May 22nd, 1939

Born on May 22nd, 1939

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 22nd, 1939?

May 22nd, 1939

World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

May 22nd, 1939

Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pact_of_Steel

What else happened on May 22nd?

May 22nd, 2014

Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.

May 22nd, 2010

Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.

May 22nd, 2002

Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a year, had been found in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.

May 22nd, 1998

In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision that was the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.

May 22nd, 1980

Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.

May 22nd, 1972

The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.

May 22nd, 1960

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.

May 22nd, 1958

Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.

May 22nd, 1915

California's Lassen Peak violently erupted, the only volcanic eruption in the contiguous U.S. in the 20th century until Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.

May 22nd, 1905

Sultan Abdul Hamid II established the Ullah millet, a separate millet for the Aromanians within the Ottoman Empire.

May 22nd, 1897

The first Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London.

May 22nd, 1856

Senator Charles Sumner (pictured) was assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks in the United States Senate chamber in retaliation for a speech in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.

May 22nd, 1849

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U.S. president ever to hold a patent.

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

Born on May 22nd, 1939

64

Paul Winfield

Actor (1939–2004)

*May 22nd, 1939, Los Angeles †March 7th, 2004, Los Angeles

84

André Rossinot

French politician

*May 22nd, 1939, Briey

84

Ian Underwood

American musician

*May 22nd, 1939, New York City

84

Egilsson

Icelandic composer

*May 22nd, 1939, Reykjavík

84

Dieter Prochnow

German actor

*May 22nd, 1939, Berlin

78

Franz Oberwinkler

German mycologist (1939–2018)

*May 22nd, 1939, Bad Reichenhall †March 15th, 2018, Tübingen

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Who's birthday is on May 22nd?

83

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

60

Susan Strasberg

American film and stage actress (1938-1999)

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City †January 21st, 1999, New York City

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

*May 22nd, 1926, Martina Franca †May 18th, 2017, Fermo

87

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Italian businessman

*May 22nd, 1935, Milan †June 27th, 2022, Milan

81

Hans Olav Tungesvik

Norwegian politician

*May 22nd, 1936, Skånevik †June 16th, 2017, Bergen

48

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

64

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

81

Ted Kaczynski

American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)

*May 22nd, 1942, Evergreen Park †June 10th, 2023, Federal Medical Center, Butner

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

*May 22nd, 1813, Leipzig †February 13th, 1883, Venice

90

Georges Rol

French priest and theologian

*May 22nd, 1926, Thiviers †April 13th, 2017, L'Isle-d'Espagnac

73

Irène Frain

French writer and journalist

*May 22nd, 1950, Lorient

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

59

George Best

Northern Irish association football player (1946-2005)

*May 22nd, 1946, Belfast †November 25th, 2005, London

37

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

43

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

59

Mark Christopher Lawrence

American character actor, stand-up comedian, and voice-over artist

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

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Born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

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

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1939 is a normal year and no leap year.

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