January 22nd, 1912

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Born on January 22nd, 1912 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 22nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 22nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1912)

Born on January 22nd, 1912

Weekday

Monday

January 22nd, 1912 was a Monday.

Age

112

People born on January 22nd, 1912 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 112 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1912 - February 19th, 1912

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 4 days, exactly on April 23rd, 2024, people who were born on January 22nd, 1912 will be 41,000 days old!

40,996 Days

5,856 Weeks

1,346 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 22nd?

January 22nd, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: After surrounding Mutukula the previous day, Tanzanian forces attacked the town in the Battle of Mutukula and caused Ugandan forces to flee.

January 22nd, 1968

Apollo 5 (pictured), the first flight of NASA's Lunar Module, lifted off from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.

January 22nd, 2012

Croatia held a referendum, in which it voted to become a member of the European Union.

January 22nd, 2006

Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first democratically elected indigenous leader.

January 22nd, 1987

After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself in front of television cameras during a press conference.

January 22nd, 1984

During Super Bowl XVIII, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, with the television commercial "1984".

January 22nd, 1973

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, striking down laws restricting abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.

January 22nd, 1970

The Boeing 747, the world's first wide-body commercial airliner, entered service for Pan Am on the New York–London route.

January 22nd, 1969

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev survived what was seen as an assassination attempt, an incident that was not revealed to the public until after the fall of the Soviet Union.

January 22nd, 1963

France and West Germany signed the Élysée Treaty, establishing a new foundation for relations that ended centuries of rivalry.

January 22nd, 1957

New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known as the "Mad Bomber", for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughout the city.

January 22nd, 1943

World War II: The Battle of Buna–Gona on New Guinea ended with an Allied victory after two months of difficult fighting against well-prepared Japanese defence.

January 22nd, 1924

Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first prime minister of the United Kingdom from the Labour Party.

January 22nd, 1906

SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.

January 22nd, 1689

The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the Glorious Revolution.

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

Born on January 22nd, 1912

Francisco Cabañas

Mexican boxer

*January 22nd, 1912, Mexico City †January 26th, 2002, Mexico City

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Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

Netta Barzilai

Israeli singer-songwriter; winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

*January 22nd, 1993, Hod HaSharon

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

Helmut Berve

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 22nd, 1896, Wrocław †April 6th, 1979, Hechendorf am Pilsensee

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

*January 22nd, 1933, Kiel †June 5th, 2017

Mary Hayley Bell

English actress, writer and dramatist

*January 22nd, 1911, Shanghai †December 1st, 2005, Buckinghamshire

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

Jens Hegeler

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Cologne

André Roussin

French playwright (1911-1987)

*January 22nd, 1911, Marseille †November 3rd, 1987, Paris

Hendrik Bonmann

German association football player

*January 22nd, 1994, Essen

Herbert Thaler

Austrian luger

*January 22nd, 1940, Imst

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

*January 22nd, 1788, City of Westminster †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi

Du Pengyu

Chinese badminton player

*January 22nd, 1988, Baoding

Lev Landau

Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)

*January 22nd, 1908, Baku †April 1st, 1968, Moscow

Pia Zebadiah

Indonesian badminton player

*January 22nd, 1989, Medan

Julie Finne-Ipsen

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1995, Ballerup Municipality

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Born in 1912

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Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

Erich Honecker

Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)

*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina

Alan Turing

English computer scientist (1912–1954)

*June 23rd, 1912, Maida Vale †June 7th, 1954, Wilmslow

Jack Marshall

Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)

*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape

104

Ingeborg Rapoport

German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)

*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist (1912–2007)

*June 28th, 1912, Kiel †April 28th, 2007, Söcking

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

*May 9th, 1912, Christiania †December 7th, 1943, Oslo

Leiva Petersen

German classical philologist and publisher

*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar

John Paul I

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)

*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City

John Cage

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

*September 5th, 1912, Los Angeles †August 12th, 1992, New York City

Sally Kessler

*February 21st, 1912, Cologne †March 27th, 1985, Cologne

Wendy Hiller

English film and stage actress (1912-2003)

*August 15th, 1912, Stockport †May 14th, 2003, Beaconsfield

Milton Friedman

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco

104

Lukas Ammann

Swiss actor (1912-2017)

*September 29th, 1912, Basel †May 3rd, 2017, Munich

Jean Vilar

French theatre director and actor (1912–1971)

*March 25th, 1912, Sète †May 28th, 1971, Sète

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton

Ray Eames

American artist, designer, and filmmaker

*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles

Wernher von Braun

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

*March 23rd, 1912, Wyrzysk †June 16th, 1977, Alexandria

June Havoc

American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist

*November 8th, 1912, Vancouver †March 28th, 2010, Stamford

Patrick White

English-born Australian writer

*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, Sydney

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 22nd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXII.I.MCMXII

22.1.1912

Legend

M = 1000

CM = 900

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1912 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).

Calendar
January 1912

January 1912

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
3	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
4	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
5	29	30	31

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January 22nd, 1912

Born on January 22nd, 1912

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 40,000 days old!

40,996 Days

5,856 Weeks

1,346 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 22nd?

Uganda–Tanzania War: After surrounding Mutukula the previous day, Tanzanian forces attacked the town in the Battle of Mutukula and caused Ugandan forces to flee.

Apollo 5 (pictured), the first flight of NASA's Lunar Module, lifted off from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.

Croatia held a referendum, in which it voted to become a member of the European Union.

Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first democratically elected indigenous leader.

After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself in front of television cameras during a press conference.

During Super Bowl XVIII, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, with the television commercial "1984".

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, striking down laws restricting abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.

The Boeing 747, the world's first wide-body commercial airliner, entered service for Pan Am on the New York–London route.

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev survived what was seen as an assassination attempt, an incident that was not revealed to the public until after the fall of the Soviet Union.

France and West Germany signed the Élysée Treaty, establishing a new foundation for relations that ended centuries of rivalry.

New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known as the "Mad Bomber", for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughout the city.

World War II: The Battle of Buna–Gona on New Guinea ended with an Allied victory after two months of difficult fighting against well-prepared Japanese defence.

Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first prime minister of the United Kingdom from the Labour Party.

SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.

The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the Glorious Revolution.

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

Born on January 22nd, 1912

Mexican boxer

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 22nd

Anastasius of Persia

Gaudentius of Novara

László Batthyány-Strattmann

Laura Vicuna

Vincent Pallotti

Vincent of Saragossa

Vincent, Orontius, and Victor

Blessed William Joseph Chaminade

January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine)

Grandfather's Day (Poland)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

22.1.1912

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