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Hannes Hyvönen

Hannes Hyvönen

Hannes Hyvönen (born August 29, 1975 in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their ninth-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Hyvönen started out in the Kärpät junior team, and started playing in the SM-liiga with TPS. After playing on a number of SM-liiga teams, Hyvönen departed for North America for the 2001–2002 season, which he mostly spent with the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Barons. He was next signed by the Florida Panthers, but the Columbus Blue Jackets signed him from the waivers list before the start of the season. Near the end of the 2002-03 NHL season the Blue Jackets loaned Hyvönen to Färjestads BK in the Swedish Elitserien. He started the 2004-05 NHL lockout season with Färjestad, and later transferred to Ilves in the SM-liiga. In 2005 Hyvönen signed with Fribourg-Gotterton in the Swiss league, but although he led the team in scoring by the start of November, his performance was deemed unsatisfactory and he was sold to Jokerit. In February 2002 Hyvönen received an eight-game suspension for high sticking in the AHL. He also received the most penalty minutes, 189, in the SM-liiga during the 1999–2000 season.

References

- [http://www.jatkoaika.com/smliiga.php?joukkue=Jokerit&pelaaja=210 Jatkoaika.com player profile] Hyvönen, Hannes Hyvönen, Hannes Hyvönen, Hannes Hyvönen, Hannes Hyvönen, Hannes

August 29

August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. It is also the 1st day of Thoth - which is the 1st day of the Egyptian Horoscope. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge.

Events

- 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
- 1189- Ban Kulin wrote "The Charter of Kulin", which become a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian statehood
- 1261 - Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.
- 1475 - The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
- 1484 - Pope Innocent VIII, a staunch supporter of the Spanish Inquisition, is elected Pope.
- 1521 - The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
- 1526 - Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
- 1533 - Inca emperor Atahualpa is executed in Cajamarca by the garrote.
- 1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
- 1756 - Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.
- 1786 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
- 1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
- 1842 - The Tokugawa shogunate orders the local daimyō to begin providing foreign ships with fresh water and supplies when requested. (Traditional Japanese date: July 24, 1842).
- 1862 - Battle of Aspromonte: Italian royal forces defeat rebels.
- 1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
- 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle.
- 1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.
- 1896 - Chop suey is invented in New York City.
- 1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded.
- 1907 - The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- 1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
- 1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with whites, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
- 1922 - Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna, in Asia Minor.
- 1930 - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to Scotland.
- 1943 - German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government.
- 1944 - Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazi rulers.
- 1949 - Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
- 1952 - Premiere of John Cage's 4'33" in Woodstock, New York.
- 1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- 1966 - Last Beatles concert, in San Francisco, California.
- 1966 - Execution of Sayyid Qutb, a leading theoretician of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
- 1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
- 1991 - Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 1995 - NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
- 1996 - A Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
- 1997 - At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
- 1997 - Serial killer Ángel Maturino Reséndiz bludgeons to death Christopher Maier of Lexington, Kentucky, USA, the first of nine victims.
- 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
- 2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1350 and costing over 100 billion dollars in damage.

Births

- 1619 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)
- 1628 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
- 1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
- 1725 - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
- 1756 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)
- 1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
- 1805 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
- 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894)
- 1810 - Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884)
- 1843 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)
- 1844 - Edward Carpenter, English Socialist poet (d. 1929
- 1862 - Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
- 1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
- 1871 - Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
- 1876 - Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)
- 1898 - Preston Sturges, American screenwriter (d. 1959)
- 1904 - Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1979)
- 1905 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
- 1916 - George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)
- 1923 - The Lord Attenborough, English film director
- 1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)
- 1933 - Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1936 - John McCain, American politician
- 1937 - James Florio, Governor of New Jersey
- 1938 - Elliott Gould, American actor
- 1938 - Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1939 - William Friedkin, American film director
- 1939 - Joel Schumacher, American film director
- 1940 - Gary Gabelich, race car driver and land world speed record holder
- 1941 - Robin Leach, English television host
- 1946 - Bob Beamon, American jumper
- 1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer and songwriter
- 1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer
- 1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver, American chairman of the Special Olympics
- 1961 - Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
- 1962 - Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
- 1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, English singer (Cocteau Twins)
- 1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer
- 1969 - Joe Swail, Irish snooker player
- 1970 - Jacco Eltingh, Dutch tennis player
- 1971 - Carla Gugino, American actress
- 1978 - Larry Ganzman, Ukrainian emigrant
- 1980 - David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
- 1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian porn star and Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month for June, 2003

Deaths

- 886 - Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 811)
- 1093 - Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
- 1395 - Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)
- 1435 - Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (b. 1371)
- 1442 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
- 1526 - King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in battle) (b. 1506)
- 1533 - Atahualpa, last Inca ruler of Peru
- 1657 - John Lilburne, English dissenter
- 1712 - Gregory King, English statistician (b. 1648)
- 1769 - Edmund Hoyle, English author and teacher (b. 1672)
- 1780 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
- 1799 - Pope Pius VI (b. 1717)
- 1877 - Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801)
- 1904 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1840)
- 1930 - William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)
- 1935 - Queen Astrid of Belgium (b. 1905)
- 1947 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
- 1966 - Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906)
- 1968 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner (b. 1881)
- 1972 - Lale Andersen, German singer (b. 1905)
- 1975 - Eamon de Valera, first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (b. 1882)
- 1981 - Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster (b. 1892)
- 1982 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
- 1987 - Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924) 1988 Alastair Leslie-Dakers
- 1989 - Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)
- 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939)
- 2004 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)

Holidays and observances

- Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholic Church commemorate the beheading of John the Baptist with a feast day
- Slovakia - Slovak National Uprising Day (1944, against the Nazi's)

Fictional

- The day the running stopped for fugitive Richard Kimble - 29 August 1967.
- Judgment Day in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day - 29 August 1997.

External links

- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/29 BBC: On This Day] ---- August 28 - August 30 - July 29 - September 29 – listing of all days ko:8월 29일 ms:29 Ogos ja:8月29日 simple:August 29 th:29 สิงหาคม

Oulu

This article is about the Finnish city; for other uses see Oulu (disambiguation). Oulu or Uleåborg in Swedish (65°00'N 25°28'E) is a city and municipality of about 130,000 inhabitants in the province of Oulu and the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the largest and most important city in Northern Finland and the sixth biggest city in the country. Its population growth rate is almost comparable with that of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Oulu was founded on August 8 1605 by King Karl IX of Sweden opposite the castle built on the island of Linnansaari. This took place after favourable peace settlements with the Russians, which removed the threat of them attacking the region via the main east-west waterway, the river Oulu (the surrounding areas were populated much earlier). Oulu is situated by the Gulf of Bothnia, at the mouth of Oulu River, which is an ancient trading site. One source for the name Oulu is a word in the Sami language meaning floodwater, but there are other suggestions. Oulu has been the capital of Oulu province since 1776. In 1822, there was a fire in the city. From being a town known for wood tar and salmon, Oulu has evolved into a major centre of competence in the field of high technology, particularly IT and wellness technology. Other prominent industries are wood refining, paper and steel industry. The University of Oulu is located 6 km north of the city center. The Oulu Airport, located in neighbouring municipality of Oulunsalo, is the second busiest in Finland. The best known cultural exports of the city of Oulu are Air Guitar World Championships, Mieskuoro Huutajat (also known as the Screaming Men), and metal band Sentenced. The City of Oulu celebrates its 400^th anniversary this year. An amusing feature of the downtown landscape has been, for years, a certain piece of graffiti. The words "paska kaupunni" have been repeatedly written on a wall on Uusikatu street, between the bars Linnankrouvi and Cuba (formerly Reidar). The graffito has survived countless overpaintings, sometimes appearing with an added N. The most recent variation (as seen on the site paskakaupunni.com) has been cleverly added to, and now reads: "Paraskaikest kaupunni 400!" meaning "best-of-all-city 400!" Paska kaupunni means "shitty city" with the word kaupunni ("kaupunki") misspelt to make it sound like the local dialect, and is probably a reference to a song by Oulu-born Finnish rock musician and author Kauko Röyhkä.

Sights

- Tietomaa
- Ainolan puisto (the ex-botanical garden of the University)
- Rotuaari pedestrian
- the salt store houses
- Hupisaaret
- the F. M. Franzen memorial
- the North-Ostrobothnia museum
- the Pateniemi sawmill museum
- the car museum
- the botanical garden of the University
- the Oulu art museum
- the Arctic gallery
- the Technology village graffiti

Other points of interest

- Oulu Music Video Festival
- Air Guitar World Championships
- the Oulu City Theatre
- the Oulu music centre
- the University of Oulu
- the spa and Eden hotel
- the Oulu hall
- the Nallikari Recreational centre
- the Terva-skiing event
- the Oulu Horse Show
- the American Car Show University of Oulu

Distances

- Helsinki 550 km S
- Jyväskylä 333 km S
- Kotka 582 km S
- Kuopio 284 km SSE
- Lahti 505 km S
- Lappeenranta 548 km SSE
- Pori 501 km SSW
- Rovaniemi 207 km NE
- Tampere 476 km SSW
- Tornio 131 km NNW
- Turku 620 km SSW
- Vaasa 290 km SW

External links

- [http://www.oulu.ouka.fi/english/index.asp City of Oulu]

- [http://www.ouluthisweek.net/ Oulu This Week event calendar]

- [http://www.oulu.fi/english/index.html University of Oulu]

- [http://www.oamk.fi/english/ Oulu Polytechnic]

- [http://www.koskilinjat.fi/in_english/index.html Koskilinjat Oy — local bus timetables]

- [http://www.airguitarworldchampionships.com/ Air Guitar World Championships]

- [http://www.cwc.oulu.fi/~ian/oulu/Ouluindex.html Surviving in Oulu - Guide to living in Oulu]

- [http://www.paskakaupunni.com paskakaupunni.com: Photographs of Oulu by kide.organics media collective] Category:Municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia Region Category:Cities and towns in Finland Category:Coastal cities of Finland ja:オウル

FinlanD

Finland.

Finnish people

The Finnish people, as the term is used today, denotes the population of Finland. The term is sometimes preferred instead of the Finns, that may be used with more specific ethnic connotations, although this is not necessarily so. Both terms may, depending on context, include or exclude the Sweden-Finns — and likewisely the Finland-Swedes. The Finnish people speak the Finnish language, with a 92% majority. The indigenous, officially recognized minority languages are Swedish (5%) and Sami (0.11%), although the latter is an aggregate figure for the three mutually unintelligible languages (North Sami, Inari Sami, Skolt Sami). In terms of appearance, indigenous Finnish people are North European. The 19th and 20th century history of Finland has made it natural for the Finns to emphasize their bond to their country, independent only since 1917, although Finland had been recognized as a distinct autonomous area since 1809. The severe divisions between social classes and ethnic groups, that distinguished Finland in the late 19th to early 20th century, manifested in Finland's language strife (1860s–1930s) and the Civil War in Finland (1918), were by and large healed through the external threat from the Soviet Union, manifested in the Winter War (1939–1940). In a Finnish mindset, the Finns make up one nation with two languages, Finnish and Swedish: the Finns consist of a majority of ethnic Finns, a culturally quite similar linguistic minority of Finland-Swedes (in English sometimes denoted as Swedish speaking Finns), and the indigenous minority of (originally) nomadic Samis. Finnic brethren that have fled from Soviet oppression have generally integrated well into the Finnish society, and have easily been included in the Finnish nation. However, as the inherent meaning of these terms have changed in the recent century, they may well be used with other meanings than that given above, particularly in foreign and older works: Finns and Finnish may for instance be used to exclude the Finland-Swedes, or in a historical context sometimes even to denote Samis. Differences between ethnic Finns and Finland Swedes are mostly not expressed in terms of ethnicity but in differences of culture, language, and geographical region (habitat), and one has to bear in mind that the cultural differences are rather minute. The Swedish-speakers are found in majority only in the southern coast and the Pohjanmaa region in rural areas; Finnish speakers dominate the cities and all other areas. During Finland's early history, many ethnic Finns exchanged their native language for Swedish, and after 1808 the movement has been in the other direction. In 200 years, the proportion of Swedish speakers has diminished from close to 20% to below 6%. While this switch of mother tongue naturally has had some effects in terms of affiliation with literature, it has had very limited effects on other cultural aspects. The Finnish relations with the nation of Swedes have chiefly been determined by some 450-650 years - or from 1353 up to 1808 by most standards - of shared history and by what often is considered as disappointing support by the Swedes in the 18th–20th centuries. The Language strife and the decline of the Finland-Swedish minority has rather been an effect than a cause. Sweden-Finns, most of whom have emigrated from Finland after the beginning of the Finnish-Russian wars of the World War II - starting in 1939 - (about half a million Finns emigrated from Finland to Sweden between the late 1960's and late 1990's alone), are often thought of primarily as ethnic Finns, regardless of if they are citizens of Finland or Sweden. Although in this case there are some similarities with the situation with the hyphenated Americans, the issue here is blurred by a generally strong feeling by most observers for the Finnic brethren which makes it easy for Finns to think of Sweden-Finns as "Finns in the diaspora."

Forward (ice hockey)

Forward is a hockey player position on the ice whose responsibility is primarily offense. Each team has three forwards:
- left-wing
- centre
- right-wing

San Jose Sharks

The San Jose Sharks are a National Hockey League team based in San Jose, California. :Founded: 1991 :Arena: HP Pavilion (capacity: 17,496) :Former Home Arena: Cow Palace (1991-1993) :Uniform colors: Dark Pacific teal, black, and grey :Logo design: A shark biting a hockey stick in half. The team also uses a secondary logo of a shark fin emerging out of water. :Mascot: S.J. Sharkie :Stanley Cups won: none :Rivals: Los Angeles Kings, Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche

Franchise history

Although Northern California was a hotbed of hockey in the latter part of the Original Six era, starting with the 1967 season, the first attempt to bring NHL hockey to the region was a dismal failure. The Oakland Seals were one of the six expansion teams added, but weren't very successful. In 1976, the Seals were sold to Cleveland businessmen George and Gordon Gund and moved to Cleveland, where they became the Barons. After two more money-losing years, the Gunds merged the Barons with the Minnesota North Stars. The Gunds emerged as the owners of the North Stars as part of the deal. The Gunds had long wanted to bring hockey back to the Bay Area, and asked the NHL for permission to move the North Stars there. The NHL vetoed the move, but as a compromise allowed the Gunds to dissolve the North Stars-Barons merger and take some of the North Stars players to the Bay Area. In return, the North Stars would be allowed to participate as an equal partner in an expansion draft with the new Bay Area team. On May 5, 1990, the Gunds officially sold their share of the North Stars and were awarded a new team in the Bay Area, based in San Jose. Over 5000 entries were submitted by mail for the new team. While the first-place finisher was "Blades," the Gunds were concerned about the name's negative connotations (weapons, etc) and went with the runner-up, "Sharks." The name was inspired by the large number of sharks living in the Pacific Ocean. Seven different varieties live there, and one portion near the Bay Area is known as the "red triangle" because of its shark population. The team's first marketing head, Matt Levine, said of the new name, "Sharks are relentless, determined, swift, agile, bright and fearless. We plan to build an organization that has all those qualities." For their first two seasons, the Sharks played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, just outside San Francisco. During this time, under coach George Kingston, they were one of the worst teams in the NHL, as often happens to expansion teams. In 1992-93 they set two single-season NHL records--71 losses and a 17-game losing streak, while earning a mere 29 points in the standings. For their third season, 1993-94, the Sharks moved to their current home, the HP Pavilion (known as the San Jose Arena until 2001). Under head coach Kevin Constantine, the Sharks pulled off the biggest turnaround in NHL history, finishing with a 33-35-16 record, making the playoffs with 82 points--a 58-point jump from the previous season. They were seeded 8th in the Western Conference playoffs and faced the Detroit Red Wings, the heavily favored top seed in the conference. However, in one of the biggest upsets in Stanley Cup playoff history, the underdog Sharks shocked the Red Wings in seven games. In the second round, the Sharks had a 3-2 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs, but lost the final two games in Toronto; including a overtime loss in Game 6. In 1994-95, the Sharks returned to the playoffs and made the second round as well. Ray Whitney scored a goal in double overtime of Game 7 of the conference quarterfinals against the Calgary Flames, adding to Calgary's streak of not winning a playoff series after they won the 1988-89 Stanley Cup (a streak they wouldn't break until 2004). Key Sharks players were goalie Arturs Irbe, defensemen Sandis Ozolinsh and forwards Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov. Sergei Makarov In 1995-96, the Sharks finished last in the Pacific Division and failed to make the playoffs. The team also underwent major changes: During the season they traded Ozolinsh and Larionov; Irbe, who had suffered an off-ice injury, was released at the end of the season. The team began rebuilding, acquiring forward Owen Nolan from the Colorado Avalanche, as well as several other players. Constantine was fired midway through the season and replaced by interim coach Jim Wiley. The next season was no better under Al Sims, with the Sharks again finishing last and winning only 27 games. The Sharks returned to the playoffs in 1997-98, with goalie Mike Vernon, whom they acquired from the Red Wings (the season after Vernon won the Conn Smythe Trophy), and new head coach Darryl Sutter. For the next 2 years, the Sharks made the playoffs, yet never advanced past the second round. This changed in the 1999-2000 season, when the Sharks finished with their first-ever winning record, but earned a match-up against the Presidents' Trophy champion St. Louis Blues in the first round. However, in an upset on par with the one they had pulled on Detroit six years earlier, the Sharks managed to eliminate the Blues in seven games. San Jose, however, managed to last only five more games before being eliminated by the Dallas Stars that year. In the 2000-01 season, Russian goalie Evgeni Nabokov won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's best rookie. The team also acquired Finnish star forward Teemu Selanne from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who played for the team until 2003. The team's breakout year was 2001-02. The Sharks won their first Pacific Division title, and defeated the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round, but fell to the Colorado Avalanche in second. Following that season, the Gunds sold the Sharks to a group of local investors headed by team president Greg Jamison. The transition caused the team to miss the playoffs in 2002-03. Sutter was fired and replaced by Ron Wilson midway through that season. 2003-04 saw another turnaround for the team, resulting in the team's best season ever. They posted the third-best record in the league with a team-record 104 points (31 more than the previous season, and the first time the team had earned 100 points), won the Pacific Division championship, and were seeded second in the Western Conference. They charged through the playoffs; taking down the Blues 4 games to 1 in the conference quarterfinals and stopping the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in the conference semis—before falling to the Calgary Flames 4-2 in the conference finals. The Sharks, along with the NBA's Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, are often characterized with popularizing teal as a color for American sports teams. Their team merchandise remains popular around the world. They are also sometimes referred to as Los Tiburones (their name in Spanish.)

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes :¹ Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout. :² Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

Notable players

Hall of Famers: none

Current Squad

As of November 30, 2005 [http://tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=8972&hubname=]

Team captains

- Doug Wilson 1991-93
- Bob Errey 1993-94
- Bob Errey & Jeff Odgers 1994-95
- Jeff Odgers 1995-96
- Todd Gill 1996-98
- Owen Nolan 1998-03
- rotating captaincy for most of the 2003/2004 season- Mike Ricci, Vincent Damphousse, Alyn McCauley, Patrick Marleau
- Patrick Marleau 2004-present

Not to be forgotten

- Vincent Damphousse 1999-2004
- Jeff Friesen 1994-2001
- Todd Harvey 1999-2004
- Arturs Irbe 1991-1996
- Igor Larionov 1993-1996
- Owen Nolan 1995-2003
- Sandis Ozolinsh 1992-1996
- Mike Rathje 1993-2005
- Mike Ricci 1997-2004
- Teemu Selanne 2001-2003
- Brad Stuart 1999-2005
- Marco Sturm 1997-2005

Retired Numbers

- 99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL, February 2000)

Broadcasters

- Dan Rusanowsky Radio Play-by-Play
- Dave Maley Radio Color Analyst
- Jamie Baker Radio Color Analyst
- Randy Hahn TV Play-by-Play
- Drew Remenda TV Color Analyst

External links

- [http://www.sjsharks.com/ San Jose Sharks - official website]
- [http://www.thefeeder.com/ The Feeder - Unofficial fan site] Category:San Jose Sharks Category:Fictional sharks ja:サンノゼ・シャークス

1999 NHL Entry Draft

The 1999 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 26th at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. __NOTOC__

Draft Order

Round 1

Round 2

29. Michal Sivek - Washington Capitals 30. Luke Sellars - Atlanta Thrashers 31. Charlie Stephens - Washington Capitals 32. Michael Ryan - Dallas Stars 33. Jonas Andersson - Nashville Predators 34. Ross Lupaschuk - Washington Capitals 35. Milan Bartovic - Buffalo Sabres 36. Alexei Semenov - Edmonton Oilers 37. Nolan Yonkman - Washington Capitals 38. Dan Cavanaugh - Calgary Flames 39. Alexander Buturlin - Montreal Canadiens 40. Alex Auld - Vancouver Canucks 41. Tony Salmelainen - Edmonton Oilers 42. Mike Commodore - New Jersey Devils 43. Andrei Shefer - Los Angeles Kings 44. Jordan Leopold - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 45. Martin Grenier - Colorado Avalanche 46. Dmitri Levinski - Chicago Blackhawks 47. Sheldon Keefe - Tampa Bay Lightning 48. Simon Lajeunesse - Ottawa Senators 49. Brett Lysak - Carolina Hurricanes 50. Brett Clouthier - New Jersey Devils 51. Matt Murley - Pittsburgh Penguins 52. Adam Hall - Nashville Predators 53. Brad Ralph - Phoenix Coyotes 54. Andrew Hutchinson - Nashville Predators 55. Doug Janik - Buffalo Sabres 56. Matt Zultek - Boston Bruins 57. Jeremy Van Hoof - Pittsburgh Penguins 58. Matt Carkner - Montreal Canadiens 59. David Inman - New York Rangers 60. Peter Reynolds - Toronto Maple Leafs 61. Ed Hill - Nashville Predators 62. Teemu Sainomaa - Ottawa Senators 63. Stepan Mokhov - Chicago Blackhawks 64. Michael Zigomanis - Buffalo Sabres 65. Jan Lasak - Nashville Predators 66. Dan Jancevski - Dallas Stars

Round 3

67. Yevgeny Konstantinov - Tampa Bay Lightning 68. Zdenek Blatny - Atlanta Thrashers 69. Rene Vydareny - Vancouver Canucks 70. Niklas Hagman - Florida Panthers 71. Jason Jaspers - Phoenix Coyotes 72. Brett Angel - Nashville Predators 73. Tim Preston - Buffalo Sabres 74. Jason Crain - Los Angeles Kings 75. Brett Scheffelmaier - Tampa Bay Lightning 76. Frantisek Kaberle - Los Angeles Kings 77. Craig Andersson - Calgary Flames 78. Mattias Weinhandl - New York Islanders 79. Johan Asplund - New York Rangers 80. Jean-Francois Laniel - Florida Panthers 81. Adam Hauser - Edmonton Oilers 82. Mark Concannon - San Jose Sharks 83. Niclas Havelid - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 84. Brad Fast - Carolina Hurricanes 85. Peter Smrek - St. Louis Blues 86. Sebastian Caron - Pittsburgh Penguins 87. Brian Collins - New York Islanders 88. Jimmie Olvestad - Tampa Bay Lightning 89. Kyle Wanvig - Boston Bruins 90. Patrick Aufiero - New York Rangers 91. Mike Comrie - Edmonton Oilers 92. Cory Campbell - Los Angeles Kings 93. Branko Radivojevič - Colorado Avalanche 94. Chris Kelly - Ottawa Senators 95. Andre Lakos - New Jersey Devils 96. Mathias Tjarnqvist - Dallas Stars

Round 4

97. Chris Dyment - Montreal Canadiens 98. David Kaczowka - Atlanta Thrashers 99. Rob Zepp - Atlanta Thrashers 100. Teemu Kesa - New Jersey Devils 101. Juraj Kolnik - New York Islanders 102. Johan Halvardsson - New York Islanders 103. Morgan McCormick - Florida Panthers 104. Benoit McGrattan - Los Angeles Kings 105. Alexander Chagodayev - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 106. Rail Rozakov - Calgary Flames 107. Evan Lindsay - Montreal Canadiens 108. Mirko Murovic - Toronto Maple Leafs 109. Rod Sarich - Florida Panthers 110. Jonathan Zion - Toronto Maple Leafs 111. Willie Levesque - San Jose Sharks 112. Sanny Lindstrom - Colorado Avalanche 113. Ryan Murphy - Carolina Hurricanes 114. Chad Starling - St. Louis Blues 115. Ryan Malone - Pittsburgh Penguins 116. Ryan Lauzon - Phoenix Coyotes 117. Karel Mosovsky - Buffalo Sabres 118. Jaakko Harikkala - Boston Bruins 119. Jeff Feniak - Philadelphia Flyers 120. Jari Toulsa - Detroit Red Wings 121. Evgeny Pavlov - Nashville Predators 122. Kristian Kovac - Colorado Avalanche 123. Preston Mizzi - Phoenix Coyotes 124. Alexander Krevsun - Nashville Predators 125. Daniel Johansson - Los Angeles Kings 126. Jeff Bateman - Dallas Stars

Round 5

127. Kaspars Astashenko - Tampa Bay Lightning 128. Derek Mackenzie - Atlanta Thrashers 129. Ryan Thorpe - Vancouver Canucks 130. Justin Mapletoft - New York Islanders 131. Konstantin Panov - Nashville Predators 132. Roman Tvrdon - Washington Capitals 133. Jean-Francois Nogues - Los Angeles Kings 134. Michael Jacobsen - Chicago Blackhawks 135. Matt Doman - Calgary Flames 136. Dustin Jamieson - Montreal Canadiens 137. Garret Bembridge - New York Rangers 138. Ryan Miller - Buffalo Sabres 139. Jonathon Fauteux - Edmonton Oilers 140. Adam Johnson - New York Islanders 141. Maxim Rybin - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 142. Willliam Magnuson - Colorado Avalanche 143. Trevor Byrne - St. Louis Blues 144. Tomas Skvarildlo - Pittsburgh Penguins 145. Marc-Andre Thinel - Montreal Canadiens 146. Matthew Kinch - Buffalo Sabres 147. Seamus Kotyk - Boston Bruins 148. Michal Lanicek - Tampa Bay Lightning 149. Andrei Maximenko - Detroit Red Wings 150. Matt Shasby - Montreal Canadiens 151. Vaclav Zavoral - Toronto Maple Leafs 152. Jordan Krestanovich - Colorado Avalanche 153. Jesse Cook - Calgary Flames 154. Andrew Ianiero - Ottawa Senators 155. Niko Dimitrakos - San Jose Sharks 156. Gregor Baumgartner - Dallas Stars 157. Valadimir Malenkikh - Pittsburgh Penguins

Round 6

158. Anders Lovhdahl - Colorado Avalanche 159. Yuri Dobryshkin - Atlanta Thrashers 160. Konstantin Rudenko - Philadelphia Flyers 161. Jan Sochor - Toronto Maple Leafs 162. Timo Helbling - Nashville Predators 163. Bjorn Melin - New York Islanders 164. Martin Prusek - Ottawa Senators 165. Michael Leighton - Chicago Blackhawks 166. Cory Pecker - Calgary Flames 167. Sean Dixon - Montreal Canadiens 168. Erik Leverstrom - Phoenix Coyotes 169. Brad Woods - Florida Panthers 170. Matt Underhill - Calgary Flames 171. Chris Legg - Edmonton Oilers 172. Josh Reed - Vancouver Canucks 173. Jan Sandstrom - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 174. Damian Surma - Carolina Hurricanes 175. Kyle Clark - Washington Capitals 176. Doug Meyer - Pittsburgh Penguins 177. Jay Dardis - New York Rangers 178. Seneque Hyacinthe - Buffalo Sabres 179. Don Choukalos - Boston Bruins 180. Tore Vikingstad - St. Louis Blues 181. Kent McDonell - Detroit Red Wings 182. Fedor Fedorov - Tampa Bay Lightning 183. Riku Hahl - Colorado Avalanche 184. Justin Cox - Dallas Stars 185. Scott Cameron - New Jeresey Devils 186. Brett Draney - Dallas Stars

Round 7

187. Ivan Rachunek - Tampa Bay Lightning 188. Stephan Baby - Atlanta Thrashers 189. Kevin Swanson - Vancouver Canucks 190. Blair Stayzer - Calgary Flames 191. Martin Erat - Nashville Predators 192. David Johansson - Washington Capitals 193. Kevin Baker - Los Angeles Kings 194. Mattias Wennerberg - Chicago Blackhawks 195. Yorick Treille - Chicago Blackhawks 196. Vadim Tarasov - Montreal Canadiens 197. Arto Laatikainen - New York Rangers 198. Travis Eagles - Florida Panthers 199. Christian Chartier - Edmonton Oilers 200. Pavel Kasparik - Philadelphia Flyers 201. Mikko Ruutu - Ottawa Senators 202. Jim Baxter - Carolina Hurricanes 203. Phil Osaer - St. Louis Blues 204. Tom Kostopoulos - Pittsburgh Penguins 205. Kyle Kettles - Nashville Predators 206. Bret Dececco - Buffalo Sabres 207. Greg Barber - Boston Bruins 208. Vaclav Pletka - Philadelphia Flyers 209. Layne Ulmer - Ottawa Senators 210. Henrik Zetterberg - Detroit Red Wings 211. Vladimir Kulkov - Toronto Maple Leafs 212. Radim Vrbata - Colorado Avalanche 213. Alexandre Giroux - Ottawa Senators 214. Chris Hartsburg - New Jersey Devils 215. Jeff MacMillan - Dallas Stars

Round 8

216. Erkki Rajamaki - Tampa Bay Lightning 217. Garnet Exelby - Atlanta Thrashers 218. Markus Kankaanpera - Vancouver Canucks 219. Maxim Orlov - Washington Capitals 220. Miroslav Durak - Nashville Predators 221. Colin Hemingway - St. Louis Blues 222. George Parros - Los Angeles Kings 223. Andrew Carver - Chicago Blackhwaks 224. David Nystrom - Philadelphia Flyers 225. Mikko Hyytia - Montreal Canadiens 226. Evgeny Gusakov - New York Rangers 227. Jonathan Charron - Florida Panthers 228. Radek Martinek - New York Islanders 229. Eric Betournay - San Jose Sharks 230. Petr Tenkrat - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 231. David Evans - Carolina Hurricanes 232. Alexander Khavanov - St. Louis Blues 233. Darcy Robinson - Pittsburgh Penguins 234. Goran Bezina - Phoenix Coyotes 235. Brad Self - Buffalo Sabres 236. John Cronin - Boston Bruins 237. Antti Jokela - Carolina Hurricanes 238. Anton Borodkin - Detroit Red Wings 239. Pierre Hedin - Toronto Maple Leafs 240. Jeff Finger - Colorado Avalanche 241. Doug Murray - San Jose Sharks 242. Justin Dziama - New Jersey Devils 243. Brian Sullivan - Dallas Stars

Round 9

244. Mikko Kuparinen - Tampa Bay Lightning 245. Tommy Santala - Atlanta Thrashers 246. Ray DiLauro - Atlanta Thrashers 247. Mikko Eloranta - Boston Bruins 248. Darren Haydar - Nashville Predators 249. Igor Shadilov - Washington Capitals 250. Noah Clarke - Los Angeles Kings 251. Peter Henning - New York Rangers 252. Dimitri Kirilenko - Calgary Flames 253. Jerome Marois - Montreal Canadiens 254. Alexei Bulatov - New York Rangers 255. Brett Henning - New York Islanders 256. Tomas Groschl - Edmonton Oilers 257. Hannes Hyvonen - San Jose Sharks 258. Brian Gornick - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 259. Yauhenni Kurilin - Carolina Hurricanes 260. Brian McMeekin - St. Louis Blues 261. Andrew McPherson - Pittsburgh Penguins 262. Alexei Litvinenko - Phoenix Coyotes 263. Craig Brunel - Buffalo Sabres 264. Georgijs Pujacs - Boston Bruins 265. Jamie Chamberlain - Dallas Stars 266. Ken Davis - Detroit Red Wings 267. Peter Metcalf - Toronto Maple Leafs 268. Tyler Scott - New York Islanders 269. Konstantin Gorovikov - Ottawa Senators 270. James Desmarais - St. Louis Blues 271. Darrell Hay - Vancouver Canucks 272. Mihail Donika - Dallas Stars

References

- 2000 NHL Official Guide & Record Book ISBN 0-920445-63-2

Preceded by:
1998 NHL Entry Draft

NHL Entry Draft

Followed by:
2000 NHL Entry Draft

NHL Entry Draft Category:NHL Entry Draft

Kärpät

Kärpät are an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play in Oulu, Finland at Raksilan jäähalli. :Founded: 1946 :Arena: Raksilan jäähalli (capacity 6614) :Uniform colours: Black, yellow, white :Logo design: A stoat (mustela erminea); "kärpät" is Finnish for stoats. :League championships won: 3 (1981, 2004 and 2005)

History

In the spring of 1946 three young men decided to found a new sports club in Oulu. In the constitutional meeting on the 15th of May the club was named Oulun Kärpät 46. At first Kärpät played football and the first winter sport was bandy. In the first annual meeting in January 1947 an ice hockey section was established. At the beginning of the new decade Kärpät was somewhat successful in ice hockey and it became the main sport of the club. The first game at the highest level was played on the 4th of December, 1960 against HJK but the visit to the highest level was short and Kärpät lost their position in the series. They made it to the highest level again in 1965-66 but lost their position again. The third try in 1967-68 didn’t go any better as Kärpät lost all of their games. From the first years on junior work was important for Kärpät. E-juniors won the first Finnish Championship for Kärpät in the spring of 1971. When the SM-liiga was founded in August 1975 Kärpät started in the first division. Their goal was to rise to the league. It didn’t happen in the first season but in 1976. In the next season Kärpät was 7th and then last but they still remained at the league with ease. After Kärpät acquired some good players they won the bronze medals in 1980. In the following year Kärpät was third in the regular series but in the finals they defeatedTappara. Next year the weakened team had to settle for 5th place and the following year they almost fell from the league. With a new coach the goal was to win a medal and finally Kärpät won the bronze. The next goal was to win the championship but Kärpät only managed to get bronze for the following two years. Kärpät won the regular series in 1987 but they lost to Tappara in the finals. Hopes were high for the next season but Kärpät fell from the league. The goal was to rise again shortly but it didn’t work out. Due to financial strains Kärpät finally made bankruptcy but in the fall of 1995 they made it to the first division again. In the first year they came 8th and lost in the play offs. Next year they went against KalPa for a place in the league but lost. Following year they lost against KalPa again. For season 1998-99 Kärpät acquired coach Juhani Tamminen. After they played very well in the regular series they lost to TuTo in the play offs. The next year Kärpät finally rose to SM-liiga. The first year was full of ups and downs but Kärpät came 4th and the following year 6th. After that they finally made it to the finals but lost against Tappara just like in 1987. In the season 2003-04 Kärpät played in the finals against TPS and finally won their second Finnish Championship. In 2004-05, Kärpät won the Finnish Championship again when they defeated Jokerit in the Finals, winning 3 games out of 4 that were played. Each of these recent victories have been celebrated in Oulu by a party, in which tens of thousands of people attended. When Oulun Kärpät Oy was founded in 2000 it took the responsbility off the representative team and A-juniors. Oulun Kärpät 46 ry focuses on other junior work.

Notable players

Current players

Goaltenders
- 32 20px - Niklas Bäckström
- 33 20px - Mika Pietilä Defensemen
- 2 20px - Oskari Korpikari
- 3 20px - Lasse Kukkonen
- 4 20px - Antti Ylönen
- 5 20px - Ari Vallin
- 6 20px - Ilkka Mikkola
- 9 20px - Topi Jaakkola
- 26 20px - Mikko Lehtonen
- 29 20px - Jouni Loponen Forwards
- 11 20px - Victor Ujcik
- 12 20px - Pekka Saarenheimo
- 17 20px - Mika Pyörälä
- 20 20px - Janne Pesonen
- 21 20px - Tommi Paakkolanvaara
- 24 20px - Jari Viuhkola
- 27 20px - Juha-Pekka Haataja
- 36 20px - Michal Bros
- 41 20px - Kalle Sahlstedt
- 50 20px - Juhamatti Aaltonen
- 62 20px - Petr Tenkrat
- 83 20px - Tomi Mustonen

Team captains

- Lasse Kukkonen (present)

Retired Numbers

- 10 Reijo Ruotsalainen

References

- [http://www.oulunkarpat.fi/ Oulun Kärpät] Team's official site, partly in English
- [http://www.karpatfanclub.net/ Kärpät Fan Club] Supporters' association, in Finnish only
- [http://www.oulunkarpat46.fi/ Oulun Kärpät 46 ry] Kärpät junior organisation, in Finnish only Category:Finnish ice hockey teams

TPS

TPS may refer to:
- Test Procedure Specification (TPS) report
- Télévision Par Satellite TPS France
- Tall Poppy Syndrome
- Toyota Production System
- Transport Planning Society
- Telephone Preference Service
- Toronto Police Service
- Total Positioning System
- Turun Palloseura
- Topspeed File Format
- Transaction Processing System
- The Petersfield School
- Third Person Shooter
- Thermal Protection System
- Throttle Position Sensor
- Tipping Point System A Type of Network Device

2002

2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the:
- International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains
- Year of the Outback in Australia
- National Science Year in the United Kingdom
- Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom See also Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.

Overview of the year

In contrast to 2000 and 2001, which retained elements of the late 1990s, 2002 shifted into a new cultural decade. With the declining popularity of late 1990s and early 2000s acts like 'N Sync and The Backstreet Boys after band break-ups, rap acts like 50 Cent and Eminem rose in popularity. Pop-Punk acts like Good Charlotte and New Found Glory also appealed to adolescents. 2002 also marked the begining of the controversial Iraq War, which many say, along with 9/11, was the true generation definer of the 2000s.

Events

January

- January 1 - The Republic of China officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
- January 1 - The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters in to force.
- January 5 - Charles Bishop, a 15 year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa, Florida building, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack.
- January 9 - The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.
- January 10 - Enrique Bolaños began his five-year term as President of the Republic of Nicaragua.
- January 13 - President George W. Bush faints after choking on a pretzel.
- January 14 - The case of Adelaide Abankwah comes into trial in New York
- January 16 - A student shoots 6 people at the Appalachian School of Law, killing three.
- January 16 - John Ashcroft announces that American Taliban member John Walker Lindh would be tried in the United States.
- January 16 - The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the Taliban.
- January 17 - Eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
- January 18 - A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying anhydrous ammonia derails outside of Minot, North Dakota, killing one.
- January 22 - AOL Time Warner brings a federal suit against Microsoft seeking damages. The suit alleges that the market for AOL's Netscape Navigator Internet browser was harmed when Microsoft started to give away a competing browser.
- January 22 - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in American history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- January 22 - Clyde Hood sentenced for 14 years in prison for Omega Trust fraud
- January 24 - Terrorist suspect John Walker Lindh's hearing begins.
- January 27 - Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria kill more than 1,000.

February

- February 2 - Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands marries Máxima, Princess of Orange in Amsterdam.
- February 3 - Costa Rica: elections for President and Congress
- February 8-February 24 - 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah
- February 12 - The trial of former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague
- February 12 - Nuclear waste: US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States' nuclear repository.
- February 13 - Queen Elizabeth II gives former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani an honorary knighthood.
- February 16 - Rachel Thaler, aged 16, blown up at a pizzena in an Israeli shopping mall following a suicide bombing attack on a crowd of teenagers.
- February 19 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of using its thermal emission imaging system.
- February 20 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370
- February 20 - In most of the world, at 20:02 (8:02 PM) local time, date (written as day/month), time, and year are all 2002, making each of them alone, any two together, and the combination of all three, all palindromes.
- February 22 - Norwegian-facilitated ceasefire begins in Sri Lanka
- February 23 - FARC kidnaps Ingrid Betancourt in Colombia when she campaigns for presidency
- February 27 - Ethnic conflict in India: 59 Hindu pilgrims die aboard a train burned by a Muslim mob in Godhra, India, sparking a series of riots, leaving hundreds dead
- February 28 - The ex-currencies of all euro members officialy (at EU-level) cease to be legal tender.

March

- March 1 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins.
- March 1 - 28 people die in continuing violence in Ahmedabad. Police shoot and kill five while attempting to control rioters.
- March 1 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800km above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500kg.
- March 1 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies Hubble Space Telescope service mission (STS-109).
- March 1 - Peseta discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€)
- March 3 - São Tomé and Príncipe: elections for the legislature
- March 6 - France agrees to return the remains of Saartje Baartman to South Africa
- March 10 - Colombia: elections for the legislature; Togo: elections for the Parliament
- March 11 - BBC 6 Music, the first new BBC music radio station in decades, is launched
- March 12 - In Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her five children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison
- March 17 - Portugal: elections for the Parliament
- March 19 - US Attack on Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 1) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities
- March 21 - In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
- March 27 - Netanya suicide attack: A suicide bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel
- March 31 - Ukraine: elections for the Parliament

April

April
- April 2 - Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, when militants take shelter there. A siege ensues.
- April 9- Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother takes place in Westminster Abbey, London.
- April 15 - An Air China Boeing 767-200 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Pusan, South Korea, killing 128
- April 15 - The Alameda Corridor transportation project in Los Angeles, California opens to rail traffic, ceasing operations of through freight trains on the 120-year-old BNSF Harbor Subdivision.
- April 17 - Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two U.S. F-16s.
- April 18 - New order of insects, Mantophasmatodea, announced.
- April 25 - South African Mark Shuttleworth blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome; he had paid £15 million for the trip.
- April 26 - Robert Steinhauser opens fire on his former teachers and other students in Erfurt, Germany and then kills himself: 16 dead.
- April 27 - Three people killed in Laughlin, Nevada River Run Riot.
- April 30 - Pakistan: Pakistani voters approve a referendum granting a five-year term for Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf.

May

May]
- May 4 - In Germany, BV Borussia Dortmund wins the Bundesliga title after a 2-1 victory over SV Werder Bremen.
- May 6 - In the Netherlands, politician Pim Fortuyn is killed by Volkert van der Graaf.
- May 7 - Gay Canadian teenager Marc Hall is granted a court injunction ordering that he be allowed to attend his high school prom with his boyfriend.
- May 9 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agreed to have 13 suspected militants among them deported to several different countries. The standoff started April 2.
- May 9 - In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-control bomb explodes during a holiday parade, killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
- May 10 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
- May 12 - Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
- May 15 - The Netherlands: elections for the Lower House.
- May 16 - Star Wars: Attack of the Clones is released in theaters.
- May 20 - Restoration of East Timor independence
- May 21 - US State Department releases report citing seven State-Sponsors of Terrorism;Iran,Iraq,Cuba,Libya,North Korea,Sudan,andSyria.
- May 22 - In Washington, DC, Chandra Levy's remains are found in Rock Creek Park.
- May 22 - American civil rights movement: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls.
- May 23 - Irish Football Captain, Roy Keane, Is sent home from the Training Camp in Saipan, by Manager Mick McCarthy after an Argument over Training arrangements. This cause a huge Media sensation in Ireland and Britain. Many people were split over two sides and some called it the Second Irish Civil War.
- May 23 - First Eurovision Song Contest in a former Soviet country: Estonia
- May 25 - The Boston Celtics come back from twenty-six points down to defeat the New Jersey Nets in Game 3 of the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference Finals.
- May 25 - China Airlines Flight 611 broke up near the Penghu Islands at Taiwan Strait, killing all 225 people on board.
- May 26 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars.
- May 28 - Washington DC's medical examiner declares that Chandra Levy's death was the result of homicide.
- May 31 through June 30 - 17th Football World Cup in South Korea and Japan

June

June over London in a fly past for Queen Elizabeth II on her Golden Jubilee]]
- June 1 - The Los Angeles Lakers def the Sacramento Kings 112-106, to win Game 7 of the National Basketball Association's 2002 Western Conference Finals.
- June 3 - The "Party in the Palace" takes place at Buckingham Palace, London for Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
- June 4 - Quaoar is discovered.
- June 4 - Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh ride in the gold state coach from Buckingham Palace to St Paul's Cathedral for a special service marking the Queen's 50 years on the throne. In New York, the Empire State Building is lit in purple for her honour.
- June 5 - Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her Salt Lake City, Utah home.
- June 5 - Mozilla 1.0, the first 'official' version, is released.
- June 6 - The United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee announces it is probing Martha Stewart's ImClone stock sales.
- June 8 - Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.
- June 10 - Annular solar eclipse.
- June 11 - Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
- June 12 - The Los Angeles Lakers def the New Jersey Nets 4 games to 0 to win the 2002 NBA Finals.
- June 13 - The Detroit Red Wings def the Carolina Hurricanes 4 games to 1 in the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.
- June 14 - In Karachi, Pakistan, a car bomb in front of the U.S. consulate kills twelve Pakistanis and injures fifty.
- June 18 - Arizona experiences its worst forest fire, burning 462,606 acres (1,872 km²) near the Mogollon Rim.
- June 30 - Brazil defeats Germany 2-0 to win the Football World Cup 2002.

July

- July 1 - Russian passenger jet and a cargo plane collide over the town of Uberlingen in Southern Germany - 72 dead
- July 1 - Wendy J. Hamilton became president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
- July 5 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq once again rejects new U.N. weapons inspections proposals
- July 10 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting "The Massacre of the Innocents" is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson
- July 13 - A lighting strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which is left to burn 499,570 acres (2,022 km²) when finally contained on September 5.
- July 14 - During Bastille Day celebrations, Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed.
- July 15 - So-called "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and for the possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. Lindh agrees to serve 10 years in prison for each of the charges
- July 19 - K-19: The Widowmaker starring Harrison Ford is released.
- July 21 - Telecommunications giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history
- July 27 - Helen Clark leader of the Labour Party is historically re-elected in a landslide victory over the Right Wing in the New Zealand general election of 2002.
- July 27 - A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes at an air show in Ukraine killing 78 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.

August

- August 27 - Simon & Schuster sues Michael Pelligrino and Artist Management Group because Pelligrino had written a book claiming to be a son of late Mafioso Carlo Gambino

September

- September 2 - The opening of the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, successor of the 1972 Conference on the Human Environment, 1983 World Commission on Environment and Development, and the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development.
- September 3 - Consolidated Freightways files for bankruptcy
- September 5 - A car bomb kills at least 30 people in Afghanistan, and an apparent assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai fails the same day.
- September 5 - The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,022 km²), is finally contained.
- September 8 - Typhoon Sinlaku causes huge waves on the Qiantangjiang River in Sheijang Province, China
- September 11 - The World Summit on Sustainable Development comes to a close.
- September 12 - Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President George W. Bush, addresses the U.N. and challenges its members to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq or stand aside as the United States and likeminded nations act.
- September 15 - The Swedish parliamentary election leaves Prime Minister Göran Persson and the Social Democrats in pow