September 22nd, 1240

Born on September 22nd, 1240

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 287,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 979 days, exactly on March 30th, 2029, people who were born on September 22nd, 1240 will be 288,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 22nd?

September 22nd, 2014

The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.

September 22nd, 2013

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people.

September 22nd, 2003

Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released.

September 22nd, 1994

The Nordhordland Bridge, crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened.

September 22nd, 1993

A tugboat towing a barge collided with a rail bridge in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., deforming the tracks and causing the derailment of a passenger train eight minutes later, which killed 47 people and injured an additional 103.

September 22nd, 1979

An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.

September 22nd, 1975

Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford, but failed due to unfamiliarity with her weapon.

September 22nd, 1957

François Duvalier (pictured), nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life.

September 22nd, 1948

Led by Gail Halvorsen, the United States Air Force began Operation "Little Vittles", delivering candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.

September 22nd, 1939

A joint military parade by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union took place in Brest-Litovsk to celebrate their partition of Poland.

September 22nd, 1934

One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men.

September 22nd, 1922

After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished (aftermath pictured), having caused at least ten thousand deaths.

September 22nd, 1914

World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat.

September 22nd, 1869

Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), was first performed in Munich.

September 22nd, 1789

The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established.

Public holidays on September 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days, Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere) which are celebrated on September 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1240 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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