Editing 2002 (section)

===January===
[[File:Euro 1 coin.gif|thumb|1 [[euro]] coin]]
* January – [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines]]: The Philippines and the United States begin a joint operation to combat Jihadist groups in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=David |date=2021-10-07 |title=Lessons from the Philippines: Irregular Warfare in Action |url=https://mwi.usma.edu/lessons-from-the-philippines-irregular-warfare-in-action/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Modern War Institute |language=en-US |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212014833/https://mwi.usma.edu/lessons-from-the-philippines-irregular-warfare-in-action/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 1]] – The [[Euro]] is introduced as the official physical currency in the [[Eurozone]] countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1/newsid_4044000/4044891.stm|title=Celebrations as euro hits the streets|date=2002-01-01|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=April 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408085040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1/newsid_4044000/4044891.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The first physical transactions are carried out on [[Réunion]]. The former currencies of all the countries that use the Euro cease to be legal tender on February 28.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2002/html/pr020228.en.html|title=The euro becomes the sole legal tender in all euro area countries|date=2002-02-28|website=European Central Bank|language=en|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408095616/https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2002/html/pr020228.en.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' publishes results of an investigation leading to the [[Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|criminal prosecutions]] of five Roman Catholic priests and bringing widespread attention to the [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Church allowed abuse by priest for years |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/special-reports/2002/01/06/church-allowed-abuse-priest-for-years/cSHfGkTIrAT25qKGvBuDNM/story.html |first1=Matt |last1=Carroll |first2=Sacha |last2=Pfeiffer |first3=Michael |last3=Rezendes |first4=Walter V. |last4=Robinson |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=2002-01-06 |access-date=2023-03-12 |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518025527/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/special-reports/2002/01/06/church-allowed-abuse-priest-for-years/cSHfGkTIrAT25qKGvBuDNM/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – The [[United Nations]] and Sierra Leone create a joint [[Special Court for Sierra Leone]] to prosecute the [[Revolutionary United Front]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bringing Justice: the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Brief Overview of the Establishment of the Special Court |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/sierraleone0904/2.htm |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Human Rights Watch}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], displacing an estimated 400,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Case study - volcanic eruption in a developing country: Mt Nyiragongo - Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions - Edexcel - GCSE Geography Revision - Edexcel |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpf9mnb/revision/7 |website=BBC Bitesize |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410145811/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpf9mnb/revision/7 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – The [[Sierra Leone Civil War]] comes to a conclusion with the defeat of the [[Revolutionary United Front]] by government forces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/gah/sierra-leone-civil-war-1991-2002|title=The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002) {{!}} The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|last=Momodu|first=Samuel|website=Black Past|date=January 16, 2017|language=en|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032641/http://www.blackpast.org/gah/sierra-leone-civil-war-1991-2002|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – In [[American football]], [[Tom Brady]]'s victory in the [[Tuck Rule Game]] causes a national controversy.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2016-10-05 |title=Tom Brady moments: Remembering the Tuck Rule |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/05/tom-brady-biggest-moments-tuck-rule |access-date=2024-10-07 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] – American president [[George W. Bush]] defines an [[axis of evil]] consisting of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea in [[2002 State of the Union Address|his State of the Union Address]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glass |first=Andrew |date=2019-01-29 |title=President Bush cites 'axis of evil,' Jan. 29, 2002 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/bush-axis-of-evil-2002-1127725 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Politico}}</ref>