According to Christopher Ehret ( 2002: 35 – 36 ), Proto-Afroasiatic was spoken c. 11, 000 BC at the latest and possibly as early as c. 16, 000 BC.

* Markus Weimer, The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002 – 2012

** Atlas V ( 2002 – Present )

The Turkic-Mongolic-Tungusic and Korean-Japanese-Ainu groupings were also posited by Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ) who, however, treated them as independent members of a larger family, which he termed Eurasiatic.

This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

* Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ).

* " The Nobels in Baku " in Azerbaijan International, Vol 10. 2 ( Summer 2002 ), 56 – 59.

* 1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.

* 1910 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and lyricist ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón

* 1926 – Pat Coombs, English actress ( d. 2002 )

* 1926 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist ( d. 2002 )

* 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ) ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer ( d. 2002 )

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* 2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper ( b. 1905 )

* 2002 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( b. 1947 )

" History and Theory 41, Theme Issue 41 ( December 2002 ), 90 – 103

* 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English director ( d. 2002 )

* 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist ( d. 2002 )

* 1911 – Rosetta LeNoire, American actress ( d. 2002 )

* 1928 – Dick Lane, American football player ( d. 2002 )

* 1926 – Wallace Markfield, American author ( d. 2002 )

* 1924 – Jack Buck, American sportscaster ( d. 2002 )

* 1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player ( d. 2002 )

* 1925 – Rod Steiger, American actor ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – Alan Dale, American singer ( b. 1925 )

* 1981 – Kasie Head, American model, Miss Oklahoma USA 2002

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* 1914 – Jeff Corey, American actor ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – Michael Houser, American guitarist ( Widespread Panic ) ( b. 1962 )

* 2002 – George Alec Effinger, American author ( b. 1947 )

* 2002 – Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created the Barbie doll ( b. 1916 )

* 1959 – Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter ( Ratt ) ( d. 2002 )

The WSF became a periodic meeting: in 2002 and 2003 it was held again in Porto Alegre and became a rallying point for worldwide protest against the American invasion of Iraq.

* 1916 – Lou Thesz, American wrestler ( d. 2002 )

* 1924 – Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer ( d. 2002 )

* 1944 – Julia Phillips, American producer and writer ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – John Agar, American actor ( b. 1921 )

" Migration, Radicalism, and State Security: Legislative Initiatives in the Canada and the United States c. 1794 – 1804 " in Studies in American Political Development, Volume 16, Issue 1, April 2002, 48 – 60

South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City ( 2002 ) online edition

However, some of the more successful American League teams of recent memory, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have experienced their success in part as a result of playing " small ball ," advancing runners through means such as the stolen base and the related hit and run play.