Timeline March 2022

Events in March 2022 11

• 1937 – 2022 Madeleine Albright (1937-2022) Died 23 March 2022, aged 84 Czech-born American diplomat who was the first woman to serve as United States secretary of state.
• 1950 – 2022 William Hurt (1950-2022) Died 13 March 2022, aged 71 American actor who won an Academy Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman and was nominated three years running.
• 1969 – 2022 Shane Warne (1969-2022) Died 4 March 2022, aged 52 Australian leg-spinner regarded as the finest of all time, who took 708 Test wickets and revived the art of wrist spin.
• 1972 – 2022 Taylor Hawkins (1972-2022) Died 25 March 2022, aged 50 American drummer of the Foo Fighters for twenty-five years.
• 2022 Hey Hey Rise Up -- the Ukraine single In March 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Pink Floyd releases 'Hey Hey Rise Up' -- featuring Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox, who had returned to Ukraine to fight and posted a video of himself singing a Ukrainian patriotic song in Kyiv's Sofiyska Square. Gilmour and Mason add instrumentation to Khlyvnyuk's vocal, releasing it as a charity single. The release is notable for being described as the first new Pink Floyd music in 28 years since The Division Bell. It demonstrates that Gilmour and Mason consider Pink Floyd still active as a humanitarian platform if not as a recording and touring enterprise.
• 2022 Global inflation surge Worst inflation in 40 years Global inflation surged to 40-year highs in 2022, driven by post-COVID supply chain disruptions, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and soaring energy prices.
• 2022 Reborn Returned with his second album, Reborn, after a nine-year hiatus. 'I want people to talk to me about something other than Nightcall now,' he told Mixmag.
• 2022 IKEA exits Russia after Ukraine invasion IKEA suspends all operations in Russia and Belarus on 3 March 2022 — four days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine — citing the 'devastating human impact' of the war. IKEA had operated 17 stores in Russia employing 15,000 people; Russia had been one of IKEA's top-ten markets. IKEA eventually sells its Russian manufacturing operations and formally exits the market. The Russian withdrawal costs IKEA approximately €1.2 billion in write-downs but is widely praised as a principled business decision.
• 2022 Iditarod 2022 — 50th anniversary Winner: Brent Sass — 8 days 14h The 50th running of the Iditarod was won by Brent Sass of Eureka in 8 days 14 hours. The race celebrated five decades of "The Last Great Race on Earth."
• 2022 Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins dies Bogota The drummer dies on tour in Colombia.
• 2022 Will Smith strikes Chris Rock at the Oscars An incident during the ceremony CODA won Will Smith struck presenter Chris Rock on stage during the Academy Awards on 27 March 2022, minutes before winning best actor. CODA won best picture, the first film from a streaming service to do so.