips below 7,200. October 9–10 – Congress passes the Iraq Resolution authorizing the Iraq War. October 16 – The Iraq War Resolution is authorized by a majority of the U.S. Congress. October 20 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its No Mercy pay-per-view event from the Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. October 24 – The Beltway sniper attacks end with the arrest of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. The pair killed 10 people and wounded three others in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area in this series of attacks; they had killed seven other people in prior attacks. October 25 – U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, his family, and his staff are killed in a plane accident at Eveleth, Minnesota. October 27 – The Anaheim Angels defeat the San Francisco Giants in Game 7 of the 2002 World Series to win their first World Series title. November thumb|right|120px|November 25: The Department of Homeland Security is established November 2 – The Godless Americans March on Washington brings together 2,000 atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, and humanists in a mile-long parade down the National Mall. November 3 – The 7.9 w Denali earthquake shakes the Alaska Interior with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing one injury and $20–56 million in losses. November 5 – Republicans gain a majority in the Senate and a larger majority in the House of Representatives following congressional elections. November 6 – The U.S. Federal Reserve System drops its primary discount rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, putting the real interest rate solidly below the inflation rate. November 7 – Iran bans the advertising of United States products. November 8 – The United Nations passes Resolution 1441 giving Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a final opportunity to cooperate with international weapons inspectors. November 12 – Toxicologist Kristin Rossum is convicted of the 2000 murder of her husband Gregory de Viller in San Diego. Rossum had poisoned her victim using fentanyl, passing off the crime as a suicide.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-13-me-rossum13-story.html Toxicologist Found Guilty of Killing Husband November 13, 2002 Los Angeles Times November 16 – A Campaign against Climate Change march takes place in London from Lincoln's Inn Fields, past Esso offices to the United States Embassy. November 17 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Survivor Series pay-per-view event from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. November 25 – U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security. It was the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947. November 27 – Walt Disney Pictures' 43rd feature film, Treasure Planet, is released to positive reception, but turns outs to be a rare box office bomb from the studio. December December 9 – United Airlines, the second largest airline in the world, files for bankruptcy.United Airlines files for bankruptcy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/dec/09/usa.theairlineindustry The Guardian 24 January 2021 9 December 2002 December 13 – President George W. Bush announces a smallpox vaccination program for military personnel, as well as for civilian healthcare and emergency workers to protect against bioterrorism risks. He announces that the public will not be called up for shots until 2004 at the earliest.Stevenson Richard W. Stolberg Sheryl Gay President Bush Announces Smallpox Vaccination Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/health/president-bush-announces-smallpox-vaccination-plan-2002121390431774236.html The New York Times 11 September 2021 13 December 2002 December 15 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Armageddon pay-per-view event from the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida. December 21 – President Bush receives his smallpox vaccine.Malveaux Suzanne Bush gets smallpox vaccine https://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/12/21/bush.smallpox/index.html CNN 11 September 2021 21 December 2002 Ongoing Iraqi no-fly zones (1991–2003)Zenko Micah Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World 3 August 2010 Stanford University Press 978-0-8047-7190-0 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=rJHU9VZRhjwC&pg=PA29 en War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Births January thumb|148x148px|Caitlin Clark thumb|148x148px|Lil Mosey thumb|148x148px|Tyla January 10 – Laken Riley, murder victim (d. 2024) January 11 – Dro Kenji, musician January 12 – Balin Miller, climber (d. 2025) January 15 – Levon Hawke, actor January 20 Michael Barbieri, actor Joshua Colley, actor and singer January 21 – Noah Adnan, Indonesian soccer player January 22 – Caitlin Clark, basketball player January 25 Lil Mosey, rapper Morgan Maly, basketball player January 30 – Tyla, singer February February 5 – Davis Cleveland, actor February 10 – Maddy Westbeld, basketball player February 13 – Sophia Lillis, actress February 21 – Duwap Kaine, rapper February 26 – Kendra and Maliyah Herrin, conjoined twins March March 4 – Jacob Hopkins, actor March 7 – Darby Glass, icon March 15 – Sam McCarthy, actor April thumb|100px|Emma Myers thumb|100px|Skai Jackson thumb|100px|Sadie Sink April 2 – Emma Myers, actress April 6 – Andrea Botez, chess player April 8 Skai Jackson, actress Ken San Jose, Filipino-American dancer April 10 – Ava Michelle, actress, dancer, and model April 16 – Sadie Sink, actress April 18 – Noah Thompson, singer April 19 – Loren Gray, social media personality April 24 – Skylar Stecker, singer and actress April 25 – Eitan Bernath, social media personality April 29 – Grace Kaufman, actress May thumb|139x139px|Emily Alyn Lind thumb|139x139px|Andrew Barth Feldman thumb|139x139px|Cree Cicchino thumb|139x139px|Trinity Rodman thumb|139x139px|Malik Tillman May 6 Emily Alyn Lind, actress Angel Reese, basketball player May 7 Jake Bongiovi, actor Andrew Barth Feldman, actor May 9 – Cree Cicchino, actress May 15 – Chase Hudson, social media influencer May 20 – Trinity Rodman, soccer player May 28 – Malik Tillman, soccer player June thumb|139x139px|Madison Hu thumb|139x139px|Chandler Smith thumb|139x139px|Benson Boone June 2 – Madison Hu, actress June 3 – Eva Bella, voice of young Elsa in the Disney movie Frozen June 25 Tamir Rice, African-American boy killed by police (d. 2014) Benson Boone, American singer June 26 – Chandler Smith, race car driver June 29 – Marlhy Murphy, musician, actress and media personality July July 24 – Benjamin Flores Jr., actor and rapper July 26 – Michael Campion, actor July 31 – Abi Carter, singerBronson Fred 2024-04-23 Meet 2024's 'American Idol' Top 10 Contestants https://www.billboard.com/lists/american-idol-top-10-season-22-contestants-2024/ 2024-05-27 Billboard en-US August thumb|139x139px|Stella Lefty thumb|139x139px|Katie Feeney thumb|139x139px|Talia Ryder thumb|139x139px|Nessa Barrett August 1 – Oona Laurence, actress August 6 – Nessa Barrett, singer August 9 – Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal, Malaysian soccer player August 12 – Ugonne Onyiah, basketball player August 13 – Stella Lefty, singer August 16 Katie Feeney, social media influencer Talia Ryder, actress August 19 – Brighton Sharbino, actress August 26 – Lil Tecca, rapper August 30 – Bktherula, rapper September thumb|143x143px|Asher Angel thumb|143x143px|Gaten Matarazzo thumb|143x143px|Jenna Ortega thumb|136x136px|Maddie Ziegler September 6 – Asher Angel, actor September 7 – Ericdoa, musician September 8 – Gaten Matarazzo, actor September 13 – Chiara Aurelia, actress September 15 Rhema Marvanne, singer Ken Pomeroy, singer September 27 – Jenna Ortega, actress September 29 – Chloe Moriondo, musician and YouTuber September 30 – Maddie Ziegler, dancer October thumb|132x132px|Jacob Sartorius thumb|132x132px|Ben Shelton thumb|132x132px|Lola Tung October 2 – Jacob Sartorius, singer October 6 – Rio Mangini, actor October 9 – Ben Shelton, tennis player October 12 – Iris Apatow, actress October 14 – Caroline Harvey, hockey player October 15 – Malu Trevejo, Cuban-American social media personality October 16 – Madison Wolfe, actress October 24 – Lyn Lapid, singer October 25 – Johnny Sequoyah, actress October 26 – Emma Schweiger, actress October 28 – Lola Tung, actress November thumb|138x138px|NLE Choppa thumb|138x138px|Giovanni Reyna thumb|138x138px|Nikki Hahn thumb|138x138px|Madisyn Shipman November 1 – NLE Choppa, rapper November 11 Azzi Fudd, college basketball player Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, murder victim (d. 2018) November 12 – Paolo Banchero, American-Italian basketball playerPaolo Banchero Orlando Magic https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1631094 2022-11-28 NBA November 13 – Nikki Hahn, actress November 13 – Giovanni Reyna, soccer playerhttps://www.bvb.de/Mannschaften/Profis/Giovanni-Reyna Giovanni Reyna de Borussia Dortmund 21 November 2020 November 14 – Ben Bowen, notable victim (d. 2005) November 20 – Madisyn Shipman, actressMadisyn Shipman https://aho.org/people/madisyn-shipman/ Africa Health Organisation 24 April 2020 9 September 2019 November 26 – Baylee Littrell, singer November 30 – Emily Skinner, child actress December thumb|138x138px|Sophia Laforteza December 12 – Allegra Acosta, actress December 30 – Bugha, esports athlete December 31 – Sophia Laforteza, singer and dancer Full date unknown Deaths January thumb|120px|Cyrus Vance thumb|120px|Peggy Lee January 1 Carol Ohmart, actress (b. 1927) Julia Phillips, movie producer (b. 1944) January 3 – Miki Dora, surfer (b. 1934) January 4 – Nathan Chapman, soldier (b. 1970) January 6 – John W. Reynolds Jr., politician and jurist (b. 1921) January 7 Mighty Igor, wrestler (b. 1931) Avery Schreiber, actor and comedian (b. 1935) January 8 – Dave Thomas, businessman (b. 1932) January 9 – K. William Stinson, politician (b. 1930) January 10 – John Buscema, comic book artist (b. 1927) January 12 Ernest Pintoff, animator (b. 1931) Cyrus Vance, lawyer and Secretary of State (b. 1917) January 13 – Ted Demme, film and television director and producer (b. 1963) January 14 – Edith Bouvier Beale, socialite (b. 1917)Martin Douglas 2002-01-25 Edith Bouvier Beale, 84, 'Little Edie,' Dies en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/25/nyregion/edith-bouvier-beale-84-little-edie-dies.html 2022-11-28 0362-4331 January 15 – Michael Bilandic, politician, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923) January 16 Bobo Olson, boxer (b. 1928) Ron Taylor, actor (b. 1952) January 18 – Marilyn Harris, writer (b. 1931) January 20 – Carrie Hamilton, actress and daughter of Carol Burnett (b. 1963) January 21 – Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, and actress (b. 1920) January 22 –Stanley Marcus, businessman and author (b. 1905) January 23 – Robert Nozick, philosopher (b. 1938) January 25 – Rudolph B. Davila, Army officer (b. 1916) January 28 – Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (b. 1928) February thumb|120px|Waylon Jennings thumb|120px|Chuck Jones February 1 Irish McCalla, actress (b. 1928) Daniel Pearl, journalist and murder victim, died in Karachi, Pakistan (b. 1963) February 2 – Paul Baloff, singer (b. 1960) February 4 – Helen Dodson Prince, astronomer (b. 1905) February 6 – Guy Stockwell, actor (b. 1933) February 7 Elisa Bridges, actress and model (b. 1973) Ellen Demming, actress (b. 1922) February 8 – Nick Brignola, jazz musician (b. 1936) February 9 – Fred Gehrke, football player (b. 1918) February 10 Jim Spencer, baseball player (b. 1947) Dave Van Ronk, folk musician (b. 1936) Vernon A. Walters, Army officer and a diplomat (b. 1917) February 11 – George Kasem, politician (b. 1919) February 13 – Waylon Jennings, American country singer (b. 1937) February 15 – Howard K. Smith, television journalist (b. 1914) February 18 – Jack Lambert, actor (b. 1920) February 19 – Virginia Hamilton, writer (b. 1936) February 20 – Willie Thrower, American football player (b. 1930) February 22 – Chuck Jones, animator (b. 1912) February 24 Leo Ornstein, Russian-born American composer and pianist (b. 1892) Mel Stewart, actor, director, and musician (b. 1929) February 26 – Lawrence Tierney, actor (b. 1919) February 27 – Mary Stuart, actress (b. 1926) March thumb|120px|Milton Berle March 1 – C. Farris Bryant, politician (b. 1914) March 3 – Al Pollard, football player (b. 1928) March 5 – Howard Cannon, politician (b. 1912) March 7 – Mickey Haslin, baseball player (b. 1909) March 9 – Irene Worth, actress (b. 1916) March 11 – James Tobin, Nobel economist (b. 1918) March 15 – Sylvester Weaver, television executive (b. 1908) March 17 – Rosetta LeNoire, actress (b. 1911) March 23 – Eileen Farrell, soprano (b. 1920) March 26 – Randy Castillo, musician (b. 1950) March 27 Milton Berle, comedian and actor (b. 1908) Dudley Moore, actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1935) Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (b. 1905) April thumb|120px|Robert Urich April 5 – Layne Staley, singer and songwriter (b. 1967) April 7 – John Agar, actor (b. 1921)Willis John Screen World 2003 2004 Hal Leonard Corporation Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9781557835284 355 https://books.google.com/books?id=nLQcr-jXxYsC&q=%22John+Agar%22+actor&pg=PA355 19 July 2017 en April 14 – Arthur W. Coats Jr., California politician (b. 1914)Arthur W. Coats Jr., Candidate Biography http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/488 joincalifornia.com Alex Vassar & Shane Meyers 29 July 2023 April 15 – Byron White, athlete and Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917) April 16 – Robert Urich, actor (b. 1946) April 18 – Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938) April 22 – Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (b. 1949) April 25 – Lisa Lopes, rapper, died in La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras (b. 1971) April 27 George Alec Effinger, writer (b. 1947) Ruth Handler, businesswoman (b. 1916) May May 9 – Dan Devine, American football player and coach (b. 1924) May 6 – Otis Blackwell, songwriter (b. 1931) May 11 – Joseph Bonanno, mafioso (b. 1905 in Italy) May 16 – Big Dick Dudley, professional wrestler (b. 1968) May 17 – Dave Berg, cartoonist (b. 1920) May 20 – Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist and writer (b. 1941) May 23 – Sam Snead, golfer (b. 1912) May 24 Susie Garrett, actress (b. 1929) Wallace Markfield, writer (b. 1926) May 26 – John Alexander Moore, zoologist (b. 1915) May 28 – David Parker Ray, kidnapper and serial killer (b. 1939)Fielder, Jim https://archive.org/details/slowdeath00jame/page/315 Slow Death Kensington Pub. 2003 9780786011995 315 51455524 June thumb|120px|Rosemary Clooney June 5 – Dee Dee Ramone, songwriter and musician (b. 1951) June 6 Robbin Crosby, guitarist (b. 1959) Bill Radovich, American football guard (b. 1915) June 10 Maury Travis, serial killer (b. 1965) John Gotti, murderer and leader of organized crime (b. 1940) June 12 – Bill Blass, fashion designer (b. 1922)Obituary: Bill Blass https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/15/guardianobituaries.veronicahorwell The Guardian 7 December 2020 en 15 June 2002 June 17 – Willie Davenport, track and field athlete (b. 1943) June 22 Darryl Kile, baseball player (b. 1968) Eppie Lederer, journalist and radio host (b. 1918) June 23 – Logan Tucker, murder victim (b. 1996) June 26 – Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914) June 27 John Entwistle, English musician (b. 1944) Ralph Erickson, baseball pitcher (b. 1902) June 29 – Rosemary Clooney, singer and actress, wife of José Ferrer and mother of Miguel Ferrer (b, 1928) July July 2 – Ray Brown, American bassist (b. 1926) July 4 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr., general (b. 1912) July 5 – Ted Williams, baseball player (b. 1918) July 6 – John Frankenheimer, film director (b. 1930) July 8 – Ward Kimball, animator (b. 1913) July 9 – Rod Steiger, actor and husband of Claire Bloom (b. 1925) July 10 – Laurence Janifer, writer (b. 1933) July 16 – John Cocke, computer scientist (b. 1925) July 19 – Alan Lomax, folklorist and musicologist (b. 1915) July 23 – Chaim Potok, writer and rabbi (b. 1929) August thumb|120px|Lionel Hampton August 5 Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982) Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916) August 11 – Galen Rowell, American photographer, writer, and climber (b. 1940) August 12 – Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916) August 14 – Dave Williams, American musician (b. 1972) August 15 – Kyle Rote, American football player (b. 1928) August 16 – Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914) August 23 – Hoyt Wilhem, baseball player (b. 1922) August 31 Lionel Hampton, American musician (b. 1908) Martin Kamen, American chemist (b. 1913) September thumb|120px|Bob Hayes September 3 – Ted Ross, American actor (b. 1934) September 4 – Jerome Biffle, American athlete (b. 1928) September 5 – David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist (b. 1935) September 7 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938) September 11 Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922) Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933) September 14 LaWanda Page, comedian and actress (b. 1920) Paul Williams, saxophonist (b. 1915) September 18 – Bob Hayes, American football player and track and field athlete (b. 1942) September 21 – Robert L. Forward, writer, inventor, and physicist (b. 1932) September 22 – Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) September 24 – Mike Webster, football player (b. 1952) September 28 – Whitney Blake, actress and director (b. 1926) October thumb|120px|Stephen E. Ambrose October 3 – Bruce Paltrow, American television and film director and producer (b. 1943) October 5 – Jay R. Smith, American actor and comedian (b. 1915) October 6 – Ben Eastman, Olympic middle-distance runner (b. 1911) October 9 – Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (b. 1956) October 10 – Teresa Graves, American actress and comedian (b. 1948) October 12 – Ray Conniff, musician and bandleader (b. 1916) October 13 – Stephen Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936) October 17 – Aileen Riggin, American swimmer and diver (b. 1906) October 18 – Kam Fong Chun, American actor (b. 1918) October 23 Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1914) Richard Helms, American CIA director (b. 1913) October 24 Harry Hay, British-born American activist (b. 1912) Peggy Moran, actress (b. 1918) October 25 – Paul Wellstone, American politician (b. 1944) October 28 – Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898) October 30 – Jam Master Jay, American Hip-Hop DJ (b. 1965) November thumb|120px|James Coburn November 3 – Jonathan Harris, actor (b. 1914) November 9 – Merlin Santana, actor (b. 1976) November 14 – Eddie Bracken, actor (b. 1915) November 15 – Roberta Leighton, drag racer November 18 – James Coburn, actor (b. 1928) November 21 – Hadda Brooks, jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916) November 24 – John Rawls, philosopher (b. 1921) November 27 Billie Bird, actress and comedian (b. 1908) Edwin L. Mechem, politician (b. 1912) November 26 – Verne Winchell, businessman (b. 1915) December December 1 – Dave McNally, baseball player (b. 1942) December 2 – Mal Waldron, jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (b. 1925) December 3 Emanuel Papper, anesthesiologist (b. 1915) Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970) December 5 – Roone Arledge, sports and news broadcasting executive (b. 1931) December 6 Philip Berrigan, priest, member of the Plowshares Movement and political activist (b. 1923) Charles Rosen, pioneer in artificial intelligence (b. 1927) December 9 – Stan Rice, painter and poet (b. 1942) December 26 – Herb Ritts, photographer (b. 1952) December 27 – George Roy Hill, film director (b. 1921) December 30 – Mary Brian, actress (b. 1906) Full date unknown Galen Schlosser, American architecthttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9152083.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121105101407/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9152083.html usurped 2012-11-05 Galen H. Schlosser, 90, architect Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA December 10, 2002 HighBeam Research subscription This newspaper article incorrectly identifies Schlosser as the designer of the Salk Institute See also 2002 in American soccer 2002 in American television List of American films of 2002 Timeline of United States history (1990–2009) References External links 2002 Category:2000s in the United States United States United States Category:Years of the 21st century in the United States Category:Articles containing video clips