September 22nd, 1938

Born on September 22nd, 1938

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 32,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 917 days, exactly on January 27th, 2029, people who were born on September 22nd, 1938 will be 33,000 days old!

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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.

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

Born on September 22nd, 1938

87

Gene Mingo

Player of American football

*September 22nd, 1938, Akron

47

Dean Reed

Singer, musician, actor, writer, director (1938-1986)

*September 22nd, 1938, Denver †June 13th, 1986, Zeuthen

Same year
Born in 1938

87

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

87

Lorraine Crapp

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

*October 1st, 1938, Sydney

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

87

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

87

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

88

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

88

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

87

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

88

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

87

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

87

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

Birthdays of famous people

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

Born on September 22nd, 1938
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1938 is a normal year and no leap year.

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