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February 2 , 2002

Prince Willem-Alexander Of The Netherlands , heir to the Dutch throne, marries Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in Amsterdam .

February 3 , 2002

20, Saint Louis Rams 17 -- one of the most astonishing upsets in Super Bowl history.

February 5 , 2002

Secretary of State , Nuclear Warfare , Nuclear Proliferation .''

February 8 , 2002

The opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games , which are held in Salt Lake City .

February 11 , 2002

British Telecommunications Plc starts its US federal court case relating to a controversial patent that it claims gives it a monopoly on the technology of web links.

February 22 , 2002

Chuck Jones , Academy-Award -winning animator, dies at 89.

February 26 , 2002

12 Shiite Muslims are killed in a mosque in Rawalpindi , Pakistan .

February 27 , 2002

Alicia Keys wins five Grammys.

Today is the centennial of John Steinbeck 's birth.

" to the Former Soviet Republic Of Georgia to help combat Guerrilla fighters, though Russia protests.

57 people die in Godhra when a Muslim mob sets fire to a carriage on the Sabarmati Express filled with Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists returning from Ayodhya en route to Ahmedabad . After detaching the burned carriage, the train continues to Vadodara , where Hindus beat and stab people leaving the train, killing one. A 17-year-old is later killed in Godhra by police trying to disrupt mobs.