September 22nd, 1939

Born on September 22nd, 1939

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What happened on September 22nd, 1939?

September 22nd, 1939

World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German–Soviet_military_parade_in_Brest-Litovsk

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on September 22nd, 1939

77

Junko Tabei

Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)

*September 22nd, 1939, Miharu †October 20th, 2016, Kawagoe

86

Marian Kasprzyk

Polish boxer

*September 22nd, 1939, Kielce

86

Mike Sullivan

Governor of Wyoming

*September 22nd, 1939, Omaha

76

Charly Pirot

German painter

*September 22nd, 1939, Cologne †October 15th, 2015, Cologne

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Born in 1939

87

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

87

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

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

83

Tina Turner

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

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

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

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

77

Bill White

Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach (1939-2017)

*August 26th, 1939, Toronto †May 21st, 2017, Toronto

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

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

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

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

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

*September 1st, 1939, Obernberg am Brenner †October 19th, 2023

86

Margaret Atwood

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

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

86

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

87

Monika von Starck

German painter and sculptor

*February 3rd, 1939, Cologne

74

Karen Black

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

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

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer (1939–2017)

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

87

Ian McKellen

British actor (born 1939)

*May 25th, 1939, Burnley

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

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

78

Peter Grünberg

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

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

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

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

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

*August 19th, 1939, Lewisham †October 6th, 2019, Canterbury

86

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

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Born on September 22nd, 1939
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Leap year

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

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