January 22nd, 1943

Born on January 22nd, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 326 days, exactly on March 12th, 2025, people who were born on January 22nd, 1943 will be 30,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 22nd, 1943?

January 22nd, 1943

World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna–Gona

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on January 22nd, 1943

81

María Teresa Chacín

Venezuelan musician

*January 22nd, 1943, Caracas

81

Michał Urbaniak

Polish musician

*January 22nd, 1943, Warsaw

81

Didier Malherbe

French saxophonist

*January 22nd, 1943, Paris

81

Maarten Altena

Dutch composer and contrabassist

*January 22nd, 1943, Amsterdam

81

Jim Saxton

United States Congressman from New Jersey

*January 22nd, 1943, Nicholson

72

Marília Pêra

Brazilian actress

*January 22nd, 1943, Rio de Janeiro †December 5th, 2015, Rio de Janeiro

81

Melvyn A. Goodale

Canadian neuroscientist

*January 22nd, 1943, Leigh-on-Sea

75

Wilhelm Genazino

German writer

*January 22nd, 1943, Mannheim †December 12th, 2018, Frankfurt

76

Michael Spicer, Baron Spicer

British politician (1943-2019)

*January 22nd, 1943, Bath †May 29th, 2019

81

Wong Fei-lung

Taiwanese actor

*January 22nd, 1943, Taiwan

81

Marvin Barkis

American politician

*January 22nd, 1943, Kansas City

81

Yuri Selikhov

Russian basketball player

*January 22nd, 1943, Kupino

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 22nd?

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

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

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

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

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

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

82

Amine Gemayel

Former Lebanese president

*January 22nd, 1942, Bikfaya

84

Herbert Thaler

Austrian luger

*January 22nd, 1940, Imst

31

Netta Barzilai

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

*January 22nd, 1993, Hod HaSharon

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

79

Michael Cristofer

American actor and director

*January 22nd, 1945, Trenton

83

Nancy Priddy

American actress and singer

*January 22nd, 1941, South Bend

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

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

36

Jens Hegeler

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Cologne

30

Hendrik Bonmann

German association football player

*January 22nd, 1994, Essen

67

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

9th President of Singapore

*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

77

Jean-Paul Delevoye

French politician

*January 22nd, 1947, Bapaume

38

Ondrej Nepela

Slovak figure skater (1951–1989)

*January 22nd, 1951, Bratislava †February 2nd, 1989, Mannheim

58

Uwe Wassmer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1966, Wehr

36

Du Pengyu

Chinese badminton player

*January 22nd, 1988, Baoding

35

Pia Zebadiah

Indonesian badminton player

*January 22nd, 1989, Medan

Same year
Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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