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Mercedes-Benz
Karl Benz was officially given a patent for the "Mercedes-Benz" the was motorized and had 3 wheels. Today the Mercedes-Benz car company is a very high end luxury car manufacturing company. -
Donald McQuitty
This is the day that my great grandfather was born and I would not exist if he had not been born. If my great grandfather had not been born he wouldn't have had my grandfather who had my father who married my mother and had me. -
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty created by Walt Disney was released in 1959 based off the story of "Sleeping Beauty" written by Charles Perrault. This movie is well known today and watched by young children. -
Yugo
Yugo automobile company went out of business and filed for bankruptcy. Yugo sold people not only cheap cars but cars that were made so cheap and poorly designed they broke so often. If this company had succeeded many more people today would be able to afford cars. -
Axis of Evil
George W. Bush gave the Axis of Evil state of the union address in 2002 just after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers on 9/11. This was the most memorable state of the union addresses to date so far in history, stating that every effort was being made to catch Bin Laden. -
Mars Odyssey
The Odyssey's objective was to map out the surface of Mars using thermal emission imaging. The information gathered from these images was later used to determine if there was any past or current water volcanic activity on Mars. -
Legal Euthanasia
The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize human euthanasia. Since the legalization of euthanasia the number of individuals that have been euthanized has steadily increased over the years. This is starting to cause a cultural shift that many people are concerned about. -
SpaceX
Elon Musk founded SpaceX to further the exploration of space. Since its foundation SpaceX has launched a spacecraft into orbit and recovered it as well as send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. -
STAR WARS!
Attack of the Clones was released in 2002 and changed how Hollywood films were produced and created. After the movie was released other movies that were produced after that had much more special effects in them. -
"Hold my sport real quick!"
While President George W. Bush was having a colonoscopy procedure Vice President DIck Cheney was acting President for 2 and 1/2 hours. Has something gone wrong during this procedure and President Bush was rendered incapable of being President, Vice President Cheney would have been the president for the rest of the term. -
Works Cited
“Historical Events in 2002.” OnThisDay.com, www.onthisday.com/events/date/2002.
Pearson, Steve. “Important Events From This Day in History January 29th.” The People History, www.thepeoplehistory.com/january29th.html.
