A literal banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million in New York.
Beyoncé received her 99th Grammy nomination, becoming the most nominated artist in Grammy history.
Donald Trump wins U.S. Presidency for second time.
Prada teamed up with Axiom Space to create the spacesuits for NASA's Artemis III mission to the Moon.
Trump Target of Apparent Assassination Attempt in Florida.
Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Vladimir Putin won the Russian Presidential election again.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took off for its 72nd and final flight on Mars.
Israel formally declared war on Hamas following a surprise attack by Hamas operatives in Israeli-controlled territory.
Kim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.
Donald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.
Russia's Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.
Uruguay defeated Italy 1-0 in La Plata, Argentina, to win their first FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Former US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.
The Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.
The FBI arrested US Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeria for leaking classified documents.
NASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.
Italy banned the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT over data security concerns.
The US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.
The FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
The US Military shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon.
The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russia passed a stricter ban on 'LGBT propaganda.'
NASA announced that 16 researchers would be a part of a nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs.
New York's district attorney returned 58 stolen pieces of art to Italy, worth $19 million.
The first Monkeypox deaths outside of Africa were recorded in Brazil and Spain.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its first groundbreaking images from space.
The US supreme court officially overturned women's constitutional right to abortion.
McDonald's sold their business in Russia to a local licensee to allow him to operate the restaurants under a new brand.
President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Lend-Lease act to send military equipment to Ukraine.
A fireball was spotted over southern Mississippi.
US President Joe Biden announced that Americans no longer needed to wear masks against COVID-19, following guidance released by the CDC.
Russia began to invade Ukraine, and was described by President Putin as a 'special military operation.'
In a televised statement, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, announced that he would conduct a 'special military operation' against Ukraine.
Russia declared the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.
USA's men's hockey team beat Canada's for the first time in 12 years.
Hunga Tonga, a volcano in Tonga, erupted, which triggered tsunami warnings from the US and Chile to Japan and Australia.
Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began the multi-day process of unfurling its sunshield.
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched from the Guiana Space Center.
The Russian Soyuz MS-18 spaceflight landed in the Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan.
A Russian actress and a film director were launched into space to create the world's first film in orbit.
The last American military evacuation plane left Kabul, ending the brutal 20-year-long War in Afghanistan.
Italy won their second EUFA Euro soccer title after defeating England in penalty shootouts.
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
US President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Italy won the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with Måneskin's 'Zitti e buoni.'
US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021.
The Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars.
Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began.
