January 22nd, 1949

Born on January 22nd, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 512 days, exactly on September 20th, 2025, people who were born on January 22nd, 1949 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, 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.

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.

January 22nd, 1689

The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the Glorious Revolution.

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

Born on January 22nd, 1949

75

Steve Perry

American singer and songwriter

*January 22nd, 1949, Hanford

57

Joseph Hill

Singer and songwriter for the reggae group Culture (1949-2006)

*January 22nd, 1949, Linstead †August 19th, 2006, Berlin

75

Manik Sarkar

Current Chief Minister of the Tripura

*January 22nd, 1949, Tripura

75

Cilla McQueen

New Zealand poet

*January 22nd, 1949, Birmingham

75

Zhanna Gromova

Figure skating coach

*January 22nd, 1949, Vologda

75

Abdel Rahman Shalgham

Libyan politician and diplomat

*January 22nd, 1949, Libya

75

Eduardo Dockendorff

Chilean architect

*January 22nd, 1949, Los Ángeles

75

Mike Caldwell

American baseball player

*January 22nd, 1949, Tarboro

75

J.P. Pennington

American musician (born 1949)

*January 22nd, 1949, Berea

75

Thomas Geoghegan

American labor lawyer and writer

*January 22nd, 1949, Cincinnati

75

Samta Benyahia

Algerian French artist (born 1950)

*January 22nd, 1949, Constantine

75

Steve Goepel

American football player, quarterback

*January 22nd, 1949, Teaneck

75

Chan Kam-lam

Hong Kong politician

*January 22nd, 1949, Shantou

75

Jadwiga Szosler-Wilejto

Polish archer

*January 22nd, 1949, Rzeszów

75

Reinhard Todt

Austrian politician

*January 22nd, 1949, St. Pantaleon

75

Vini Lopez

American drummer

*January 22nd, 1949, Neptune Township

68

Phil Miller

English progressive rock/jazz guitarist (1949–2017)

*January 22nd, 1949, London Borough of Barnet †October 18th, 2017

66

Reed Slatkin

Ponzi scheme fraudster (1949-2015)

*January 22nd, 1949, Detroit †June 20th, 2015, Los Angeles

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

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

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

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

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

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

38

Ondrej Nepela

Slovak figure skater (1951–1989)

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

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

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

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

76

Frans Verhaegen

Belgian bicycle racer

*January 22nd, 1948, Pulle

76

Marianne Birthler

German politician

*January 22nd, 1948, Berlin

77

Jean-Paul Delevoye

French politician

*January 22nd, 1947, Bapaume

67

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

9th President of Singapore

*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

84

Herbert Thaler

Austrian luger

*January 22nd, 1940, Imst

36

Jens Hegeler

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Cologne

79

Michael Cristofer

American actor and director

*January 22nd, 1945, Trenton

30

Hendrik Bonmann

German association football player

*January 22nd, 1994, Essen

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

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

69

Sonja Morgenstern

East German figure skater

*January 22nd, 1955, Frankenberg

58

Uwe Wassmer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1966, Wehr

82

Amine Gemayel

Former Lebanese president

*January 22nd, 1942, Bikfaya

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Born on January 22nd, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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