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See also: 2001 in Argentina, other events of 2002, 2003 in Argentina

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• January 1: The Legislative Assembly gathers and chooses senator Eduardo Duhalde as interim president.
• January 2: President Duhalde announces the end of the 1:1 peso-dollar fixed exchange rate (convertibility) after almost 11 years.

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

• June 25: The exchange rate briefly reaches 4 pesos per U.S. dollar in the free market, which means the national currency has lost 75% of its value in 7 months.

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

• September 4: Argentina defeated the United States, 87-80, at the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first loss ever in international play for a United States team containing National Basketball Association players.

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Deaths

• October 8: César Milstein (b. 1927), scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies
• December 23: Hilario Fernández Long (b. 1918), engineer and educator

[edit] Sports

See worldwide 2002 in sports