February 22nd, 1944

Born on February 22nd, 1944

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 716 days, exactly on April 12th, 2026, people who were born on February 22nd, 1944 will be 30,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 22nd, 1944?

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.

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February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

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What else happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

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

Born on February 22nd, 1944

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

80

Tom Okker

Dutch tennis player

*February 22nd, 1944, Amsterdam

59

Robert Kardashian

American attorney and businessman (1944–2003)

*February 22nd, 1944, Los Angeles †September 30th, 2003, Los Angeles

80

Fanny Viollet

French visual artist

*February 22nd, 1944, Angoulême

80

Tucker Smallwood

American actor

*February 22nd, 1944, Washington, D.C.

71

Karsten Isachsen

Norwegian priest (1944-2016)

*February 22nd, 1944, Oslo †January 18th, 2016, Ål

74

Antonio Dias

Brazilian artist and painter

*February 22nd, 1944, Campina Grande †August 1st, 2018, Rio de Janeiro

80

Gerald Martin

(b. 1944), British literary critic and biographer

*February 22nd, 1944, London

54

Benny Hansen

Danish actor (1944-1998)

*February 22nd, 1944, Roskilde †August 27th, 1998, Hjørring

65

Mick Green

English guitarist

*February 22nd, 1944, Matlock †January 11th, 2010, King George Hospital, London

57

Jean-Louis Ricci

French racing driver (1944-2001)

*February 22nd, 1944, Boulogne-Billancourt †February 26th, 2001, 6th arrondissement of Paris

63

Jorge de Bagration

Spanish rally driver

*February 22nd, 1944, Rome †January 16th, 2008, Tbilisi

74

Wolf Schluchter

German social scientist

*February 22nd, 1944, Stuttgart †May 14th, 2018

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75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

81

Horst Köhler

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

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

29

Lexa

Brazilian singer-songwriter and dancer

*February 22nd, 1995, Rio de Janeiro

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

*February 22nd, 1926, Islington †April 15th, 1988, London Borough of Camden

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

84

Ellen Marx

German artist

*February 22nd, 1939, Saarbrücken †May 5th, 2023, Jumeauville

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

70

Genesis P-Orridge

British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)

*February 22nd, 1950, Victoria Park †March 14th, 2020, Lower East Side

67

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon

71

Nigel Planer

English actor, comedian and writer

*February 22nd, 1953, Westminster

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

70

Niki Lauda

Austrian former Formula 1 driver (1949–2019)

*February 22nd, 1949, Vienna †May 20th, 2019, Zürich

44

Steve Irwin

Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962–2006)

*February 22nd, 1962, Upper Ferntree Gully †September 4th, 2006, Batt Reef

55

Joaquín Cortés

Spanish dancer

*February 22nd, 1969, Córdoba

81

Terry Eagleton

British writer, academic and educator

*February 22nd, 1943, Salford

39

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849)

*February 22nd, 1810, Żelazowa Wola †October 17th, 1849, Paris

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

60

Magnus Wislander

Swedish team handball player

*February 22nd, 1964, Gothenburg

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79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on February 22nd, 1944
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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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