October 22nd
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- 1926 Magician Harry Houdini is sucker-punched by J. Gordon Whitehead in Montreal, leading to complications that contribute to his death.
- 1934 Notorious bank robber Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd is shot and killed by FBI agents in East Liverpool, Ohio.
- 1936 The first commercial flight from the mainland U.S. to Hawaii takes off, signaling a new era in aviation.
- 1997 NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky's wife Janet is knocked unconscious and receives stitches after plexiglass falls on her during a game.
- 2008 Google Play is launched as the official app store for the Android operating system, becoming a major platform for mobile apps.
- 1797 André-Jacques Garnerin becomes the first person to jump with a parachute, leaping from a balloon over Parc Monceau in Paris.
- 1962 During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba in a televised address.
- 2001 Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing the genre of open-world, action-adventure video games and becoming a cultural phenomenon.
