July 22nd, 1945

Born on July 22nd, 1945

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 239 days, exactly on December 14th, 2024, people who were born on July 22nd, 1945 will be 29,000 days old!

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What happened on July 22nd?

July 22nd, 2002

The Israel Defense Forces bombed the home of Salah Shehade, the leader of the military arm of the Palestinian organization Hamas, killing him, his family and neighboring civilians.

July 22nd, 1991

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment.

July 22nd, 1975

Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States.

July 22nd, 1963

The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak.

July 22nd, 1954

A limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, due to organized crime.

July 22nd, 1944

World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-exile, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.

July 22nd, 1894

Jules-Albert de Dion (pictured) finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.

July 22nd, 1864

American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.

July 22nd, 1802

Gia Long (pictured) conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

July 22nd, 1691

Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

July 22nd, 1298

First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.

July 22nd, 1209

A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

July 22nd, 0838

Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.

July 22nd, 2019

Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

July 22nd, 2013

Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

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

Born on July 22nd, 1945

78

Tom Hinsby

Danish rower

*July 22nd, 1945, Frederiksberg

78

Adele Goldberg

American computer scientist

*July 22nd, 1945, Cleveland

78

Philip Cohen

British biochemist

*July 22nd, 1945, Middlesex

78

Alexander Arkadyevich Migdal

Scientist

*July 22nd, 1945, Moscow

78

Armando Melgar Nelson

Guatemalan footballer

*July 22nd, 1945, Guatemala City

78

Jacqueline Julien

French feminist and lesbian

*July 22nd, 1945, Rabat

78

Neal Shapiro

American equestrian

*July 22nd, 1945, Brooklyn

70

Michael Burgess

Canadian singer (1945-2015)

*July 22nd, 1945, Regina †September 28th, 2015, Toronto

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Who's birthday is on July 22nd?

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress (born 1992)

*July 22nd, 1992, Grand Prairie

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

77

Danny Glover

American actor, film director and political activist

*July 22nd, 1946, San Francisco

79

Anand Satyanand

19th Governor General of New Zealand

*July 22nd, 1944, Auckland

26

Marília Mendonça

Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)

*July 22nd, 1995, Cristianópolis †November 5th, 2021, Piedade de Caratinga

74

Alan Menken

American composer (born 1949)

*July 22nd, 1949, New Rochelle

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

77

Paul Jorion

Anthropologist, sociologist, writer

*July 22nd, 1946, Ixelles - Elsene

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

35

Thomas Kraft

German footballer

*July 22nd, 1988, Kirchen

64

César Ferioli

Spanish, Italian rooted comic book artist.

*July 22nd, 1959, Barcelona

35

Jakub Bitman

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1988, Prague

76

J. Kenneth Campbell

American actor

*July 22nd, 1947, Flushing

77

Paul Schrader

American screenwriter and film director

*July 22nd, 1946, Grand Rapids

68

Willem Dafoe

American actor (1955-)

*July 22nd, 1955, Appleton

72

Giovanni Battaglin

Racing cyclist

*July 22nd, 1951, Marostica

36

Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari

Indonesian badminton player

*July 22nd, 1987, Temanggung

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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