24 February 2022Sanctions on RussiaJoseph Robinette Biden Jr
Announces new sanctions after Russia attacks Ukraine.
Historical records for United States of America in 2022, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Announces new sanctions after Russia attacks Ukraine.
Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Delivers his first State of the Union address.
Meets NATO allies as the alliance reinforces its eastern flank.
Welch leads the Hubble discovery of Earendel, a gravitationally magnified star seen from within the universe's first billion years.
Jackson is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Convenes allies to coordinate military support for Ukraine.
Joins allied planning for long-term Ukrainian defense support.
Leads a congressional delegation to Kyiv.
Announces U.S. diplomats will return to Kyiv.
Signs Lend-Lease legislation for Ukraine assistance.
As EHT project scientist, helps present the first direct image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.
Contributes to Event Horizon Telescope imaging and interpretation of Sagittarius A* at event-horizon scales.
Condemns the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe.
Signs bipartisan gun safety legislation.
Attends NATO's Madrid summit after Russia's invasion.
Signs the CHIPS and Science Act.
Signs veterans burn-pit exposure legislation.
US policy supports domestic high-assay low-enriched uranium supply.
Signs the Inflation Reduction Act.
Announces a student debt relief plan.
Webb obtains the clearest view of Neptune's rings in more than three decades, including faint dusty bands.
Juno makes a close flyby of Europa.
Juno makes a close flyby of Europa, collecting high-resolution imagery and science data.
Announces Brittney Griner's release from Russia.
Shares the chemistry prize for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
Shares the chemistry prize for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
Shares the physics prize for experiments with entangled photons and tests of Bell inequalities.
Signs the Respect for Marriage Act.
Announces Patriot air defense support during Zelenskyy's Washington visit.
Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Receives an Academy Honorary Award recognizing his long and influential screen career.
Writes and directs Babylon, an ensemble drama about Hollywood during the transition to sound cinema.
Freedman compares alternative distance indicators to investigate the Hubble constant tension
Riess uses an expanded Hubble distance-ladder sample to strengthen the local expansion-rate measurement and the discrepancy with early-universe Lambda-CDM predictions.
Orton contributes observations used to model Neptune's deeper haze and methane-cloud structure.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments with entangled photons, Bell inequality violations and pioneering quantum information science.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
Writes and directs Nope, a science-fiction horror film centred on mysterious events above a California ranch.
Retires as Voyager project scientist after five decades guiding the mission.
Produces and co-writes the stop-motion feature Wendell & Wild.
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