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May 28, 2002

On May 28, 2002, the last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. 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 May 28, 2002

  1. 2002 The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.

    Grounds of the World Trade Center in New York City

    9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, the West Side Highway to the west, Liberty Street to the south, and Church Street to the east. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) owns the site's land.

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Died on May 28, 2002

Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh Bahraini poet and writer (1908–2002)
Mildred Benson American writer (1905–2002)

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The class of 2002

Others born in 2002

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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