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2002

The Canadian dollar hits its all-time low against the U.S. dollar (US$0.6179).

Production of the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car (from Back to the Future) begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.

The Bee Gees release the album “Saturday Night Fever,” which will spend 24 weeks at number one.

The Concorde enters service with Air France and British Airways.

The Boeing 747 makes its first commercial flight between New York and London.

The Quebec flag, the Fleur-de-lis, is adopted by the National Assembly.

English author Agatha Christie publishes her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introducing her character Hercule Poirot.

During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI is guillotined. He had been convicted of treason.

It happened on… January 21