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John Rockwell Critic's Notebook column assesses Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave festivals, begun in 1983; holds festivals have transformed performing arts in US; photo (M)
Anna Kisselgoff reviews New York premieres of works by Christopher Wheeldon, Mark Morris and Yuri Possokhov by San Francisco Ballet at City Center; photos (M)
David Pogue column assesses Microsoft Corp's Windows XP Media Center Edition, which is both operating system and list of hardware requirements for PC's that will be able to play music CD's and DVD movies, present slide shows of digital photos, play back video clips from camcorder, play television shows and record TV shows without tape; photo; drawing (M)
Pressure from National Council of Women's Organizations to allow women members at Augusta National Golf Club might not make large enough impact at club, where tradition has always taken precedence; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 9, 2002, covering October 10, 2002.
Elvis Presley
Dixie Chicks
Avril Lavigne
Disturbed
Nelly
2002Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player[†]
Joshua James Giddey is an Australian professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the sixth overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft. Giddey is the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double, having done so at 19 years, 84 days old. He also became the first rookie since Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson in 1961 to record three consecutive triple-doubles.
2002Nate Yarnell, American Football Player[†]
Nate Yarnell is an American college football quarterback who plays for the Texas State Bobcats.
2002Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.[†]
The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict persisted as an insurgency arose against coalition forces and the newly established Iraqi government. US forces were officially withdrawn in 2011. In 2014, the US became re-engaged in Iraq, leading a new coalition under Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, as the conflict evolved into the ongoing Islamic State insurgency.
In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]