2022

2022 (MMXXII) was .
2022 saw the ongoing impact of an inflation increase because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began in 2020, continued throughout the year.
In February, Russia invades Ukraine, causing the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. The consequences include international sanctions on Russia. More than 4.3 million Ukrainians leave, causing a refugee crisis.
2022 also saw the deaths of well known world leaders including Shinzo Abe, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Elizabeth II, the last of which reigned for more than seventy years.
Events
January
January 1
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the largest free trade area in the world, comes into effect for Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Twelve people are killed and 13 others are injured during a stampede at a Hindu shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
January 2
South Africa's Houses of Parliament in Cape Town is damaged by a major fire.
Protests begin in Kazakhstan because of a large increase in fuel prices.
Abdalla Hamdok resigns as Prime Minister of Sudan as anti-military coup protests in the country get deadly.
January 3 COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to pass one million daily infections, with a total of 1.08 million reported cases, mainly caused by the Omicron variant.
January 4
A three-day-long series of massacres begin in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Over 200 people are killed and several villages torched.
China, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France - all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council - said a rare statement together saying that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought".
January 5
In the United States, an apartment building fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania kills 12 people and injures two others.
Prime Minister Askar Mamin and his government resign because of large protests in Kazakhstan and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Alihan Smaiylov. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev fires former President Nursultan Nazarbayev as chairman of the country's security council.
January 6 - Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier, who was the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, dies at aged 94.
January 7
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of COVID-19 cases passes 300 million worldwide.
At least 22 tourists freeze to death in vehicles in Murree, Punjab, Pakistan.
January 8 - A rock fall in Capitolio, Minas Gerais, Brazil kills at least 10 people and injures 32 others.
January 9
77th Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991 Toshiki Kaifu dies aged 91
In the United States, a fire in an apartment building in The Bronx, New York City kills at least 19 people and injures over 60 others.
The Africa Cup of Nations begins in Cameroon.
January 10 - The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient is reported in the United States. The patient was David Bennett Sr. from Baltimore, Maryland.
January 11 - Italian MEP and President of the European Parliament David Sassoli dies in office at aged 65. MEP from Malta Roberta Metsola replaces him in an acting capacity.
January 13 - A court in Germany rules that the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria have committed torture and mass murder. It convicts a former colonel, Anwar Raslan, to life in prison for crimes against humanity.
January 14 - Margrethe II of Denmark celebrates her 50th anniversary as Queen of Denmark.
January 14 -15 - Bandits kill over 50 people in Dankade, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
January 15
A large eruption of Hunga Tonga, a submarine volcano in Tonga, causing tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.
In the United States, a hostage crisis at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas ends with all hostages freed and the perpetrator, British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, shot dead.
January 17
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Badghis Province of Afghanistan kills at least 26 people and injures five others.
A Houthi-led drone terrorist attack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates kills three civilians and injures six others.
January 18
The Parliament of Indonesia votes to officially change the capital of Indonesia from Jakarta to Nusantara.
Microsoft announces its plans to buy the video game company Activision Blizzard, making Microsoft the third largest gaming company (behind Tencent and Sony).
MEP Roberta Metsola from Malta is elected by the European Parliament as the next Parliament President, becoming the first Maltese person, the youngest person at aged 43 and the first woman since 2002 to be elected to the position.
January 19
Protests in support of Prime Minister of Montenegro Zdravko Krivokapic begin.
U.S. President Joe Biden warns that Russia will invade Ukraine as the Russo-Ukrainian War escalates.
Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley is re-elected in a landslide victory after the Labour Party wins every seat in the House Assembly.
January 20
19-year old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world.
The Battle of al-Hasakah begins as a prison riot to free members of the Islamic State in Al-Hasakah, Syria with possibly over 200 people killed.
An explosion near Bogoso, Ghana destroys 500 buildings, killing at least 17 people and injuring 59 others.
January 21
China, Russia and Iran have been training for war in the Indian Ocean.
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a prison in Saada, Yemen kills at least 87 people and injured more than 200 others.
January 22
Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh dies at aged 95.
A mass protest in Canada, mainly by truck drivers protesting against the country's COVID-19 vaccine mandate begins in Ottawa.
January 23
Tropical Storm Ana kills 88 people in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique, days after a series of floods killed 11 people in Madagascar.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian resigns because of lack of presidential powers and is replaced by Alen Simonyan as Acting President.
President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore is arrested and removed from power by soldiers during a military coup d'etat led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in Ouagadougou.
January 27 - Former First Lady Xiomara Castro is inaugurated as the 56th President of Honduras, becoming the country's first female president.
January 28 - The number of COVID-19 vaccinations given worldwide passes 10 billion.
January 29 - Sergio Mattarella is re-elected as President of Italy, becoming the country's second president to ever be re-elected.
January 30
Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa is re-elected after the Socialist Party wins 117 seats in the Assembly of the Republic.
In tennis, Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty win their respective singles at the Australian Open.
February
February 1 - Six people are killed in an attempted coup d'etat in Guinea-Bissau which fails to remove President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo from power.
February 2 - CODECO kill over 60 people in a massacre at an IDP camp in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
February 3
Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi kills himself in a suicide bombing during a United States Military raid in Atme, Syria.
India becomes the third country to pass 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 after the United States and Brazil.
February 4
The 2022 Winter Olympics begins in Beijing, China.
Zdravko Krivokapic is removed as Prime Minister of Montenegro in a motion of no confidence, however he will continue as acting Prime Minister until a replacement is elected.
February 5 - Cyclone Batsirai kills a total of 13 people across Madagascar, South Africa, Mauritius, and Reunion two weeks after Tropical Storm Ana killed 115 people in the same region.
February 6
Indian playback singer and composer Lata Mangeshkar dies of COVID-19 at aged 92.
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, becoming the first British monarch to reign for 70 years.
The Africa Cup of Nations ends, with Senegal winning their first championship.
February 8
The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 400 million.
A state of emergency is declared following protests in Ottawa, Canada against the country's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
February 9 - The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 is reported at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, United Kingdom with 59 megajoules created in over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), double than the last record.
February 13
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is re-elected President of Germany in a landslide victory of 71% of the vote.
The Los Angeles Rams defeat the Cincinnati Bengals with 23-20 to win Super Bowl LVI.
February 14
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces he will use Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history in order to stop the Freedom Convoy, a nationwide protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.
In Europe, seven people are killed in Storm Eunice, with a windspeed of 122 miles per hour (196 km/h) is the highest ever recorded in the United Kingdom.
February 15
Prince Andrew, Duke of York settles a U.S. civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre.
At least 176 people are killed because of mudslides and floods in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
February 16
Cristina Calderon, the last living full-blooded Yahgan person, dies of COVID-19 at aged 93.
Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is arrested on a drug trafficking warrant after the United States files for his extradition.
February 20 - The 2022 Winter Olympics ends in Beijing, China with Norway winning a record number of 16 gold medals.
February 21
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledges the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and begins to move troops into the region.
Over 100 billion financial documents relating to offshore investment connected to clients of Credit Suisse in Switzerland are leaked.
February 22 - In response to Russia's actions in Ukraine, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is put on hold by Germany. In the United States, President Joe Biden places economic sanctions towards oligarchs and banks in Russia for the first time.
February 24 - President Vladimir Putin announces the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
February 25
Russia is stripped of the Champions League final, scheduled for May 28, with UEFA moving the venue from Saint Petersburg to Paris.
An earthquake in West Sumatra, Indonesia kills 12 people with over 380 injured.
February 26 - The European Union, the United States and their allies announce their support in removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system.
February 27
President Vladimir Putin orders Russia's nuclear deterrent forces to be on "special alert", their highest level, in response to what he calls "aggressive statements" by NATO. The move is condemned by the US.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the Ukrainian and Russian officials have agreed to meet, without conditions.
European nations announce a ban on Russian flights in their airspace.
In a referendum vote, Belarus votes to remove its non-nuclear status and to allow the country to host Russian forces permanently.
February 28
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the second part of its report on climate change saying that many impacts are now "irreversible".
The United Nations reports more than 500,000 refugees have left from Ukraine into nearby countries.
Football governing bodies FIFA and UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions.
Switzerland, Monaco, Singapore and South Korea place economic sanctions on Russia such as controlling exports and assets.
A Russian airstrike kills over 70 Ukrainian soldiers at a military base in Okhtyrka. The Russian offensive has been criticized for civilian deaths and the use of cluster bombs and thermobaric weapons which may be seen as war crimes.
March
March 1
Belarus joins the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as its troops enter the Chernihiv region in the country's north.
World Athletics bans both Russia and Belarus from competing in all of its events.
In an emergency session, United Nations member states pass a resolution criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calling for the quick withdrawal of its forces.
March 2
Russia claims to have captured its first large city, the Black Sea port of Kherson, as fighting intensifies across many parts of Ukraine, including civilian areas.
The United Nations reports that over a million refugees have now fled from Ukraine to other countries.
The International Criminal Court begins an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine.
March 3
The Echo of Moscow, the oldest independent Russian radio station, is closed because of their coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Former Yerevan Mayor Vahagn Khachaturyan is elected the 5th President of Armenia.
Russia attacks the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the largest in Europe, which leads to a fire at the site. The fire was soon put out, but officials said the fallout could have been ten times larger than the Chernobyl disaster.
March 4
The 2022 Winter Paralympics begin in Beijing, China, making it the first city to host both Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics.
Australian cricketer Shane Warne dies of a possible heart attack at his Ko Samui, Thailand home, aged 52.
Foreign news outlets including the BBC, CNN, and many others stop their reporting in Russia, after new legislation threatens 15-year jail terms for spreading "fake news".
An Afghan member of the Islamic State carries out an attack at a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He kills over 60 people and injures over 190 others.
March 5
Russia announces a temporary ceasefire to allow civilians to leave the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.
Visa and Mastercard, two of the world's largest payment processors, suspend their operations in Russia.
March 6 - Vinnytsia International Airport is destroyed by Russian missiles, as President Zelenskyy calls for a no-fly zone to stop future attacks in Ukraine.
March 7
Ukraine rejects a proposal by Moscow to open refugee passages, calling it "immoral" and "unacceptable", after the Russian defence ministry said refugees would only be allowed to reach Belarus or Russia.
The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 6 million.
March 8
Opposition members of the National Assembly of Pakistan submit a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Energy giant Shell promises to stop buying oil from Russia and to stop all current work in the country, which includes closing all service stations there.
The United States and United Kingdom announce a ban on Russian oil, while the European Union announces a two-thirds reduction in its demand for Russian natural gas.
Major global brands including McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Starbucks stop sales in Russia, in response to its attacks on Ukraine.
March 9
Conservative prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol is elected the 13th President of South Korea, beating liberal former Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung.
The wreck of the Endurance, the ship sunk during Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, is found 107 years later in Antarctica in "good condition".
Russia launches an air strike in Mariupol that destroys a hospital including a maternity and children's ward.
March 11
Gabriel Boric is sworn in as President of Chile, becoming the youngest head of state in the nation's history and the first to be born during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
The Russian Air Force widens its attack to include Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk, two cities in the country's west, as well as Dnipro in the east.
March 12 - Serdar Berdimuhamedow is elected the 3rd President of Turkmenistan by 73% of the vote, replacing his father Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
March 13
The Power of the Dog wins the BAFTA Award for Best Film and Best Direction for Jane Campion.
30 Russian missiles hit the Yavoriv military base, used for NATO training and close to the border with Poland, killing 35 and injuring 134 others.
March 15 - Russia announces new sanctions on several U.S officials, banning U.S. President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and others from entering the country; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also banned.
March 16 - A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off Fukushima, Japan, killing at least 4 and injuring at least 194.
March 17 - Cyclone Gombe, killed at least 53 people and injured 82 others, in Mozambique. Seven people died in Malawi and two died in Madagascar from the storm.
March 18 - The 1915 Canakkale Bridge, the first bridge over the Dardanelles and the world's longest suspension bridge, opens in Turkey.
March 21 - China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashes in Guangxi, China, killing all 133 people on board.
March 23
American mathematician Dennis Sullivan wins the Abel Prize for his work in topology.
50 people are killed in a series of attacks by al-Shabaab in Mogadishu and Beledweyne, Somalia.
March 24 - NATO announces that four new battlegroups totalling 40,000 troops will be sent to Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, along with enhanced readiness for potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.
March 25 - Russia announces that the first phase of its military invasion of Ukraine is almost complete, saying the country will focus on the "liberation" of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
March 26 - Prime Minister Robert Abela is re-elected after his party wins 38 out of 65 seats in the House of Representatives of Malta.
March 27 - CODA wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, Dune wins awards in six categories, Troy Kotsur, Jessica Chastain, Will Smith and Ariana DeBose win awards for acting at the 94th Academy Awards.
March 29
Massive protests begin in Peru caused by the country's rising inflation, disapproval of President Pedro Castillo and failure to impeach Castillo a second time.
Russia's deputy defense minister says that Moscow has decided to "cut back" military activity near Kyiv and Chernihiv to increase mutual trust for future negotiations to agree and sign a peace deal with Ukraine".
March 30
Earendel, the farthest known star, is discovered 12.9 billion light-years away from Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
In computing, Jack Dongarra won the Turing Award for his works towards supercomputing.
March 31 - Expo 2020 closes in Dubai after a 6-month run; originally scheduled for April 10, 2021, it was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April
April 1 - Eight people are killed and eighteen others injured in a methane leak in a mine near Sokobanja, Serbia.
April 2 - Russia announces that it will not work with Western countries on the International Space Station until the "full and unconditional removal of illegal sanctions".
April 3
A mass shooting, caused by a gang fight between the Bloods and Crips, in Sacramento, California in the United States kills six people and injures 12 others.
As Russia's forces retreat from areas near Kyiv, it is accused by Ukraine of war crimes because of civilian killings such as for committing the Bucha massacre. U.S. President Joe Biden called for Putin to be tried for war crimes.
In Pakistan, President Arif Alvi dissolves the National Assembly on Prime Minister Imran Khan's advice, after a no-confidence motion fails.
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic is re-elected in a landslide victory.
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban is re-elected in a landslide victory as the Fidesz-KDNP party alliance wins 135 out of 199 seats in the National Assembly of Hungary. Katalin Novak is elected as the country's first female president.
Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected President of Costa Rica winning 53% of the vote against former President Jose Maria Figueres.
April 4 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the third and final part of its report on climate change, warning that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 at the latest and decline 43% by 2030, in order to limit global warming to 1.5degC (2.7degF).
April 5 - A week after massive protests began in Peru, five people have been killed with President Pedro Castillo declaring a state of emergency.
April 6 - The first known dinosaur fossil linked to the very day of the Chicxulub impact is reported by paleontologists.
April 7
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns as President of Yemen and is replaced by Rashad al-Alimi to focus on peace talks between Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Imran Khan's move to call of early elections was illegal, meaning Khan would face a motion of no confidence by the National Assembly.
The United Nations votes by 93-24 to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, with 58 countries not voting.
HD1, the most distant galaxy candidate to date, is discovered 13.5 billion light-years away from Earth by the University of Tokyo.
April 8
Russia is condemned by world leaders following a missile attack on a train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, which kills dozens of civilians trying to evacuate, including children.
Global food prices increase to their highest level since 1990, with commodities such as wheat rising by nearly 20% as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
Flooding across KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, leaves over 300 people dead.
April 10
In a mass shooting, armed bandits in Nigeria's Plateau State kill over 150 people and kidnap 70 others.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is removed from office after a motion of no confidence passes in the National Assembly, becoming the first prime minister in Pakistan to be removed from office by a vote of no confidence. Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif is elected by the National Assembly the next day as the country's 23rd prime minister.
The first round of the French presidential election is held with President Emmanuel Macron and National Assembly Marine Le Pen advancing to the run-off.
April 13
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 500 million worldwide.
The Russian flagship cruiser Moskva, the largest naval vessel to be sunk since the end of World War II, sinks after an explosion off the Ukrainian coast.
April 19
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announces that Russia's military invasion has entered a new phase, focused on the entire front line of Eastern Ukraine with the city of Kreminna is reportedly the first to be captured.
Former President of East Timor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta is elected president in a landslide victory winning 62% of the vote against incumbent President Francisco Guterres.
Kane Tanaka, supercentenarian who was Japan's oldest verified person ever and the world's second oldest verified person ever, dies at aged 119.
April 20
Russian and Belarusian players are banned from the Wimbledon Tennis Championship.
A European Southern Observatory team announces the discovery of micronovae.
April 21 - Mwai Kibaki, the 3rd President of Kenya who controversially manipulated his re-election in 2007, dies at aged 90.
April 22 - The Large Hadron Collider begins full operations again, three years after being shut down for upgrades.
April 24
The Freedom Movement party, led by Robert Golob, becomes the largest party in the National Assembly of Slovenia, winning 41 of 90 seats. They beat the sitting right-wing Prime Minister Janez Jansa.
Emmanuel Macron is re-elected President of France beating Marine Le Pen with a 58.5% to 41.5% vote margin, becoming the first French president to be re-elected in twenty years.
April 25 - Twitter accepts Elon Musk's offer to buy the company for USD $44 billion.
April 27
The European Union accuses Russia of blackmail after gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria are halted by energy giant Gazprom.
The Central African Republic makes bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the second country in the world to adopt the cryptocurrency.
A court in Myanmar under the control of its military junta sentences former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison for corruption charges.
April 28 - Dritan Abazovic is elected 7th Prime Minister of Montenegro by the Parliament, replacing Zdravko Krivokapic.
April 29 - A building collapse in Changsha, Hunan, China kills 53 people.
May
May 2
Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the World Snooker Championship, beating Judd Trump in the final.
Russia announces it may be pulling out of the International Space Station in two years, because of the economic sanctions imposed on the nation after its invasion of Ukraine.
May 3 - A motion of no confidence is declared against Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa and his cabinet, in an attempt to remove him from power.
May 5
President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro orders an audit on the country's voting machines, five months before the general election is held.
Sinn Fein, led by Michelle O'Neill, win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
May 6
A hotel explosion caused by a gas leak in Havana, Cuba kills 42 people and injures over 90 others.
An outbreak of monkeypox begins when the first monkeypox virus case is reported in London, the United Kingdom.
May 8
John Lee is elected the 5th Chief Executive of Hong Kong, replacing Carrie Lam.
Alan Gagloyev is elected the 5th President of South Ossetia, beating incumbent President Anatoly Bibilov with a 56% to 41% vote margin.
May 9
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns because of massive protests against his government across Sri Lanka.
The Philippine presidential election is held to elect the country's 17th president and 15th vice president.
The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded, with The Washington Post winning a prize for its coverage of the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
May 10
Yoon Suk-yeol is inaugurated as the 13th President of South Korea.
Leonid Kravchuk, the first President of Ukraine, dies at aged 88.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 begins in Turin, Italy.
Former Senator Bongbong Marcos, son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos, and former Davao City mayor Sara Duterte, daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, are declared the winners of the 2022 election, becoming the 17th President and 15th Vice President of the Philippines in a landslide victory.
May 12
Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, is directly imaged for the first time ever.
Ranil Wickremesinghe is chosen by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the next Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amid massive national protests.
May 13 - President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies at aged 73 and is replaced by Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan the next day.
May 14
Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, in the north-east of the country.
The Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Stefania".
In the United States, at least 10 people are killed and three others injured in a mass shooting by a white supremacist at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
Widespread shortages of infant formula continue in the United States following a major recall and plant shutdown.
May 15
Former President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is elected president again, beating President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
President of Finland Sauli Niinisto says Finland will apply for membership in NATO.
May 16
Sweden confirms it will apply to join NATO, after years of supporting being neutral.
McDonald's announces that it will permanently shut down its fast food operations in Russia due to the "humanitarian crisis" and "unpredictable operating environment" caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Prime Minister of France Jean Castex resigns and is replaced by Elisabeth Borne, making her the second female to ever become France's prime minister.
The Siege of Mariupol ends in a Russian victory as Ukrainian troops are evacuated from Mariupol.
May 17 - Oscar winning composer Vangelis, who was an influential electronic musician, dies of COVID-19 at aged 79.
May 18 - Germany's Eintracht Frankfurt wins the UEFA Europa League, beating Scotland's Rangers F.C..
May 19 - The Boeing Starliner has docked with the International Space Station.
May 20 - The World Health Organization (WHO) holds an emergency meeting to discuss the fast spread of the monkeypox outbreak in almost a dozen countries, as the number of reported monkeypox cases reaches 100.
May 21 - The Australian Labor Party wins the most seats in the federal election, with Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese replaced incumbent Scott Morrison as the Prime Minister of Australia.
May 22 - Manchester City F.C. win the 2021-22 Premier League.
May 24 - In the United States, a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas kills 19 students and two teachers and injures over sixteen others, with the gunman being killed by police officers.
May 25
Over 50 civilians are killed by an armed jihadist group in Burkina Faso.
Italy's A.S. Roma beats the Netherlands's Feyenoord in the first UEFA Europa Conference League final.
May 26 - Indian court sentences Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life in prison.
May 28 - Spanish club Real Madrid beat English club Liverpool 1-0 to win the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League final played at the Stade de France in Paris, France.
May 29
Tara Air Flight 197 crashed in Nepal with 22 people on board.
Marcus Ericsson wins the Indianapolis 500, becoming the second Swedish driver to do so.
In the first round of the Colombian presidential election, left-wing Senator Gustavo Petro and right-wing populist former Bucaramanga mayor Rodolfo Hernandez Suarez advanced to the June run-off.
June
June 1
Denmark votes to eliminate its opt-out of the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy, by a 66.9% to 33.1% vote margin.
Seventy-one nations, territories, and dependencies begin a week of celebration for the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
A mass shooting in the United States at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma kills four people and the gunman while injuring over ten others.
June 4
A fire and explosions at a storage depot in Bangladesh, kill at least 41 people and injure more than 450 others.
Retired general Bajram Begaj is elected the 9th President of Albania by the parliament in the 4th round of voting.
June 5
Voters in Kazakhstan pass a constitutional referendum to change 56 amendments following the January unrest earlier this year.
At least 50 people are killed in a mass shooting-bomb attack in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.
June 6 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson survives a motion of no confidence and remains Conservative Party leader by a 59% to 41% margin.
June 10 - Former Bolivian president Jeanine Anez is sentenced to ten years in prison for her role in the 2019 Bolivian political crisis.
June 13 - A series of protests led by indigenous Ecuadorians, students and workers against President Guillermo Lasso's economic policies and raising fuel prices begin.
June 14 - Canada and Denmark end their competing claims for Hans Island by dividing the island roughly in half.
June 16 - The Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA Finals for the fourth time.
June 19
Senator Gustavo Petro is elected President of Colombia beating right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernandez Suarez by a 50.4% to 47.3% margin, becoming the first leftist elected to the presidency.
The second round of the French legislative election is held and President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble political coalition wins the most seats, winning 245 out of 577 seats in the National Assembly, however, did not win an overall majority.
June 20 - Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett announces he will dissolve the Knesset and schedules a new legislative election for November while also announcing his resignation as prime minister.
June 22 - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake, kills at least 255 and injured 250 people in the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
June 23 - Dickon Mitchell's party wins a majority of seats in 2022 Grenada's general election, defeating Prime Minister Keith Mitchell's party. Dickon Mitchell is appointed Prime Minister of Grenada, following Keith Mitchell's resignation on June 24.
June 24
The United States Supreme Court rules that abortion is not a protected right, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in a 5 to 4 vote.
At least 23 people die trying to cross the border in Melilla between Spain and Morocco.
June 25 - A mass shooting at three places in Oslo, Norway targeting an LGBT pride parade kills two people and injures over 20 others in an act of Islamic terrorism.
June 26
At least twenty-one people are found dead in a nightclub in East London, South Africa.
G7 leaders gather for a summit in Germany to talk about the invasion of Ukraine and support a ban on imports of Russian gold.
The Colorado Avalanche defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup.
June 27
At least 14 people are killed and over 260 others are injured from a chlorine gas leak in Aqaba, Jordan.
At least three people are killed and over 50 others injured in the United States by a train derailment near Mendon, Missouri.
A Russian missile strikes a mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, killing 20 people and injuring over 50 others.
In the United States, 51 dead migrants are found in a trailer in San Antonio, Texas.
June 28
Turkey reaches a deal with Finland and Sweden to remove its veto on allowing them to join NATO.
A NATO summit is held in Madrid, Spain where leaders talk about defensive help to Ukraine after the Russian invasion.
June 29 - Several defendants are found guilty by a court in Paris, France for their roles in the November 2015 Paris attacks.
June 30 - The Battle of Snake Island ends in Ukrainian victory as Russian military troops withdraw from the island.
July
July 1
Yesh Atid Leader Yair Lapid becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Israel following Naftali Bennett's resignation and dissolution of the Knesset.
A deadly unrest begins in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.
July 3
A series of floods in New South Wales, Australia forces over 85,000 people to evacuate.
A mass shooting at a mall in Copenhagen, Denmark kills three people and injures 27 others.
Russia and the Luhansk People's Republic take control of the entire Luhansk Oblast after seizing Lysychansk.
July 4 - In the United States, a mass shooting during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois kills 7 people and injures 46 others.
July 5
Mathematicians Hugo Duminil-Copin, June Huh, James Maynard and Maryna Viazovska win the Fields Medal.
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe declares country's bankruptcy.
July 6
After being badly damaged in a bombing, the Georgia Guidestones in Elbert County, Georgia, are demolished.
The UEFA Women's Euro 2022 begins in England.
July 7 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson resigns after many members of his cabinet resign that created a lack of confidence in his government.
July 8
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe is assassinated while giving a speech in Nara, Japan.
Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who was Angola's president for nearly forty years and oversaw peace treaties and war, dies at the age of 79.
Elon Musk cancels his proposed acquisition of Twitter citing breach of contract.
Former President of Mexico Luis Echeverria, who was accused of genocide and human rights violations for his role in the Tlatelolco massacre, El Halconazo and the Mexican Dirty War, dies aged 100.
July 9 - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agree to resign after protestors in Sri Lanka storm their homes in Colombo.
July 10
A heat wave across Western Europe begins causing wildfires and the deaths of at least 600 people.
Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina win the men's and women's singles respectively at the Wimbledon Championships.
July 11 - NASA releases the first operational image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
July 13 - President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves the country by military plane to the Maldives and resigns the following day.
July 14
Mario Draghi announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, after the Five Star Movement withdraws from his national unity government; however his resignation is rejected by President Sergio Mattarella.
A Russian missile attack in Vinnytsia in central Ukraine, kills at least 22 people, including 3 children, and injures at least 100 others.
Former President of Peru Francisco Morales-Bermudez, who led the country during a military dictatorship in the 1970s, dies at aged 100.
July 20 - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe is elected to replace President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
July 21
Former Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu is elected the 15th President of India, becoming the country's second female and its first tribal president.
Mario Draghi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy for the second time after he is unable to create a government coalition, with President Sergio Mattarella accepting his resignation.
The Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest freshwater fish species, is officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The European Central Bank raises its key interest rate for the first time in more than 11 years, from minus 0.5 per cent to zero, with plans for further increases later in the year.
July 22
Dinesh Gunawardena is named the 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Rapper Slump6s drops his awaited album Genesis
July 23
Myanmar's military junta executes four people, including former Pyithu Hluttaw member and political prisoner Zayar Thaw, in its first use of the death penalty in decades.
The World Health Organisation declares the ongoing Monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
July 24
Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France, becoming the first Dane to win since 1996.
Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah names his son Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as the Prime Minister of Kuwait.
July 25 - In a referendum, voters in Tunisia approve a new constitution which would expand the powers given to their president by making the country into a presidential system.
July 26 - During a visit to Canada, Pope Francis apologizes for the Church's role in the Canadian Indian residential school system.
July 27
Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone and the Iraqi parliament.
In the United States, heavy rainfall causes statewide flooding in Kentucky that kills 25 people with many reported missing.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Luzon, Philippines, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 320 others.
July 28 - The Commonwealth Games begins in Birmingham, England.
July 31
Former President of the Philippines Fidel V. Ramos, who helped remove Ferdinand Marcos from power, dies from COVID-19 at aged 94.
NBA Hall of Fame player and coach Bill Russell dies at aged 88.
The UEFA Women's Euro 2022 ends with England beating Germany in the final.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian terrorist who became the 2nd Emir of Al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden's death in 2011, is killed in a U.S.-approved CIA airstrike operation at aged 71.
August
August 4
China conducts its largest ever live-fire exercise around Taiwan in response to a controversial visit by Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking U.S official to visit Taiwan since the 1990s.
Prime Minister of Peru Anibal Torres, resigns during multiple criminal investigations against President Pedro Castillo, however Castillo rejected his resignation.
American basketball player Brittney Griner is sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia for carrying and sneaking marijuana vape pens into the country.
August 5 - Israel launches Operation Breaking Dawn on the Gaza strip, killing 44 in the military operation against PIJ forces.
August 7 - Israel and Palestinian militias agree to a ceasefire, ending three days of air and rocket strikes.
August 9
Deputy President William Ruto is elected the 5th President of Kenya, beating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in a 50.5% to 48.9% margin.
James Marape is re-elected as prime minister by the parliament of Papua New Guinea.
August 11 - A mass die-off of fish, beavers and other wildlife is discovered in the Oder river in Poland and Germany.
August 12
Booker Prize-winning author of The Satanic Verses Sir Salman Rushdie is stabbed in the neck before giving a lecture in Chautauqua, New York in the United States.
A mass shooting in Cetinje, Montenegro kills eleven people and injured six others, making it the deadlist mass shooting in the country's history.
August 14 - A church fire in Giza, Egypt kills 41 people, including children, and injures 14 others.
August 18 - A rare and high-end derecho kills 13 people and injures many others across Corsica, Italy, Austria and Slovenia.
August 19
In Mogadishu, Somalia more than 20 are killed when al-Shabaab members takeover a hotel.
A motion of no confidence against Montenegrin prime minister Dritan Abazovic is passed in the Parliament of Montenegro, following dispute within his coalition government over an agreement the government signed with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
August 22 - Oracle Corporation is sued by American and Irish lawyers saying it profits from a "surveillance machine" which sells the data of five billion people.
August 24
President of Angola Joao Lourenco is re-elected in a landslide victory, beating Adalberto Costa Junior.
Prayut Chan-o-cha is suspended as Prime Minister of Thailand and Prawit Wongsuwan becomes acting Prime Minister; however Prayut still claims to be prime minister.
August 28 - More than 1,100 people are killed in floods in Pakistan.
August 30 - Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of the Soviet Union and Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end the Cold War, dies at aged 91.
September
September 1
The United Nations releases a report saying that China's Xinjiang internment camps and treatment of Uyghurs may been seen as crimes against humanity.
Vice President of Argentina and former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner escapes and assassination attempt when a man pointed a gun, failing to shoot because if it jamming.
September 2 - The G7 economies agree to add a price cap on Russian petroleum exports in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
September 3 - Eight mountaineers are killed and four others are trapped while climbing Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Russia.
September 4 - A stabbing spree in Saskatchewan, Canada leaves ten people dead and fifteen others injured.
September 5
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes China's Sichuan province, leaving at least 21 dead.
Liz Truss is elected to replace Boris Johnson as Leader of the Conservative Party and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
September 8 - Charles III becomes King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms, after the death of his mother, Elizabeth II.
September 11 - A magnitude 7.6 or 7.7 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, leaving at least seven people dead and many more missing.
September 12 - Azerbaijan attacks Armenian cities along the border and occupies several border-area territories. More than 100 Armenian soldiers are killed in the clashes, while Azerbaijan said 71 of its soldiers were killed.
September 13
Jean-Luc Godard, French filmmaker who helped create the French New Wave movement, dies by assisted suicide at aged 91.
Kazakhstan announces it will change the name of its capital from Nur-sultan back to Astana.
September 14 - Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson announces her resignation after her coalition lost the majority of seats in the Riksdag following the general election.
September 15 - Over 445 bodies are found buried in Izium, Ukraine, after Russian forces flee the city.
September 16
At least 81 people are killed in renewed fighting between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Protests take place in Iran over the death of 22 year-old Mahsa Amini because of police brutality by the Iranian Morality Police, for not wearing proper hijab.
September 18 - A bus carrying people from Guiyang to a quarantine facility crashes in Guizhou, China, killing 27 people and injuring 20 others.
September 19 - The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held at Westminster Abbey and is later buried at Windsor Castle.
September 20 - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign a peace deal, ending the violent border clashes between the two countries.
September 21 - Russian President Vladimir Putin announces partial mobilization in the country, calling 300,000 citizens to active service in the invasion of Ukraine.
September 22 - The life sentence of convicted war criminal and former Prime Minister of Cambodia Khieu Samphan is upheld.
September 23 - Russian-backed leaders hold sham referendums in four Ukrainian oblasts to make them part of Russia.
September 24
Hurricane Fiona kills at least 27 people across the Caribbean and Canada.
Russ Kun is elected as the 16th President of Nauru in a landslide victory.
September 25 - The centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni wins the general election in Italy.
September 26
NASA's DART spacecraft successfully collides with the asteroid Dimorphos as an example of asteroid impact avoidance.
A school shooting in Izhevsk, Russia kills 17 people and injures 24 others.
Cuba legalizes same-sex marriage and adoption.
The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines between Russia and Germany suffer multiple leaks and explosions, with intentional sabotage being a possible cause.
September 27 - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is named as the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia by his father Salman of Saudi Arabia.
September 28 - Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cuba and the United States, killing 137 people.
September 29 - Russian President Vladimir Putin declares four occupied Ukrainian territories as part of Russia.
September 30
A suicide attack on an education center kills at least 23 people and injures 27 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
In Burkina Faso, a coup d'etat led by Ibrahim Traore removes Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba from power.
October
October 1
Krisjanis Karins is re-elected Prime Minister of Latvia.
A fatal human crush happens during an association football match in Malang Regency, Indonesia, killing 131 people and injuring more than 500.
October 2
The GERB Party led by former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov wins the most seats in the National Assembly.
Zeljka Cvijanovic is elected as Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The first round of the Brazilian general election is held, with former President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Jair Bolsonaro advancing to the run-off election.
October 3 - Svante Paabo wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his works in human genomes and evolution.
October 4 - Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger win the Nobel Prize in Physics for their works in quantum mechanics.
October 5 - Carolyn Bertozzi, Karl Barry Sharpless and Morten P. Meldal win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their works in click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
October 6
A former police sergeant kills 36 people, including 23 children at a nursery in Thailand. It is the deadliest mass murder by a single perpetrator in modern Thailand's history.
Annie Ernaux wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.
October 7
Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian society Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Businessman Sam Matekane is elected Prime Minister of Lesotho.
An explosion at a gas station in Creeslough, Ireland kills ten people and injures eight others.
October 8 - An explosion happens on the Crimean Bridge connecting Crimea and Russia, killing three people and causing a partial collapse of the only road bridge between the Crimean Peninsula and the Russian mainland.
October 9
Alexander van der Bellen is re-elected President of Austria in a landslide victory.
Max Verstappen wins the Formula One World Championship.
October 10
Former Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on banks and financial crises.
A retaliatory missile strikes by Russia hit Ukraine, including attacks in the capital of Kyiv.
Hurricane Julia kills at least 64 people across South and Central America.
October 11 - Tony Award and Honorary Academy Award winning British-American actress Angela Lansbury dies at the age of 96.
October 14 - A coal mine explosion in Amasra, Turkey kills more than 40 people and injures 11 others.
October 15 - Evin Prison, Iran's main prison for political prisoners, catches fire killing at least 8 prisoners and injuring over 50 others.
October 18
Moderate Party and Opposition Leader Ulf Kristersson is elected Prime Minister of Sweden, replacing Magdalena Andersson.
Sri Lankan novelist Shehan Karunatilaka wins the Booker Prize.
October 20 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Liz Truss resigns after 45 days in office because of criticisms of her leadership and economic policies, making her the shortest serving prime minister in the history of the United Kingdom.
October 22 - Giorgia Meloni becomes the Prime Minister of Italy after being designated by President Sergio Mattarella, becoming the first female Italian prime minister in the country's history and its first far right-wing prime minister since World War II.
October 23 - Xi Jinping is re-elected to a third term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
October 24 - Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is elected unopposed as Leader of the Conservative Party and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, replacing Liz Truss.
October 29
More than 100 people are killed and 300 others are injured by two car bombings in Mogadishu, Somalia.
At least 155 people are killed in a crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea with more than 130 others are injured.
October 30
Former President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is elected the 39th president, defeating incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, winning 50.9% of the vote against Bolsonaro's 49.10%.
A footbridge in Gujarat, India collapses, killing at least 141 people.
November
November 1
A coalition of right-wing and far-right political parties led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a 64-seat majority allowing him to be sworn in as Prime Minister of Israel for a third time in December.
A coalition left-leaning political parties wins a narrow one-seat majority of 90 seats. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen second government takes office in December not using the left-leaning majority but instead a moderate coalition, despite announcing her resignation before.
November 2-3 - The Ethiopian government and the TPLF agree on a ceasefire after signing a peace treaty in Pretoria, South Africa.
November 3 - In a failed assassination attempt on former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan during a rally, nine people were injured and one killed.
November 5 - A fire at a cafe in Kostroma, Russia kills 15 people and injures 250 others.
November 6-18 - The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) on climate change mitigation takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
November 6
A plane crash at Lake Victoria in Tanzania kills 19 people.
In baseball, the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series.
November 10 - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal, leaving at least six people dead.
November 11
The cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which was worth $18 billion, files for bankruptcy.
Ukrainian forces recapture Kherson, the only regional capital to be taken by Russia since the start of the war.
November 12 - In the United States, six people are killed in a mid-air plane crash at an air show in Dallas, Texas.
November 13
Natasa Pirc Musar is elected the 5th President of Slovenia, becoming the first woman to hold this office.
At least six people are killed and 81 injured in a bombing in Istanbul, Turkey.
November 15
The world population reaches 8 billion.
The 2022 G20 Bali summit in Bali, Indonesia takes place.
At least two people are killed after Russian-made missiles cross the Polish border and into the village of Przewodow.
November 16 - NASA successfully launches Artemis 1 to the Moon, the first uncrewed mission of its Space Launch System.
November 17 - The Democratic Party keep their majority in the United States Senate, while the Republican Party wins the majority in the United States House of Representatives.
November 19 - Long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is appointed Prime Minister of Malaysia by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah to form a unity government.
November 19-20 - In the United States, a mass shooting at a gay nightclub kills five people and injures 25 others.
November 20 until December 18 - The 2022 FIFA World Cup is held in Qatar and won by Argentina.
November 20 - Nepali Congress, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba wins the most seats in the House of Representatives with 89 seats, however does not win the majority by two seats.
November 21
A factory fire kills at least 38 people and two others injured in Anyang, central China.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake kills at least 56 people in Java, Indonesia.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan in a landslide victory.
November 27 - Mass protests break out in China following the country's strict COVID-19 policies.
November 30 - Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, dies at the age of 96.
December
December 2 - The G7 and Australia join the EU in adding a limit of $60 a barrel on Russian crude oil.
December 5 - The National Ignition Facility manages to start fusion ignition.
December 6 - Vice President and former President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is convicted and sentenced to prison for corruption.
December 7:
The Congress of Peru removes President Pedro Castillo from office and arrests him after he tries to dissolve congress in a coup attempt, Vice President Dina Boluarte replaces him.
In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group, including Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, are arrested in connection with a coup d'etat plot.
Albert Rosti and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected Swiss Federal Councillor.
After massive protests against China's COVID policies, the Chinese government removes some of its COVID restrictions.
December 8 - American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout are freed through a prisoner exchange.
December 10 - A housing block collapses after a suspected gas explosion on the island of Jersey killing at least nine people.
December 17 - Leo Varadkar replaces Micheal Martin as Taoiseach of Ireland.
December 18
HTMS Sukhothai, a corvette of the Royal Thai Navy, capsizes and sinks, leaving 31 crew members missing.
Argentina wins the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, after defeating France in the final.
December 19 - At the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), nearly 200 countries agree a landmark deal to protect a third of the planet for nature by 2030.
December 21 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban bans women from attending university and working in non-government organisations.
December 21-26 - A major winter storm hits the northern United States and southern Canada, killing at least 91 people and causes large North American air traffic.
December 24
A fuel tanker explodes in Boksburg, South Africa killing eight people.
A fire at a nursing home in Kemerovo, Russia kills 22 people.
The Parliament of Fiji elects Sitiveni Rabuka as Prime Minister of Fiji, defeating incumbent Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
December 26 - Pushpa Kamal Dahal becomes the Prime Minister of Nepal, replacing Sher Bahadur Deuba after creating a political alliance.
December 29 - Brazilian footballer Pele dies at the age of 82.
December 30
American television journalist Barbara Walters dies at the age of 93.
Luis Fernando Camacho, the Opposition Leader of Bolivia, is arrested and charged with terrorism.
December 31
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at the age of 95.
The Venezuelan opposition votes to dissolve the contested interim government led by Juan Guaido.
Deaths
January
January 2
Eric Walter Elst, Belgian astronomer (b. 1936)
Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist (b. 1944)
January 3
Beatrice Mintz, American embryologist (b. 1921)
Viktor Saneyev, Soviet and Georgian triple jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1945)
January 6
Peter Bogdanovich, American film director (b. 1939)
F. Sionil Jose, Filipino writer (b. 1924)
Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, activist and ambassador (b. 1927)
January 8 - Viktor Mazin, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (b. 1954)
January 9 - Toshiki Kaifu, 48th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1931)
January 11
Anatoly Alyabyev, Soviet and Russian athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
David Sassoli, 16th President of the European Parliament (b. 1956)
Ernest Shonekan, 9th Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1936)
January 12 - Ronnie Spector, American singer (b. 1943)
January 13 - Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director (b. 1946)
January 14 - Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect (b. 1939)
January 16 - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 5th President and 6th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1945)
January 18
Sir David Cox, English statistician (b. 1924)
Paco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1933)
Andre Leon Talley, American fashion journalist and stylist (b. 1948)
January 19
Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (b. 1984)
Hardy Kruger, German actor (b. 1928)
Hans-Jurgen Dorner, German football player, and Olympic champion (b. 1951).
January 20
Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1941)
Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (b. 1947)
January 21 - Rex Cawley, American hurdler and Olympic champion (b. 1940).
January 22 - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist (b. 1926)
January 23
Keto Losaberidze, Soviet and Georgian archer and Olympic champion (b. 1949)
Thierry Mugler, French fashion designer (b. 1948)
January 24 - Szilveszter Csollany, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion (b. 1970)
January 25 - Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1946)
January 27 - Charanjit Singh, Indian field hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1931)
January 30 - Leonid Kuravlyov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1936)
February
February 2 - Monica Vitti, Italian actress (b. 1931)
February 3
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, leader and 2nd Caliph of the Islamic State (b. 1976)
Christos Sartzetakis, 4th President of Greece (b. 1929)
February 5
Don Johnston, 4th Secretary-General of the OECD (b. 1936)
Boris Melnikov, Soviet and Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1938)
February 6
Ronnie Hellstrom, Swedish footballer (b. 1949)
Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (b. 1929)
February 7 - Douglas Trumbull, American film director, special effects supervisor and inventor (b. 1942)
February 8 - Luc Montagnier, French Nobel virologist (b. 1932)
February 10
Sir Manuel Esquivel, 2nd Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1940)
Duvall Hecht, American rower, publisher and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
February 12 - Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovak-born Canadian film director and producer (b. 1946)
February 13 - Eduardo Romero, Argentine professional golfer (b. 1954)
February 14 - Borislav Ivkov, Serbian chess Grandmaster (b. 1933)
February 15 - Jozef Zapedzki, Polish sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1929)
February 16 - Amos Sawyer, interim President of Liberia (b. 1945)
February 19
Gary Brooker, British singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
Kakuichi Mimura, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1931)
February 20 - Oleksandr Sydorenko, Soviet and Ukrainian swimmer and Olympic champion (b. 1960)
February 22 - Mark Lanegan, American singer, musician and writer (b. 1964)
February 24 - Ivanka Khristova, Bulgarian shot putter and Olympic champion (b. 1941)
February 28 - Abuzed Omar Dorda, 18th Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1944)
March
March 1 - Alevtina Kolchina, Soviet and Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
March 4
Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer (b. 1947)
Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (b. 1969)
March 6
Frank O'Farrell, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
Giuseppe Wilson, Italian footballer (b. 1945)
March 7 - Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, 9th President of Pakistan (b. 1929)
March 8 - Tomas Boy, Mexican footballer (b. 1951)
March 10 - Jurgen Grabowski, German footballer (b. 1944)
March 11
Rupiah Banda, 4th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
Rustam Ibragimbekov, Soviet and Azerbaijani screenwriter, playwright and producer (b. 1939)
March 12 - Karl Offmann, 3rd President of Mauritius (b. 1940)
March 13 - William Hurt, American actor (b. 1950)
March 14
Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist (b. 1948)
Charles Greene, American sprinter and Olympic champion (b. 1945)
March 15 - Eugene Parker, American solar physicist (b. 1927)
March 16 - Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese racing driver, motorcyclist, and team owner (b. 1940)
March 17
Christopher Alexander, Austrian-born British-American architect, design theorist, and writer (b. 1936)
Tony Nash, British bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1936).
March 19 - Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th President of Bangladesh (b. 1930)
March 21 - Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga, 16th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1954)
March 23 - Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovak-born American politician (b. 1937)
March 25 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (b. 1972)
March 27
Ayaz Mutallibov, 1st President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
Alexandra Zabelina, Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1937)
March 30 - Egon Franke, Polish fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1935)
March 31
Georgi Atanasov, 39th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1933)
Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer (b. 1943)
April
April 2 - Leonel Sanchez, Chilean footballer (b. 1936)
April 3 - Lygia Fagundes Telles, Brazilian writer (b. 1918)
April 4 - Django Sissoko, Acting Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1948)
April 5
Sidney Altman, Canadian-American Nobel molecular biologist (b. 1939)
Josef Panacek, Czech sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
Bjarni Tryggvason, Icelandic-born Canadian astronaut (b. 1945)
April 9 - Jack Higgins, English author (b. 1929)
April 13
Michel Bouquet, French actor (b. 1925)
Freddy Rincon, Colombian footballer (b. 1966)
April 14 - Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)
April 15
Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, 4th President of the European Parliament (b. 1925)
Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
April 17 - Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (b. 1945)
April 18 - Sir Harrison Birtwistle, English composer (b. 1934)
April 19 - Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified person living (b. 1903)
April 21
Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya (b. 1931)
Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker (b. 1941)
April 22 - Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1951)
April 26 - Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (b. 1947)
April 27 - Ismail Ogan, Turkish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1933)
April 30 - Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (b. 1967)
May
May 1 - Ivica Osim, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
May 3
Tony Brooks, English Formula One driver (b. 1932)
Stanislav Shushkevich, 1st Chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus (b. 1934)
May 7 - Yuri Averbakh, Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and author (b. 1922)
May 8 - Maria Gusakova, Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1931)
May 10 - Leonid Kravchuk, 1st President of Ukraine (b. 1934)
May 13
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1948)
Teresa Berganza, Spanish mezzo-soprano (b. 1933)
Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born Danish Nobel nuclear physicist (b. 1926)
May 14 - Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer (b. 1975)
May 17 - Vangelis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1943)
May 26
Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1928)
Andy Fletcher, English keyboardist (b. 1961)
Ray Liotta, American actor and producer (b. 1954)
Alan White, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1949)
May 27 - Angelo Sodano, 54th Secretary of State of the Holy See (b. 1927)
May 28
Evaristo Carvalho, 5th Prime Minister and 4th President of Sao Tome and Principe (b. 1941)
Bujar Nishani, 7th President of Albania (b. 1966)
May 30 - Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer (b. 1913)
June
June 6 - Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1939)
June 7
Isaac Berger, American weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
Marco Luzzago, Lieutenant of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1950)
June 8
Romeo Morri, Captain Regent of San Marino (b. 1952)
Dame Paula Rego, Portuguese-born English visual artist (b. 1935)
June 14 - A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist and playwright (b. 1936)
June 16 - Steinar Amundsen, Norwegian sprint canoeist and Olympic champion (b. 1945).
June 17 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, filmmaker and racing driver (b. 1930)
June 21 - Dragan Tomic, Acting President of Serbia (b. 1935)
June 22
Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speed skater and Olympic champion (b. 1943)
Juri Tarmak, Estonian high jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1946)
June 23 - Stien Kaiser, Dutch speed skater and Olympic champion (b. 1938)
June 27 - Leonardo Del Vecchio, Italian businessman (b. 1935)
July
July 1 - Richard Taruskin, American musicologist (b. 1945)
July 2 - Peter Brook, English theatre and film director (b. 1925)
July 3 - Robert Curl, American Nobel chemist (b. 1933)
July 5
Arne Ahman, Swedish triple jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1925)
Mohammed Barkindo, 28th Secretary General of OPEC (b. 1959)
July 6 - James Caan, American actor (b. 1940)
July 7 - Jacob Nena, 4th President of Micronesia (b. 1941)
July 8
Shinzo Abe, 57th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1954)
Jose Eduardo dos Santos, 2nd President of Angola (b. 1942)
Luis Echeverria, 57th President of Mexico (b. 1922)
July 14 - Francisco Morales-Bermudez, 112th Prime Minister and 51st President of Peru (b. 1921)
July 18 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born American sculptor (b. 1929)
July 21 - Uwe Seeler, German footballer (b. 1936)
July 25 - David Trimble, Northern Irish politician and Nobel Peace laureate (b. 1944)
July 26 - James Lovelock, English scientist, environmentalist and futurist (b. 1919)
July 27 - Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Soviet sprint canoeist and Olympic champion (b. 1928)
July 29 - Juris Hartmanis, Latvian-born American computer scientist (b. 1928)
July 30 - Nichelle Nichols, American actor (b. 1932)
July 31
Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines (b. 1928)
Ayman al-Zawahiri, 2nd General Emir of al-Qaeda (b. 1951)
August
August 3 - Raymond Damadian, American physician and inventor (b. 1936)
August 5
Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1938)
Judith Durham, Australian singer (b. 1943)
August 7
Anatoly Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1928)
Ezekiel Alebua, 3rd Prime Minister of Solomon Islands (b. 1947)
August 8 - Dame Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress (b. 1948)
August 9 - Raymond Briggs, English author and cartoonist (b. 1934)
August 10 - Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer (b. 1930)
August 11
Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1926)
Jean-Jacques Sempe, French cartoonist (b. 1932)
August 12 - Wolfgang Petersen, German film director and producer (b. 1941)
August 24 - Kazuo Inamori, Japanese businessman, philanthropist, and entrepreneur (b. 1932)
August 30
Gheorghe Berceanu, Romanian wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1949)
Mikhail Gorbachev, 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b. 1931)
September
September 2 - Frank Drake, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1930)
September 4 - Boris Lagutin, Soviet and Russian boxer and Olympic champion (b. 1938)
September 7 - Valeri Polyakov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1942)
September 8 - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (b. 1926)
September 10 - William Klein, American-born French photographer, film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
September 11 - Javier Marias, Spanish novelist (b. 1951)
September 13 - Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director (b. 1930)
September 14 - Irene Papas, Greek actress and singer (b. 1929)
September 15 - Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician (b. 1940)
September 18
Mustafa Dagistanli, Turkish wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1931)
Nick Holonyak, American engineer and educator (b. 1928)
September 22 - Dame Hilary Mantel, English author (b. 1952)
September 23 - Louise Fletcher, American actress (b. 1934)
September 24 - Hudson Austin, 4th head of government of Grenada (b. 1938)
September 25 - Rafael Chimishkyan, Georgian weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1929)
September 26 - Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian Islamic scholar (b. 1926)
September 28 - Coolio, American rapper and actor (b. 1963)
September 30 - Yury Zaitsev, Soviet and Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
October
October 1 - Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1943)
October 4 - Loretta Lynn, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1932)
October 6 - Phil Read, English motorcycle racer (b. 1939)
October 7 - Bill Nieder, American shot putter and Olympic champion (b. 1933)
October 9 - Bruno Latour, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1947)
October 11 - Dame Angela Lansbury, Irish-British American actress and singer (b. 1925)
October 13 - James McDivitt, American astronaut (b. 1929)
October 14 - Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian (b. 1950)
October 15 - Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, 3rd Caliph of the Islamic State
October 17 - Younoussi Toure, 4th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1941)
October 18 - Ole Ellefsaeter, Norwegian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1939)
October 22
Leszek Engelking, Polish writer and translator (b. 1955)
Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman (b. 1944)
October 26 - Pierre Soulages, French painter, printmaker and sculptor (b. 1919)
October 28 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician (b. 1935)
November
November 4 - Balakh Sher Mazari, Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928)
November 5 - Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, 9th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1933)
November 6 - Edward C. Prescott, American Nobel economist (b. 1940)
November 7 - Jeff Cook, American country music artist. (b. 1949)
November 8 - Lee Bontecou, American sculptor (b. 1931)
November 17
Fred Brooks, American computer scientist and writer (b. 1931)
Aleksandr Gorshkov, Russian figure skater and Olympic champion (b. 1946)
November 18 - Ned Rorem, American composer (b. 1923)
November 23 - David Johnson, English footballer (b. 1951)
November 24 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author and poet (b. 1929)
November 25 - Irene Cara, American singer and actress (b. 1959)
November 30
Sir Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner and Olympic champion (b. 1933)
Jiang Zemin, 9th General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and 5th President of China (b. 1926)
Christine McVie, British musician and songwriter (b. 1943)
December
December 1 - Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1933)
December 6 - Adolfas Slezevicius, 6th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1948)
December 8 - Miodrag Jesic, Serbian football manager and player (b. 1958)
December 9 - Joseph Kittinger, United States Air Force officer (b. 1928)
December 11 - Angelo Badalamenti, American composer (b. 1937)
December 12 - Miroslaw Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut (b. 1941)
December 16 - Sinisa Mihajlovic, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1969)
December 20 - Subroto, 16th and 19th Secretary General of OPEC (b. 1923)
December 22 - Anton Tkac, Slovak cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
December 23 - George Cohen, English footballer (b. 1939)
December 28
Arata Isozaki, Japanese architect (b. 1931)
Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi, Indian writer, Sanskrit grammarian, and literary critic. (b. 1936)
December 29
Pele, Brazilian footballer (b. 1940)
Eduard Artemyev, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1937)
Edgar Savisaar, 1st Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Estonia (b. 1950)
Janos Varga, Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1939)
Dame Vivienne Westwood, British fashion designer (b. 1941)
December 30
Luann Ryon, American archer and Olympic champion (b. 1953)
Barbara Walters, American television journalist (b. 1929)
December 31
Pope Benedict XVI (b. 1927)
Anita Pointer, American singer (b. 1948)
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry - Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten P. Meldal and Karl Barry Sharpless
Economics - Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig
Literature - Annie Ernaux
Peace - Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and The Center for Civil Liberties
Physics - Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger
Physiology or Medicine - Svante Paabo
Notes
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