Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The first Airbus A318, F-WWIA with Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engines, flew from Hamburg-Finkenwerder on 15 January 2002 for 3 hours 44 minutes, the shortest member of the A320 family.

Nippon Animation's Hunter x Hunter: Yorknew City OVA begins release, adapting Yoshihiro Togashi's manga as Kurapika and Gon's group set out to confront the criminal Phantom Troupe in the auction city of Yorknew.

The first A340-500, powered by four Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines, flew for 5 hours 52 minutes from Toulouse-Blagnac on 11 February 2002, captained by Jacques Rosay.

On 19 February 2002 the first Embraer 170, PP-XJE, took off from São José dos Campos, the maiden flight of the four-abreast E-Jet family that went on to take the 70-130 seat market.

At the 44th Grammy Awards on 27 February 2002 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Alicia Keys won Song of the Year and Best New Artist among five awards, U2 won Record of the Year for "Walk On" and the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack won Album of the Year.

Crystal Dynamics' Blood Omen 2 was released on PlayStation 2 and Xbox in North America on 20 March 2002 (Windows 28 March), published by Eidos Interactive.

Square's Disney crossover action RPG Kingdom Hearts, the first game in the series and Tetsuya Nomura's first as director, went on sale for PlayStation 2 in Japan on 28 March 2002, with North America following on 17 September 2002.

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street, the sixth Detective Conan film, opens in Japanese theaters, sending Conan into a virtual-reality murder mystery game alongside a simulated Sherlock Holmes.

TVA’s board approves returning Unit 1, idle since 1985. May 1 is a month-only anchor.

Square launched the online role-playing game Final Fantasy XI in Japan on 16 May 2002 for PlayStation 2, with Windows following in November 2002. It was the first MMORPG to offer cross-platform play between PS2 and Windows.

Brooks & Dunn won Entertainer of the Year at the 37th Academy of Country Music Awards on 22 May 2002, hosted by Reba McEntire at the Universal Amphitheatre, where Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" won Single Record and Song of the Year.

Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American animated science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, based on an original story created by Sanders. It reached US theaters on 21 June 2002.

BYD listed its H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 31 July 2002, raising about HK$1.4 billion as a rechargeable-battery maker, months before it bought its first car company.

Virgin Atlantic's A340-600, the longest airliner in the world at 75.3 m, flew its first commercial service from Heathrow to New York JFK on 1 August 2002. It was the first of ten, a US$1.9 billion order.

Haré+Guu Deluxe is an OVA sequel that returns the Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu cast to the jungle, where Haré must adjust to a pregnant mother and a soon-to-arrive sibling.

UPS finished a three-phase, $1 billion expansion of its Louisville air hub in September 2002, doubling it to 4 million square feet and creating Worldport, the world's largest fully automated package-handling facility.

Yuji Goshima’s French dining room beside Le Ange Church, with Kyushu seafood, seasonal lunch and dinner courses and an extensive wine selection.

Millennium Actress, Satoshi Kon's second feature film, blends a documentary crew's interview with reclusive former film star Chiyoko Fujiwara with dramatized scenes from her decades of movie roles into a single unfolding story.

Yunnan cooking in the Maolu courtyard near Jingxing Street. Branch listings publish steam-pot chicken, tile-grilled pork and mushroom erkuai; confirm current dishes and prices when ordering.

In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible.

The television anime Naruto begins airing, a Studio Pierrot adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto's manga about a young ninja seeking recognition and the title of Hokage in his home village.

Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, set in a 1986 Miami-inspired city, went on sale for the PlayStation 2 in North America on 29 October 2002, a week after the planned 22 October date.

An established Tianyi Square stop for Ningbo tangyuan, seaweed rice buns and soup-filled pork buns.

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Sanctuary premieres, a Toei Animation OVA adapting Masami Kurumada's manga as Hades' resurrected Gold Saints move against Athena and the surviving Bronze Saints.

Treasure Planet is a 2002 American animated science fiction adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and written by Musker, Clements and Rob Edwards. It reached US theaters on 27 November 2002.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Towers, the second volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film is the second instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Square released Unlimited Saga for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on 19 December 2002, the ninth SaGa game, which sold over half a million copies in Japan but divided critics.

A 100-unit rental townhouse community for low-income families at 25 Sawyer Avenue in Eastampton, New Jersey, financed with more than $1 million in state tax credits awarded in 2000 and placed in service in 2002; a competing developer's appeal of the award was decided on January 15, 2002. Pennrose lists two- and three-bedroom townhome-style apartments and an open waitlist.

A two-episode recap special that revisits the Hades Sanctuary story from the vantage of the revived Gold Saints, trimming the Bronze Saints' scenes to focus on Shura, Camus and Saga as Athena's strongest defenders confront Hades' resurrected army. Animated by Toei Animation as part of the long-running Saint Seiya OVA cycle, it repackages existing Sanctuary-arc footage into a condensed retelling rather than new story content.