August 22nd, 1948

Born on August 22nd, 1948

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 585 days, exactly on January 15th, 2028, people who were born on August 22nd, 1948 will be 29,000 days old!

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What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1948

57

Sam Neely

American musician

*August 22nd, 1948, Cuero †July 19th, 2006, Corpus Christi

77

Eleonora Brown

Italian actress

*August 22nd, 1948, Naples

Same year
Born in 1948

77

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

77

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

77

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

78

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

77

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

77

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

77

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

77

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

77

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator (1948–2017)

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

78

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

78

John de Lancie

American actor (born 1948)

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

78

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

76

Carl Weathers

American actor and football player (1948–2024)

*January 14th, 1948, New Orleans †February 2nd, 2024, Los Angeles

78

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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