Timeline July 2022

Events in July 2022 16

• 1932 – 2022 Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022) Died 30 July 2022, aged 89 American actress whose Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek was among the first non-stereotyped Black roles on American television.
• 1934 – 2022 Bill Russell The Secretary of Defense Holds the record for the most NBA championships as a player (11) with the Boston Celtics.
• 1940 – 2022 James Caan (1940-2022) Died 6 July 2022, aged 82 American actor whose Sonny Corleone in The Godfather earned an Academy Award nomination.
• 1944 – 2022 David Trimble (1944-2022) Died 25 July 2022, aged 77 Northern Irish politician who shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize for his part in the Good Friday Agreement.
• 1949 – 2022 Ivana Trump (1949-2022) Died 14 July 2022, aged 73 Czech-American businesswoman and the first wife of Donald Trump.
• 2022 Arm and shoulder amputated July 2022 In July 2022 Marsman's right arm and shoulder are amputated after treatment fails to halt the spread of the disease. She continued to write and speak publicly about illness and mortality.
• 2022 Signs five-year, $276 million supermax extension Jokic signs the largest contract in NBA history at the time — a five-year, $276 million fully guaranteed supermax extension with the Denver Nuggets, confirming his commitment to the franchise.
• 2022 Wimbledon 2022 Men: Novak Djokovic · Women: Elena Rybakina Djokovic's 7th title. Russian players banned. Rybakina (representing Kazakhstan) won.
• 2022 Sworn in as Senator for the Australian Capital Territory Taking His Seat in Parliament Pocock was formally sworn in as a senator for the Australian Capital Territory in July 2022, taking his seat as an independent in the 47th Parliament. His arrival added a prominent new crossbench voice to a Senate that would prove pivotal to the incoming government's legislative agenda. It marked the formal start of his second public career.
• 2022 Boris Johnson resigns as Conservative leader More than fifty ministers quit in two days Boris Johnson announced his resignation as Conservative leader on 7 July 2022 after more than fifty ministers resigned in protest over a succession of scandals.
• 2022 Shinzo Abe Assassinated Former Japanese PM shot during campaign speech Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated while giving a campaign speech in Nara. He was shot with a homemade firearm by a 41-year-old man who blamed a religious group for his family's financial ruin. The killing shocked Japan, a country with almost no gun violence.
• 2022 Shinzo Abe assassinated Japan's longest-serving prime minister shot at a campaign rally Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was shot and killed while campaigning in Nara on 8 July 2022.
• 2022 First images from the James Webb Space Telescope released The deepest infrared view of the universe yet taken NASA released the first full-colour images from the James Webb Space Telescope on 12 July 2022, including the deepest infrared image of the universe taken to that date.
• 2022 James Webb first images Deepest view of universe revealed NASA released the first full-colour scientific images from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022, showing galaxies formed just 600 million years after the Big Bang.
• 2022 Britain passes 40 degrees Celsius for the first time A national record broken during a European heatwave The United Kingdom recorded a temperature above 40C for the first time on 19 July 2022, reaching 40.3C at Coningsby during a heatwave that set records across western Europe.
• 2022 Joni Mitchell returns at the Newport Folk Festival Surprise set Her first full performance in over 20 years.