The first IOI was held in 1989 in Pravetz, Bulgaria.

* IOI 2012 was held in Sirmione, Italy, September 23 – 30, 2012

* IOI 2011 was held in Pattaya, Thailand, July 22 – 29, 2011

* IOI 2010 was held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, August 14 – 21, 2010 ( results )

* IOI 2009 was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 8 – 15, 2009 ( results )

* IOI 2008 was held in Cairo, Egypt, August 16 – 23, 2008 ( results )

* IOI 2007 was held in Zagreb, Croatia, August 15 – 22, 2007 ( results )

* IOI 2006 was held in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, August 13 – 20, 2006

* IOI 2005 was held in Nowy Sącz, Poland, August 18 – 25, 2005 ( results )

* IOI 2004 was held in Athens, Greece, September 11 – 18, 2004 ( results )

* IOI 2003 was held in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, August 16 – 23, 2003 ( results )

* IOI 2001 was held in Tampere, Finland, July 14 – 21, 2001

* IOI 2000 was held in Beijing, China, September 23 – 30, 2000

* IOI 1999 was held in Antalya-Belek, Turkey, October 9 – 16, 1999

* IOI 1998 was held in Setúbal, Portugal, September 5 – 12, 1998

* IOI 1997 was held in Cape Town, South Africa, November 30 – December 7, 1997

* IOI 1996 was held in Veszprém, Hungary, July 25 – August 2, 1996

* IOI 1995 was held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 26 – July 3, 1995

* IOI 1994 was held in Haninge, Sweden, July 3 – 10, 1994

* IOI 1993 was held in Mendoza, Argentina, October 16 – 25, 1993

* IOI 1992 was held in Bonn, Germany, July 11 – 21, 1992

* IOI 1991 was held in Athens, Greece, May 19 – 25, 1991

* IOI 1990 was held in Minsk, Belarus, Soviet Union, July 15 – 21, 1990

* IOI 1989 was held in Pravetz, Bulgaria, May 16 – 19, 1989.

* IOI 2016 will be held in Russia, 2016

* IOI 2015 will be held in Kazakhstan, 2015

* IOI 2014 will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, 2014

* IOI 2013 will be held in Brisbane, Australia, July 6 – 13, 2013

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.

An the other hand, the armed forces of the MPLA ( now the official armed forces of the Angolan state ) and of UNITA fought each other until the leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi, was killed in action, in 2002.

In 2002 one was lost during the civil war with UNITA forces.

From the mid-1980s through at least 1992, the United States was the primary source of military and other support for the UNITA rebel movement, which was led from its creation through 2002 by Jonas Savimbi.

The Intelligent Mechatronics Lab, directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi at the Tokyo University of Science, has developed an android head called Saya, which was exhibited at Robodex 2002 in Yokohama, Japan.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

The electricity distribution system was privatized in 2002.

According to estimates by the National Statistical Survey, the rate of labor emigration was twice as higher in 2001 and 2002.

Furthermore, in 2002, Bligh's great-great-grandson Lord Clifton, the heir-apparent to the Earldom of Darnley, argued that the Ashes urn should not be returned to Australia because it belonged to his family and was given to the MCC only for safe keeping.

In 2002, a theoretical attack, termed the " XSL attack ", was announced by Nicolas Courtois and Josef Pieprzyk, purporting to show a weakness in the AES algorithm due to its simple description .< ref >

* In 2002, Fleming was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a nationwide vote.

In 2002, O ' Donohue launched a court action that argued the Act of Settlement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the case was dismissed by the court, which found that, as the Act of Settlement is part of the Canadian constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not have supremacy over it.

Every game during the 2002 season was sold out.

Vick, who saw minimal playing time in 2001, playing backup and learning the system under then-starting quarterback Chris Chandler, was designated starting quarterback for the 2002 season.

The 2002 season was the Falcons ' first in the more geographically-accurate NFC South upon NFL realignment.

A beta test version of AIX 5L for IA-64 systems was released, but according to documents released in the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, less than forty licenses for the finished Monterey Unix were ever sold before the project was terminated in 2002.

Remarkably " Aster " was also the name given to a Dutch Supercomputer much later, in 2002.

18-bis Legge 91 / 1981 mainly for the abnormal signing in 2002 – 03 season, ( such as Davide Bombardini for € 11 million account value, which the flopped player exchange boosted 2002 – 03 season result ) and the tax payment of 2002 – 03 season was rescheduled.

In 1998 the 2, 000th DB7 was built, and in 2002 the 6, 000th, exceeding production of all previous DB models.

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.

The first European Social Forum ( ESF ) was held in November 2002 in Florence.