Portal:Current events/2002 September 27
September 27, 2002 (Friday)
- Several thousand people marched in Denver, Colorado, to protest the U.S. plan to invade Iraq when President Bush visited the city.
- Sports: The best golfers in Europe and the United States begin competition for the 2002 Ryder Cup at The Belfry in England.
- The annual G7 meeting begins the weekend of the 2002 IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C.. 649 protesters from the alternative globalization movement are arrested.
- East Timor becomes the 191st member of the United Nations.