October 22nd, 1228

Born on October 22nd, 1228

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 290,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 428 days, exactly on July 16th, 2025, people who were born on October 22nd, 1228 will be 291,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 22nd?

October 22nd, 2015

A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.

October 22nd, 1987

John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.

October 22nd, 1966

With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

October 22nd, 1940

After evading French and Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot (pictured) arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.

October 22nd, 1936

The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.

October 22nd, 1924

The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.

October 22nd, 1907

A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, triggering the Panic of 1907 (pictured).

October 22nd, 1895

At Gare Montparnasse in Paris, an express train derailed after overrunning the buffer stop and crashed through the station wall, with the locomotive landing on the street below.

October 22nd, 1797

Dropping from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet (1,000 m), André-Jacques Garnerin carried out the first descent using a frameless parachute.

October 22nd, 1740

A two-week massacre of ethnic Chinese in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed.

October 22nd, 1727

George II and Caroline of Ansbach were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey.

October 22nd, 2014

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

October 22nd, 2013

The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.

October 22nd, 2012

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

October 22nd, 2008

India launches its first uncrewed lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 22nd?

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

89

Bert suharga

German association football player and coach (1923-2013)

*October 22nd, 1923, Bremen †July 19th, 2013, La Llosa

74

Arsène Wenger

French association football player and manager

*October 22nd, 1949, Strasbourg

53

Javier Milei

Economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023

*October 22nd, 1970, Buenos Aires

64

Marc Shaiman

American composer (born 1959)

*October 22nd, 1959, Newark

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

32

John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow

74

Franz Liszt

Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886)

*October 22nd, 1811, Raiding †July 31st, 1886, Bayreuth

80

Catherine Deneuve

French actress

*October 22nd, 1943, 17th arrondissement of Paris

35

Corey Hawkins

American actor

*October 22nd, 1988, Washington, D.C.

84

Tony Roberts

American actor

*October 22nd, 1939, Manhattan

83

Josef Jahn

German sport cyclist

*October 22nd, 1940, Oskava

50

Ichiro Suzuki

Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player (1973-)

*October 22nd, 1973, Toyoyama City

83

Ivan Bunin

Russian winter and poet

*October 22nd, 1870, Voronezh †November 8th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

60

Brian Boitano

United States figure skater

*October 22nd, 1963, Mountain View

59

Lionel Abelanski

French actor

*October 22nd, 1964, 20th arrondissement of Paris

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

*October 22nd, 1881, Bloomington †February 1st, 1958, Charlottesville

58

Winfried Bausback

German politician

*October 22nd, 1965, Aschaffenburg

71

Jeff Goldblum

American actor and musician

*October 22nd, 1952, Pittsburgh

56

Carlos Mencia

American stand-up comedian (born 1967)

*October 22nd, 1967, San Pedro Sula

94

Doris Lessing

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

*October 22nd, 1919, Kermanshah †November 17th, 2013, London

89

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Brazilian film director (1928-2018)

*October 22nd, 1928, São Paulo †April 21st, 2018, Rio de Janeiro

78

Eddie Brigati

American singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1945, Garfield

59

Jimmie Foxx

American baseball player (1907–1967)

*October 22nd, 1907, Sudlersville †July 21st, 1967, Miami

86

Todor Veselinović

Serbian footballer (1930-2017)

*October 22nd, 1930, Belgrade †May 17th, 2017, Athens

85

Christopher Lloyd

American actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Stamford

38

Hadise

Turkish and Belgian singer

*October 22nd, 1985, Mol

80

Wolfgang Thierse

German politician

*October 22nd, 1943, Wrocław

57

Valeria Golino

Italian model, actress and film director

*October 22nd, 1966, Naples

52

Amanda Coetzer

South African tennis player

*October 22nd, 1971, Hoopstad

84

Joaquim Chissano

2nd President of Mozambique

*October 22nd, 1939, Gaza Province

40

Robert Capa

American photographer

*October 22nd, 1913, Budapest †May 25th, 1954, Thái Bình

50

Andrés Palop

Spanish footballer

*October 22nd, 1973, L'Alcúdia

80

Jan de Bont

Dutch film director

*October 22nd, 1943, Eindhoven

62

N. C. Wyeth

American illustrator, painter (1882-1945)

*October 22nd, 1882, Needham †October 19th, 1945, Delaware County

41

Mark Renshaw

Racing cyclist

*October 22nd, 1982, Bathurst

35

Parineeti Chopra

Indian actress

*October 22nd, 1988, Ambala

96

Yitzhak Shamir

Seventh Prime Minister of Israel (1915-2012)

*October 22nd, 1915, Ružany †June 30th, 2012, Herzliya

61

Bob Odenkirk

American actor, comedian and filmmaker

*October 22nd, 1962, Berwyn

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Public holidays on October 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 22nd.

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Leap year

Yes: 1228 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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