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

* 1972 – Dave Williams, American singer ( Drowning Pool ) ( d. 2002 )

In 2002, Mr. T appeared as a bartender in the video for Pass_the_Courvoisier by Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy and Pharell Williams.

Theodore Samuel " Ted " Williams ( August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002 ) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

* August 30 – Ted Williams, American baseball player ( d. 2002 )

* June 8 – Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.

* Loop ( album ), a 2002 album by Keller Williams

In 2002, as thanks for his years of service to Williams, Patrese was invited to test the team's latest F1 car.

In 2002, Williams signed a record-breaking £ 80 million contract with EMI.

When the single was released in late 2002, it became Williams ' biggest international hit, going number one in countries like The Netherlands and Italy, as well as reaching the top ten in almost every single European country.

When Williams ' fifth studio album, Escapology, was released in late 2002, it hit number one in at least 10 countries around the world.

* A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams ( National Theatre Lyttleton, October 2002 )

On 2 February 2006, a High Court judge found that Hurd and Williams had both been guilty of breaching the 2002 agreement.

Farrell was a producer of Patch Adams ( 1998 ) starring Robin Williams, and has starred on the television series Providence ( 1999 – 2002 ).

* The Choir performed over 20 times at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, including at the Opening Ceremonies, where they sang the national anthem and the Olympic Hymn under the direction of John Williams.

* 2002 US Open: Lindsay Davenport defeated Yelena Bovina to advance to the semi-finals against the winner of Serena Williams vs. Daniela Hantuchová ; Monica Seles defeated Martina Hingis to advance to the quarter-finals against Venus Williams.

* 2002 US Open: Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams.

Nightmute is the setting of the 2002 Christopher Nolan film, Insomnia starring Hilary Swank, Al Pacino, and Robin Williams.

Pop star Robbie Williams signed a 6 album deal in 2002 paying him over £ 80 million ($ 157 million ), which was not only the biggest recording contract in British music history at the time, but also the second biggest in music history behind that of Michael Jackson.

After a year's hiatus, on June 7, 2002 Ali beat Shirvelle Williams in a six-round decision.

* John Williams ( British Army officer ) ( 1934 – 2002 )

In September 2002, a similar tape made by Abdulaziz al-Omari appeared.

It is the most successful AFL club of the last decade ( 2000 – 2009 ), having appeared in four consecutive AFL Grand Finals between 2001 and 2004, winning three premierships ( 2001, 2002 and 2003 ).

No 3 appeared in Dec 2002.

In 2002, Barrymore appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, alongside Sam Rockwell and Julia Roberts.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

In 2002, the first bud appeared unusually early, on 7 February, and then again on 29 December of the same year.

To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc. By 2002, Garfield became the world's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2, 570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide ; by 2004, Garfield appeared in nearly 2, 600 newspapers and sold from $ 750 million to $ 1 billion worth of merchandise in 111 countries.

" Connick appeared as Grace Adler's boyfriend ( and later husband ) Leo Markus on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006.

Shearer directed the 2002 film Teddy Bears ' Picnic and appeared in several films, including A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, The Simpsons Movie, The Truman Show, and Godzilla among many others.

In 2002, Brown appeared in Undercover Brother, playing himself.

He appeared in the first episode of the short-lived 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone, playing Death.

In March 2002, Lewinsky, no longer bound by the terms of her agreement with the United States Office of the Independent Counsel, appeared in the HBO special, " Monica in Black and White ", part of the America Undercover series.

In 2002, Abdul appeared as one of three judges for the reality television music competition show American Idol.

Two animated Pokey adventures ( which originally appeared in 2002 ) have been released into the " Hall of Whimsy ", which also suggests forthcoming availability of Pokey shirts and a book.

In 2000, Pope John Paul II approved yet another typical edition, which appeared in 2002, with the indication " Editio Typica Tertia " ( Third Typical Edition ).

In addition, they have appeared in various spin-off media, and prominently in the two films Star Trek Nemesis ( 2002 ) and Star Trek ( 2009 ).

The film's star, George Clooney, subsequently appeared in Solaris ( 2002 ), marking the third time the two have headlined a film.

She found film critics praise for her performance in the teen drama Cruel Intentions ( 1999 ) and she subsequently appeared in the box office hits Scooby-Doo ( 2002 ), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed ( 2004 ), and the American remake of Japanese horror film The Grudge ( 2004 ).

In 2002, she appeared in the film Hollywood Ending, directed by Woody Allen.

In 2002 that song also appeared on the Queen of the Damned soundtrack.

A similar criticism, responding to large software company complaints about the slow pace of W3C's formulation of XML / web services standards, appeared in Cnet's news. com in 2002:

The West Nile virus appeared in the United States in 1999 in the New York City area, and moved through the country in the summer of 2002, causing much distress.

Today, almost all performances use the Italian version, although in 2002 the French version, Le trouvère appeared as part of the Sarasota Opera's " Verdi Cycle " of all the composer's work, to be completed by 2013.

In 2002 Enfield was the first guest on the revamped version of BBC's Top Gear and also appeared on the show on 23 November 2008.