April 22nd, 1944

Born on April 22nd, 1944

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What happened on April 22nd, 1944?

April 22nd, 1944

World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II

What else happened on April 22nd?

April 22nd, 2016

The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties.

April 22nd, 2013

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested two men who were plotting to commit terrorist attacks against Via Rail operations.

April 22nd, 2000

In a pre-dawn raid, U.S. federal agents seized six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and returned him to his Cuban father.

April 22nd, 1993

Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager, was murdered while waiting for a bus in Eltham, London, leading to cultural changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice.

April 22nd, 1951

Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong.

April 22nd, 1945

About 600 prisoners of the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia revolted, but only 80 managed to escape while the remainder were killed by the Ustaše regime.

April 22nd, 1918

The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire.

April 22nd, 1885

The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados.

April 22nd, 1500

A fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral (pictured) anchored off present-day Brazil; he later claimed the land for the Portuguese Empire.

April 22nd, 2016

The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.

April 22nd, 2005

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.

April 22nd, 1993

Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.

April 22nd, 1992

A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206.

April 22nd, 1977

Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

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

Born on April 22nd, 1944

63

Steve Fossett

American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer

*April 22nd, 1944, Jackson †September 3rd, 2007, Lima

73

Michael Denzin

German politician (1944-2017)

*April 22nd, 1944, Ribnitz †June 11th, 2017

79

Joshua Rifkin

American conductor, keyboard player, and musicologist

*April 22nd, 1944, New York City

79

Jörg Mattheis

German athletics competitor

*April 22nd, 1944, Rockenhausen

69

Doug Jarrett

Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1944-2014)

*April 22nd, 1944, London †February 10th, 2014, Fort Erie

79

Damien Broderick

Australian writer

*April 22nd, 1944, Melbourne

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Who's birthday is on April 22nd?

80

Louise Glück

U.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)

*April 22nd, 1943, New York City †October 13th, 2023, Cambridge

62

Jason Miller

American actor and playwright (1939-2001)

*April 22nd, 1939, Queens †May 13th, 2001, Scranton

70

Fritz Schaumann

German politician (FDP) (1946-2017)

*April 22nd, 1946, Salzhemmendorf †March 3rd, 2017, Wallensen

79

Immanuel Kant

German philosopher (1724–1804)

*April 22nd, 1724, Königsberg †February 12th, 1804, Königsberg

66

Donald Tusk

Polish politician, prime minister of Poland since 2023 and between 2007–2014, president of the European Council in the period 2014–2019 (8th European legislature)

*April 22nd, 1957, Gdańsk

93

Estelle Harris

American actress (1928–2022)

*April 22nd, 1928, New York City †April 2nd, 2022, Palm Desert

86

Jack Nicholson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)

*April 22nd, 1937, Neptune City

60

Denis Podalydès

French actor, theatre director, writer and screenwriter

*April 22nd, 1963, Versailles

84

Theo Waigel

German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria party

*April 22nd, 1939, Ursberg

92

Charlotte Rae

American actress (1926-2018)

*April 22nd, 1926, Milwaukee †August 5th, 2018, Los Angeles

80

Janet Evanovich

American novelist

*April 22nd, 1943, South River

22

Vlada Ginga

Badminton player

*April 22nd, 2001, Chișinău

48

Carlos Sastre

Road bicycle racer

*April 22nd, 1975, Leganés

62

Robert Oppenheimer

American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb"

*April 22nd, 1904, New York City †February 18th, 1967, Princeton

34

Jasper Cillessen

Dutch association football player

*April 22nd, 1989, Nijmegen

56

Blanca Fernández Ochoa

Spanish alpine skier

*April 22nd, 1963, Madrid †July 31st, 2019, Cercedilla

75

George Abela

Maltese politician

*April 22nd, 1948, Qormi

53

Volker Wissing

German politician (FDP), Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, MP

*April 22nd, 1970, Landau in der Pfalz

77

Paul Davies

British physicist

*April 22nd, 1946, London

68

Amir Pnueli

Israeli computer scientist (1941–2009) researching temporal logic, model checking, and concurrent systems

*April 22nd, 1941, Nahalal †November 2nd, 2009, New York City

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

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

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

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

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

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

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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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