What Happened on April 12, 2022

Historical Events

Global COVID-19 known cases pass 500 million, with 5.1 billion (66%) having received at least one vaccine shot [1]
Terrorist attack on the New York subway injures 26, 10 by gunfire, with the suspect arrested a day later [1]

COVID-19 Pandemic

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologies and is fined for attending parties during COVID-19 lockdown - first premier to be sanctioned for breaking the law [1]

Events in 2022

Famous Deaths

Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022)

American stand-up comedian, and actor (SNL; Aladdin - "Iago the Parrot"; The Afflac Duck), dies at 67

Sergei Yashin, Russian Hockey HOF left winger (Olympic gold USSR 1988; HC Dynamo Moscow, EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen), dies at 60
Shirley Spork, American golfer and administrator (co-founder LPGA; Women's PGA C'ship runner-up 1962), dies at 94

Died in 2022 2022 Highlights