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 )

* Harmony Gold USA ( some properties licensed 2002 to 2006 )

* Charles Johnson ( 1994 – 1998, 2001 – 2002 ) — A four-time Gold Glove Award winner, in 1997 Johnson set a Major League single-season record for catchers by playing in 123 games without committing a single error.

His other film roles have been in The Lightship ( 1986 ), Streets of Gold ( 1986 ), Burning Secret ( 1988 ), The Russia House ( 1990 ), White Fang ( 1991 ), Becoming Colette ( 1992 ), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge ( 1999 ), and Everyman's Feast ( 2002 ).

Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it ; she accepted the medal on behalf of both of them.

In January 2002, the third season of The Mole was filmed and based mostly on the Gold Coast.

Providentia has been the main motive for many collector coins and medals, the most recent one is the famous 100 euro Sculpture Gold coin issued on November 13, 2002.

Olerud also earned all three of his career Gold Gloves while playing first base for Seattle in 2000, 2002 and 2003.

If this project goes ahead, the Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize and 2009 AIA Gold Medal Glen Murcutt, along with Wendy Lewin, will design the building.

Crown Trout Jewelers of Lanesboro was a finalist in the 2002 International Gold Virtuosi Jewelry Design Competition, one of four American jewelry studios given that distinction from 5200 total entries.

* Sarah Hughes, Gold medalist in Figure Skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

It has been a successful 6 years with 3 Sony award nominations and a Sony Gold in 2002.

Anpanman: Iron-Fire Maki-chan and Gold Kamameshidon ( それいけ! アンパンマン 鉄火のマキちゃんと金のかまめしどん ) July 13, 2002

* Jimmy Shea: 2002 Olympic Gold Medalist in Skeleton, Only 3rd Generation American Olympian.

In 2002, there was a Quicksilver tribute band formed called Quicksilver Gold.

* A 2002 short story by Glen David Gold entitled " The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter " alludes to the myth and gives the name to the deceitful clown of the story, who cries " heedless crocodile tears.

They released a brand new album Hollyweird in 2002 and in 2006 the band celebrated their 20 year Anniversary with The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock tour and album, which was certified Gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard 200 top 20 charts for the first time since 1993.

Following the success of Gold, in 2002 Adams was blocked by his label from releasing his choice for a follow-up.

Williams began 2002 by winning the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia, defeating Henin in the final.

* The Very Best of The Scaffold ( EMI Gold 7243 5 38474 2 5 ) Mar., 2002 containing 26 EMI and Warner Bros tracks

He has published nine volumes of poetry ranging from Eight Sections ( 1974 ), Strivings ( 1980 ), Louring Skies ( 1985 ) and Gifts ( 2002 ) to his latest two books This Theatre Royal ( 2004 ) and Green, Red, Gold, a novel in 101 sonnets ( 2005 ) which were hailed by A. N.

* RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence 2002

* 2002: Gold Single — " Osama Yo ' Mama "

During the early 2000s, the following compilation albums of her music were released: Lost in Love ( which includes nine of her post-Invictus recordings ), Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne ( both 2000 ), Unhooked Generation: The Complete Invictus Recordings ( 2001 ), and The Best of Freda Payne: Ten Best Series ( 2002 ).