Portal:Current events/2002 February 8

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• The opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, which are held in Salt Lake City.
• John Entwistle plays his last show with The Who. He would die shortly after this performance.
• Changi Airport MRT station opened along the Changi Airport branch line of the East West MRT line.

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