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2002 in Argentina
See also:
2001 in Argentina,
other events of 2002,
2003 in Argentina
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Events
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.
February
March
April
May
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.
July
August
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.
October
November
December
Deaths
October 8: Cesar Milstein (b. 1927), scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies
December 23: Hilario Fernandez Long (b. 1918), engineer and educator
Sports
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