Timeline January 2022

Events in January 2022 11

• 1926 – 2022 Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) Died 22 January 2022, aged 95 Vietnamese Zen monk, poet and peace activist who brought mindfulness practice to the West.
• 1927 – 2022 Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) Died 6 January 2022, aged 94 Bahamian-American actor, the first Black man to win the Academy Award for best actor, for Lilies of the Field.
• 1943 – 2022 Ronnie Spector (1943-2022) Died 12 January 2022, aged 78 American singer of the Ronettes, whose voice on Be My Baby defined the girl-group era.
• 1947 – 2022 Meat Loaf (1947-2022) Died 20 January 2022, aged 74 American singer and actor whose Bat Out of Hell remains one of the best-selling albums ever made.
• 1956 – 2022 Bob Saget (1956-2022) Died 9 January 2022, aged 65 American comedian and actor known for Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos.
• 2022 Australian Open 2022 Men: Rafael Nadal · Women: Ashleigh Barty Nadal came back from two sets down to win his 21st Grand Slam. Barty won on home soil, then retired at 25. Both stories dominated global sports coverage.
• 2022 2022: Max Verstappen Red Bull Verstappen won his second title in dominant fashion with 15 victories, the most wins in a single season at that time.
• 2022 Auction Record Her 1959 painting Untitled (Nets) sold for $10.5 million, setting a new auction record. A second Louis Vuitton collaboration launched worldwide. The largest retrospective of her work in Asia opened at Hong Kong's M+ museum.
• 2022 Death of Sinéad O'Connor's Son Shane Her 17-year-old son Shane died by suicide in January 2022. O'Connor was devastated, later cancelling her upcoming album and performances.
• 2022 Hunga Tonga volcano erupts The most powerful eruption in more than a century The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano erupted on 15 January 2022, sending a plume into the mesosphere and triggering a tsunami across the Pacific. It was the most powerful eruption recorded anywhere in over a century.
• 2022 Neil Young pulls his music from Spotify Protest over Joe Rogan Removes his catalogue in protest over COVID-19 misinformation on the platform.