January 2022

Jan. 7 – 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease receives the first pig-to-human heart transplant. 

Jan. 10 – Golden Globes: “The Power of the Dog” wins best film, “Succession” wins best TV series.  

Jan. 26 – Spotify removes Neil Young’s music from its streaming platform after the singer-songwriter’s ultimatum in objection to COVID-19 misinformation in Joe Rogan’s podcasts.

February 2022

Feb. 1 – Tom Brady announces retirement after a 22-year career and a record seven super bowl titles with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

Feb. 4 –  XXIV Olympic Winter Games opens in Beijing, China.

Feb. 6 – Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, which celebrates seventy years on the throne. 

Feb. 13 – Los Angeles Rams beat Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, in the Superbowl. The Super Bowl LVI halftime show featured Hip Hop legends Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and 50 Cent. 

Feb. 22 – US Women soccer players settle their lawsuit with the US soccer federation for $24 million and promise to equalize pay. 

Feb. 24 – Russia invades Ukraine.

Feb. 28 – UN IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – warns that climate change will be “irreversible.” 

March 2022

Mar. 1 – “The Batman” starring Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz, premieres in New York. 

Mar 7. – Global death toll from Covid-19 passes six million, according to John Hopkins. 

Mar. 13 – Tom Brady unretires: says he will play at least one more season in the NFL.

Mar. 27 – Will Smith slaps Chris Rock live on stage at the Academy Awards.

April 2022

Apr. 3 – 64th Grammy Awards: John Batiste wins Album of the Year, Olivia Rodrigo wins three awards, including Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Pop Solo Performance. 

Apr. 11 – Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard begins. 

Apr. 15 – Coachella Valley music festival returns after two-year hiatus, with Harry Styles opening the show in front of 100,000 people. 

Apr. 20 – Netflix suffers its first subscribes loss in a decade. 

Apr. 26 – Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the country is out of the “Pandemic Phase.”

May 2022

May 15 – 29th Billboard Music Awards; Olivia Rodrigo wins seven, Drake wins five. 

May 24 – 19 Children and two teachers were shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, by an 18-year-old gunman. 

May 27- “Top Gun Maverick”: the sequel starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, and Jennifer Connelly, is released 36 years after the original film. 

May 28 – Real Madrid beats Liverpool 1-0 in the Champions League Final.

June 2022

June 14 – K-pop group BTS announce they are taking a break to pursue individual projects.

June 16 – Golden State Warriors beat Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. 

June 24 – US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to choose abortion, in a 6-3 vote. 

June 26 – Colorado Avalanche beat Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup. 

July 2022

July 7 – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces his resignation at Downing Street. 

July 8 – Simone Biles, 25, becomes the youngest person to receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. 

July 11 – A cluster of galaxies called SMACS 0723, four billion light-years away, is revealed in NASA’s first image from the James Webb Space Telescope. 

July 12 – Netflix drama, “Squid Game,” is the first “non english” Emmy nominee for Outstanding Drama. 

July 12 – Twitter sues Elon Musk after a deal to buy the platform falls through. 

July 16 – Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck get married in Las Vegas. 

July 31 – Bill Russell dies at 88. 

August 2022

Aug. 4 – Russian court sentences WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug smuggling. 

Aug. 8 – Beyonce’s album, “Renaissance,” reaches number one on Billboard’s 200 charts. 

Aug. 8 – FBI conducts a search of former US President Donald Trump’s Florida home. 

Aug. 9 – Serena Williams announces her intention to retire from tennis. 

Aug. 23 – Nicki Minaj’s single, “Super Freaky Girl,” debuts at #1.  

September 2022

Sep. 1 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” premieres on Amazon Prime Video. 

Sep. 8 – Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96. 

Sep. 16 – Iranian Protests concerning women’s rights erupt after Masha Amini dies in the custody of Iranian police. 

October 2022

Oct. 17 – Karim Benzema wins the FIFA Ballon d’Or 

Oct. 27 – Elon Musk takes ownership and control of Twitter

Oct. 31 – Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart from her album “Midnights.” 

November 2022

Nov. 4 – Drake and 21 Savage release “Her Loss” 

Nov. 5 – Houston Astros defeat Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series. 

Nov. 8 – Actor Chris Evans named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive.

Nov. 13 – Three students at the University of Idaho are found stabbed to death in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.  

Nov. 14 – President Biden and President Xi meet in person to ease the tensions between US and China. 

Nov. 15 – Ticketmaster sells more than two million tickets for Taylor Swift’s The Eras tour. 

Nov. 15 – World population reaches eight billion. 

Nov. 30 – “As it Was” by Harry Styles named the most streamed song globally for Spotify in 2022. Bad Bunny was named the most listened-to artist. 

December 2022

Dec. 8 – Brittany Griner is released by Russian authorities in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. 

Dec. 8 – “Harry & Meghan” documentary begins streaming on Netflix

Dec. 16 – Pokemon producers announce Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu will leave the anime series after 25 years. 

Dec. 18 – Argentina beat France 3-3 (4-2 pks) in the World Cup Final. 

Dec. 29 – Andrew Tate arrested on charges of human trafficking and rape. 

Dec. 29 – Soccer legend Pelé dies at 82.