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- Jan 1 Chicago Bulls forward DeMar DeRozen becomes first player in NBA history to hit buzzer-beaters on consecutive days; hits 3-pointers to beat Washington Wizards, 120-119 and previous night Indiana Pacers, 108-106
Desmond Tutu's Funeral
Jan 1 State Funeral in Cape Town, South Africa, for anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop and Activist Desmond Tutu
- Jan 2 Israel becomes one of the first countries to offer a fourth vaccine dose against COVID-19 amid an Omicron surge
- Jan 2 Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns in a televised address amid political deadlock after a rejection of his deal with the military by pro-democracy forces
Omicron Surge
Jan 2 US epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci says focus should be on hospitalizations not case numbers amid huge surge in Omicron COVID-19 cases. Cases up 202%, hospitalizations up 30% in US. [1]
Immunologist and Infectious Disease Expert Anthony Fauci
Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty
Jan 3 Elizabeth Holmes, founder of blood-testing start-up Theranos is found guilty on four counts of fraud in San Jose, California [1]
Entrepreneur and CEO of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes
Roth Cancels Las Vegas Residency
Jan 3 Rock singer David Lee Roth cancels his pre-retirement residency in Las Vegas due to "unforeseen circ*mstances related to COVID"
Rocker David Lee Roth
- Jan 3 Scotsman Peter Wright wins his second PDC World Darts Championship; beats Michael Smith of England, 7-5 at the Alexandra Palace in London
- Jan 4 Canadian government announces US$31.5 billion settlement to fix and compensate for Indigenous child welfare system, largest in its history [1]
- Jan 4 Toyota becomes the first foreign automaker to top US sales, beating GM in 2021, partly due to supply issues [1]
- Jan 5 Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards pardons Homer Plessy for buying whites-only train ticket in 1892 (resulted in U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson 1896) [1]
- Jan 5 State of emergency declared across Kazakhstan amid unrest and protests against fuel price rises, 164 killed in three days
Allen Toussaint Boulevard
Jan 6 New Orleans, Louisiana city council votes to change name of Robert E. Lee Boulevard to Allen Toussaint Boulevard
Pianist, Songwriter and Producer Allen ToussaintConfederate General Robert E. Lee
Đoković's Visa Cancelled
Jan 6 Tennis world No. 1 Novak Đoković's visa into Australia cancelled after uproar over his COVID-19 vaccination exemption
Tennis Champion Novak Đoković
- Jan 7 First successful transplant of a pig's heart into a human when genetically modified pig's heart inserted into a 53-year-old man in Baltimore, Maryland [1]
- Jan 7 Three men convicted of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Feb 2020, sentenced to life in prison in a Georgia court
- Jan 8 Dan Campbell's Detroit Lions finish the season with a 9–8 record, achieving their first winning season since 2017
- Jan 8 The United Kingdom passes 150,000 COVID-19 deaths, the first country in Europe and the seventh globally [1]
- Jan 9 At least 200 people killed and 10,000 displaced by armed bandits in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, after military raids on their hideouts, amid a continuing struggle for order in the region [1]
- Jan 9 Dan Campbell finishes his first season as head coach of the Detroit Lions with a 3–13–1 record
- Jan 9 Fire in a Bronx, New York, residential high rise kills 17 and injures 63
79th Golden Globes
Jan 10 79th Golden Globes: Best film "The Power of the Dog" (drama), "West Side Story" (comedy/musical), Best TV series "Succession", Best Director Jane Campion (Motion Picture)
Choreographer, Director and Theater Producer Jerome RobbinsFilm Director Jane Campion
- Jan 10 College Football, National Championship, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana: #3 Georgia beats #1 Alabama, 33-18
- Jan 10 Crytocurrency Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, now one of the world's richest billionaires, with net worth of $96 billion according to Bloomberg
Maya Angelou Quarter
Jan 10 The US Mint issues quarter coins commemorating poet Maya Angelou, first black woman to be depicted [1]
Author, Poet and Activist Maya Angelou
- Jan 10 US reports 1.34 million new COVID-19 infections, a global record, with Omicron variant accounting for an estimated 95% of cases [1]
- Jan 11 Quebec announces it will impose a healthcare tax on unvaccinated adults who are accounting for 50% of ICU cases (scrapped Feb 2022) [1]
- Jan 11 WHO warns more than half of Europe could catch COVID-19 within weeks, warning of a "west-to-east tidal wave" [1]
- Jan 13 Australian equals hottest temperature on record of 50.7C (123.26F) in Onslow, Western Australia
- Jan 13 Britain's Prince Andrew stripped of his military titles and royal patronages by Buckingham Palace, amid continuing sexual assault allegations
Sirhan Sirhan's Release Blocked
Jan 13 California Governor Gavin Newsom blocks Robert F. Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan's release on parole after 53 years in jail [1]
Assassin of Bobby Kennedy Sirhan SirhanGovernor of California Gavin NewsomUS Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
- Jan 13 Landmark conviction of former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan for state-sponsored crimes against humanity in Koblenz, Germany [1]
- Jan 15 Oil spill at La Pampilla refinery off Peruvian coast after waves from the Tongan eruption cause almost 12,000 barrels to leak into the sea [1]
- Jan 15 Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai violently erupts with 20km ash plume, sending tsunami over nearby Tonga, with shock waves heard in New Zealand [1]
- Jan 16 Unvaccinated World #1 tennis player Novak Đoković is deported by the Australian government on "health and good order" grounds, without playing in the Australian Open
- Jan 18 Boston Bruins retire Willie O'Ree's #22 jersey, on the 64th anniversary of his becoming the NHL's first Black player [1]
- Jan 18 France records a record 464,769 new COVID-19 cases with other European countries also registering record numbers amid Omicron's spread [1]
- Jan 18 Indonesia's parliament approves bill to relocate its capital to Borneo and announces new city's name will be Nusantara, (meaning archipelago) [1]
- Jan 18 Microsoft says it is buying Activision Blizzard, publisher of online games "Call of Duty", "World of Warcraft" and "Candy Crush" for $70 billion - biggest-ever gaming and tech takeover [1]
- Jan 19 5G cellphone service launches in the US with airlines claiming it could interfere with airplane technologies
- Jan 19 Major report on antimicrobial resistance shows 4.95m deaths worldwide associated with drug-resistant bacteria, making untreatable infections now a leading cause of death [1]
- Jan 19 UK PM Boris Johnson eases Omicron COVID-19 restrictions, saying the current wave of infections has peaked
- Jan 20 19-year-old aviator Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the world landing at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport, Belgium [1]
- Jan 21 Yemen detention centre in Saada held by rebel Houthis bombed killing more than 70 people [1]
- Jan 23 Buffalo wide receiver Gabriel Davis scores an NFL playoff record 4 TDs in the Bills' epic 42-36 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in their divisional-round playoff at Arrowhead Stadium
- Jan 24 19 die in a fight and a fire at a nightclub in Sorong city, West Papua, Indonesia [1]
- Jan 24 At least 34 people killed and 65,000 left homeless after two different tropical storms batter Madagascar and Mozambique with Madagascar's capital Antananarivo particularly affected [1]
- Jan 24 Coup in Burkina Faso as military announce on TV they have overthrown President Roch Kaboré after his failure to stem an Islamic insurgency [1]
- Jan 25 Australian government buys the copyright to the Aboriginal flag designed by artist Harold Thomas for A$20 million (US$14m) [1]
- Jan 25 People smuggling boat reported to have capsized in the Florida Straits with the loss of 38 lives
- Jan 25 Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle becomes NHL's new "Iron Man" with his 965th consecutive regular-season game, breaking Doug Jarvis's all-time record, in a 4-3 loss at the New York Islanders [1]
Spotify Removes Neil Young
Jan 26 Spotify removes Neil Young's music from its streaming platform after the singer-songwriter's ultimatum in objection to COVID-19 misinformation in Joe Rogan's podcasts [1]
Singer-songwriter Neil YoungComedian, Podcaster and TV Presenter Joe Rogan
- Jan 26 US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement
Biden Supreme Court Pledge
Jan 27 US President Joe Biden pledges to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court
46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden
- Jan 29 Australian Open Women's Tennis: World #1 Ash Barty wins her home Grand Slam event for the first time; beats American Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6
- Jan 30 AFC Championship, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri: Cincinnati Bengals beat Kansas City Chiefs, 27-24 OT
Nadal's Record 21st Grand Slam
Jan 30 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins record 21st Grand Slam singles title with an epic 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win over Daniil Medvedev of Russia
Tennis Champion Rafael NadalTennis Player Daniil Medvedev
- Jan 30 Kurdish-led militia and American forces regain control of Sinaa prison in Hasaka, Syria, after a week-log assault by ISIS fighters, with the loss of 500 lives [1]
- Jan 30 NFC Championship, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California: LA Rams beat SF 49ers, 20-17
- Jan 30 Portugal's ruling Socialist party headed by Prime Minister António Costwin wins an unexpected outright majority in country's snap election
- Jan 31 British government report finds "a failure of leadership" led to parties taking place in Downing Street when UK under strict lockdown, amid a police investigation [1]
- Jan 31 Online word puzzle Wordle bought for “low seven figure sum” by The New York Times
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