• January 6 - Supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the Capitol Building in Washington during the congressional certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's win, resulting in five deaths and prompting evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence.

• January 7 - Facebook Improperly Blocks Trump: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg blocks President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram until January 20.

• February 11 - The World's second oldest person, French nun Sister André, celebrates her 117th birthday after surviving COVID-19 in Toulon, Fra.

• February 16 - Athens and parts of Greece covered in unusually heavy snowfall.

• February 23 - Tiger Woods crashes his car driving south of Los Angeles, injuring both his legs.

• March 2 - Dolly Parton receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine she gave $1 million to help develop.

• March 7 - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo says "no way I resign” after accusations of his office concealing nursing home deaths and sexual assault.

• March 20 - Overseas spectators will not be allowed to attend the Tokyo Summer Olympics due to the pandemic Japanese organizers confirm.

• March 22 - Sanctions imposed on Chinese officials over rights abuses against Uighurs in China by EU, UK, US and Canada.

• April 19 - NASA successfully flies its drone helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, first powered aircraft to fly on the surface of another world.

• April 21 - Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West and Joe Biden not to cross a "red line" in his state of the union address, amid massing of 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine border.

• June 9 - Record price for a coin sold at auction as 1933 'Double Eagle' gold coin sells for $18.9 million in New York.

• June 10 - Zahid Quraish confirmed as America's first Muslim federal judge for the District of New Jersey by the US Senate.

• June 25 - Former US police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 years and six months for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

• August 7- As part of the winning American 4 × 400 m relay team in Tokyo, Allyson Felix takes her total to 11 Olympic medals and becomes the most decorated female Olympian in track and field history.

• August 10 - Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo resigns amid a sexual harassment scandal.

• September 15 - US gymnasts, including Simone Biles, testify against former team doctor Larry Nassar at a Senate Committee hearing, criticizing a system that allowed it to happen.

• October 24 - Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby's, setting a record for sneakers at auction.

• October 24 - Tom Brady becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes when he hits Mike Evans in the first quarter of the Buccaneers' 38-3 rout of the Chicago Bears in Tampa Bay.

• November 2 - Former police captain Eric Adams is elected the second African American mayor of New York City.

• December 9 - Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of falsely reporting a hate crime in 2019, in a Chicago court.

• December 29 - British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is convicted in a federal court on five of six charges relating to her recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Notable Deaths -

Cicely Tyson (1924-2021) American stage and screen actress (Roots; The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman), died at 96.

Christopher Plummer (1929-2021) Canadian Emmy, Tony, and Oscar award winning actor (Sound of Music; Cyrano; Beginners), died at 91.

Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021) American conservative political talk radio personality, died of lung cancer at 70.

Prince Philip (1921-2021) Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, died at 99.

Bernie Madoff (1938-2021) American fraudster and financier who committed the largest fraud in US history, died in prison of natural causes at 82.

F. Lee Bailey ( -2021) American criminal defense attorney (defended Sam Sheppard; Boston Strangler; Patty Hearst; OJ Simpson), died at 87.

Colin Powell(1937-2021) American General and 1st Black US Secretary of State (2001-05), died from blood cancer and Parkinson's disease at 84.

Bob Dole (1923-2021) American politician (Senate Republican leader, 1985-96, Presidential candidate in 1996), died of lung cancer at 98.

Betty White (1922-2021) American Emmy Award-winning comic actress with the longest TV career of a female entertainer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Sue Ann Nivens"; Golden Girls - "Rose"; The Proposal), died after suffering a stroke at 99.

Notable Deaths in Sports -

Roger Hassenforder (Fra) (1930-2021) French racing cyclist nicknamed "boute-en-train" ("life of the party") had 8 Tour de France stage wins 1955-59), died at 90.

Hank Aaron (1934-2021) American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder, had MLB record (non-steroid) 755 HRs; NL MVP 1957; 25× MLB All-Star; played for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, died at 86.

'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler (1954-2021) American boxer was the undisputed World Middleweight champion 1980-87; second-longest unified Championship reign in boxing history, died at 66.

Elgin Baylor (1934-2021) American Basketball Hall of Fame small forward was an 11x NBA All Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1959; Minneapolis/LA Lakers, died at 86.

Monica Bandini (1964-2021) Italian racing cyclist rode on the World Championship gold women's team time trial 1988, died from a heart attack at 56.

John Madden (1936-2021) American Pro Football HOF coach (Oakland Raiders 1969-78; Super Bowl 1976) and sportscaster (16x Emmy Award winner; CBS, FOX, ABC, NBC; Madden NFL video games), died at 85.

 

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