- 2002 in Argentina
"See also:"
2001 in Argentina ,
other events of 2002,2003 in Argentina ----Events
January
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January 1 : The Legislative Assembly gathers and chooses senatorEduardo Duhalde as interim president.
*January 2 : President Duhalde announces the end of the 1:1 peso-dollarfixed exchange rate (convertibility) after almost 11 years.February
March
April
May
June
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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
eptember
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September 4 :Argentina defeated theUnited States , 87-80, at the WorldBasketball Championships inIndianapolis, Indiana . It was the first loss ever in international play for a United States team containingNational Basketball Association players.October
November
December
Deaths
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October 8 :César Milstein (b. 1927), scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work onmonoclonal antibodies
*December 23 :Hilario Fernández Long (b. 1918), engineer and educatorports
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2002 in sports "
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