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Events in October 2022 11
1925 – 2022Angela Lansbury (1925-2022)Died 11 October 2022, aged 96British-American actress of a seventy-five-year career, from Gaslight to Murder, She Wrote, with five Tony Awards along the way.
1925 – 2022Angela Lansbury (1925-2022)British-American actress whose career spanned eight decades, from Gaslight to Broadway's Mame and television's Murder, She Wrote.
1935 – 2022Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-2022)Died 28 October 2022, aged 87American singer and pianist whose Great Balls of Fire made him one of rock and roll's founding figures.
2022Angela Lansbury dies in Los AngelesAngela Lansbury dies aged 96.
2022Jerry Lee Lewis inducted into the Country Music Hall of FameWeeks before his deathThe last surviving Million Dollar Quartet member is honoured.
2022Liz Truss resigns after forty-five daysThe shortest premiership in British historyLiz Truss resigned on 20 October 2022 after her mini-budget triggered a collapse in the pound and gilt markets. Hers was the shortest premiership in British history.
2022Xi Jinping secures a third termA break with three decades of Chinese succession practiceXi Jinping was confirmed for a third term as general secretary at the Communist Party congress that closed on 22 October 2022, breaking the succession norms observed since Deng Xiaoping.
2022Rishi Sunak becomes prime ministerBritain's first British Asian premierRishi Sunak became prime minister of the United Kingdom on 25 October 2022, the first British Asian and the youngest in more than two centuries to hold the office.
2022Elon Musk buys Twitter$44 billion acquisitionElon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on October 27, 2022, immediately firing its CEO and board. He later renamed the platform X.
2022Jerry Lee Lewis diesNesbit, MississippiDies aged 87.
2022Lula defeats Bolsonaro in BrazilA return to the presidency after imprisonmentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential run-off on 30 October 2022, returning to office three years after being released from prison.