August 22nd, 1933

Born on August 22nd, 1933

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 33,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 868 days, exactly on September 23rd, 2026, people who were born on August 22nd, 1933 will be 34,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2004

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1933

90

Geoffrey Horne

American actor

*August 22nd, 1933, Buenos Aires

56

Irmtraud Morgner

German writer

*August 22nd, 1933, Chemnitz †May 6th, 1990, Berlin

90

Michael von Albrecht

German classical philologist

*August 22nd, 1933, Stuttgart

61

Sylva Koscina

Yugoslav actress (1933-1994)

*August 22nd, 1933, Zagreb †December 26th, 1994, Rome

77

Jérôme Lemay

Canadian humorist, singer and guitarist (1933-2011)

*August 22nd, 1933, Abitibi-Témiscamingue †April 20th, 2011, Laval

87

Tom Maschler

Publisher and writer (1933-2020)

*August 22nd, 1933, Berlin †October 15th, 2020

90

Ken Lucas

American politician

*August 22nd, 1933, Kenton County

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Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

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

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

39

Diana Sands

American actress (1934–1973)

*August 22nd, 1934, New York City †September 21st, 1973, New York City

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

87

Werner Stengel

German engineer; roller coaster designer

*August 22nd, 1936, Bochum

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

88

Annie Proulx

American novelist, short story and non-fiction author

*August 22nd, 1935, Norwich

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

78

Ron Dante

American musician, songwriter, record producer

*August 22nd, 1945, Staten Island

79

Karlheinz Stockhausen

German composer

*August 22nd, 1928, Mödrath †December 5th, 2007, Kürten

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

59

Gabriele Tinti

Italian actor (1932-1991)

*August 22nd, 1932, Molinella †November 12th, 1991, Rome

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

71

Rudy Ricciotti

French architect

*August 22nd, 1952, Kouba

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Born in 1933

70

Stan Brakhage

American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)

*January 14th, 1933, Kansas City †March 9th, 2003, Victoria

84

Richard Schickel

American film scholar

*February 10th, 1933, Milwaukee †February 18th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Giuliano Sarti

Italian footballer (1933-2017)

*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome

82

Charlie Hodge

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 28th, 1933, Lachine †April 16th, 2016, Vancouver

88

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

*April 9th, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine †September 6th, 2021, 7th arrondissement of Paris

90

Fulbert Steffensky

German theologian

*July 7th, 1933, Rehlingen-Siersburg

86

Kadir Mısıroğlu

Turkish lawyer and writer

*January 24th, 1933, Akçaabat †May 5th, 2019, Istanbul

90

David McCallum

Scottish actor (1933-2023)

*September 19th, 1933, Maryhill †September 25th, 2023, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

91

Michael Caine

English actor (born 1933)

*March 14th, 1933, Rotherhithe

81

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

*June 8th, 1933, Brooklyn †September 4th, 2014, Mount Sinai Hospital

84

Mieczysław Kalenik

Polish actor

*January 1st, 1933, Międzyrzec Podlaski †June 16th, 2017, Międzyrzec Podlaski

86

Dagmar von Kurmin

German actress

*August 13th, 1933, Riga †August 1st, 2020, Bonn

83

Elaine Fantham

British classical philologist

*May 25th, 1933, Liverpool †July 11th, 2016, Toronto

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

83

Beppo Mauhart

Austrian manager (1933-2017)

*September 14th, 1933, Enns †May 7th, 2017, Vienna

90

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

*December 23rd, 1933, Tokyo Imperial Palace

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

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

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

34

Jayne Mansfield

American actress and Playmate

*April 19th, 1933, Bryn Mawr †June 29th, 1967, Slidell

82

Oliver Sacks

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

*July 9th, 1933, Willesden †August 30th, 2015, Greenwich Village

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1933 is a normal year and no leap year.

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