A Brief History
On January 2, 2022, the Omicron variant of the Covid virus was on the rise, but that was minor news compared to the top stories of 2022, some of which include:
Digging Deeper
- Russia invaded Ukraine.
- Inflation ran rampant and gasoline reached an average of $5 per gallon.
- Queen Elizabeth II died and Charles III took the throne.
- The Cleveland Browns dumped Baker Mayfield and signed Deshaun Watson to a record contract.
- Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion.
- The ongoing investigations of Donald Trump resulted in his company being found guilty of fraud and his tax returns being released.
- The US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
- The world population passed 8 billion people.
- Boris Johnson resigned as the UK Prime Minister.
- Johnny Depp won a sordid court case over Amber Heard.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, Becca. No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right. Public Affairs, 2022.
Parker, Jimmy. Russia finally invades Ukraine in 2022:could this be world war III?: a brief analysis of the ongoing Russia VS Ukraine crisis. Kindle, 2022.
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