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January 8, 2002

On January 8, 2002, president of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. The year's #1 song was "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback. Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karl Hein, Sadie Sink would arrive in the same year.

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2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.

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On January 8, 2002

  1. 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

    President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

    George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Air Force officer who was the 43rd president of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. The eldest son of George H. W.

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Died on January 8, 2002

Alexander Prokhorov Australian-born Soviet physicist (1916–2002)
Dave Thomas Founder of Wendy's (1932–2002)

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Jake Fraser-McGurk 2002– Australian cricketer
Karl Hein 2002– Estonian footballer
Sadie Sink 2002– American actress
Loren Gray 2002– American singer and internet personality
Emma Myers 2002– American actress
Anthony Elanga 2002– Swedish footballer

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