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  • Barcelona, Spain
    Feb, 2002
    Lionel Messi

    Lamasia

    Barcelona, Spain
    Feb, 2002

    After a year at Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, Messi was finally enrolled in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in February 2002.




  • California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 6, 2002
    Java (programming language)

    J2SE 1.4

    California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 6, 2002

    On February 6, 2002, Sun Microsystems released J2SE 1.4.




  • Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 10, 2002
    Kobe Bryant

    His first All-Star MVP trophy

    Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 10, 2002

    He claimed his first All-Star MVP trophy after a 31-point performance in Philadelphia when he was loudly booed by fans as they had throughout the game, stemming from his earlier comment to a 76ers heckler during the Finals that the Lakers were "going to cut your hearts out".




  • Hague, Netherlands
    Tuesday Feb 12, 2002
    Slobodan Milošević

    Trial at The Hague

    Hague, Netherlands
    Tuesday Feb 12, 2002

    The trial began at The Hague on 12 February 2002, with Milošević defending himself.




  • St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Feb 15, 2002
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Funeral

    St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Feb 15, 2002

    Margaret's coffin, draped in her personal standard, was taken from Kensington Palace to St James's Palace before her funeral. The funeral was held on 15 February 2002, the 50th anniversary of her father's funeral. In line with her wishes, the ceremony was a private service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, for family and friends. Unlike most other members of the royal family, Princess Margaret was cremated, at Slough Crematorium. Her ashes were placed in the tomb of her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (who died seven weeks after Margaret), in the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George's Chapel two months later.




  • Moscow, Russia
    Feb, 2002
    Elon Musk

    Another Failure

    Moscow, Russia
    Feb, 2002

    In February 2002, the group returned to Russia to look for three ICBMs, bringing along Mike Griffin. Griffin had worked for the CIA's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, as well as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and was just leaving Orbital Sciences, a maker of satellites and spacecraft. The group had another meeting with Kosmotras and was offered one rocket for US$8 million. Musk considered the price too high and stormed out of the meeting.




  • Godhra, India
    Tuesday Feb 26, 2002
    Narendra Damodardas Modi

    A Train Accident

    Godhra, India
    Tuesday Feb 26, 2002

    On 27 February 2002, a train with several hundred passengers burned near Godhra, killing approximately 60 people.


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