Business
February 3rd: The share price of this company falls by 26.4%, losing $230 billion in market value, the biggest one day loss in history for a U.S. company.
Meta
March 8th: The Biden administration bans Russian oil, natural gas, and coal imports to the U.S. in response to the Russian invasion of this country.
Ukraine
February 22nd: The official governing body of this sport in the U.S. announce they have reached an agreement with the U.S. Women’s National Team to end a dispute over equal pay
Soccer
May 12th: President Biden marks the milestone of 1 million U.S. deaths to this infectious disease
Coronavirus
June 13th: The national average price of this commodity reached a record high of $5.01/gallon
Gasoline
January 3rd: This former CEO and founder of Theranos was found guilty on four charges of defrauding investors.
Elizabeth Holmes
January 13th: This court blocked the President’s vaccine requirement aimed at large businesses
The Supreme Court
March 13th: This NFL quarterback announces his return to the NFL after a 40 day period of retirement
Tom Brady
Hurricane Ian
June 15th: The Federal Reserve raises interest rates by three-quarters of a percent to tackle this phenomena plaguing the economy.
Inflation
January 3rd: This corporation becomes the first publicly traded company to exceed a market value of $3 trillion
Apple Inc.
February 25th: This judge is nominated to the Supreme Court, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
July 1st: The trial of this two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist begins.
Brittney Griner
January 24th: This telescope reached its final destination, Lagrange point 2, nearly a million miles away from Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope
November 11th: The collapse of this “Futures Exchange” triggered a slump in the cryptocurrency market.
FTX
February 21: This social media platform, backed by former President Donald Trump, goes live.
Truth Social
July 22nd: A federal jury finds this former Trump advisor guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from a House select committee.
Steve Bannon
March 10th: After a nearly 100-day lockout, this sports organization and the players’ union reached a deal on a new labor agreement that would involve benefits such as enhanced revenue streams through jersey and helmet sponsorships.
Major League Baseball
December 13th: This national laboratory makes history by achieving fusion “ignition”, in which a fusion reaction released more energy than it cost to produce.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
April 12th: The Bureau of Labor statistics shows that this index with the initials “CPI” rose 8.5% for the year ended in March.
Consumer Price Index
July 28th: JetBlue Airways announces it will purchase this airline which, in combination, would create America’s fifth-largest airline.
Spirit Airlines
February 2nd: The Pentagon announces the deployment of 3,000 troops to Romania, Germany, and this nation bordering the Czech Republic in response to Russian military movements near the Ukrainian border.
Poland
Cooper Kupp
November 16th: This spacecraft designed to take humans to the moon launched for a preliminary journey to collect vital data for future manned missions.
Artemis 1
Maya Angelou