August 22nd, 1949

Born on August 22nd, 1949

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 730 days, exactly on April 20th, 2026, people who were born on August 22nd, 1949 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 22nd?

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, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about 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 Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, 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

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

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

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

August 22nd, 2004

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1949

74

Diana Nyad

American journalist

*August 22nd, 1949, New York City

74

José Ramón Novoa

Venezuelan film director, film producer and film editor

*August 22nd, 1949, Montevideo

74

Christoph Schwind

German politician

*August 22nd, 1949, Thum

74

Þórarinn Eldjárn

Icelandic writer

*August 22nd, 1949, Reykjavík

65

Fernando Arias Cabello

American musician and singer-songwriter (1949-2015)

*August 22nd, 1949, Chimbote †April 27th, 2015

65

Mwepu Ilunga

DR Congolese footballer (1949-2015)

*August 22nd, 1949, Belgian Congo †May 8th, 2015, Kinshasa

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

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

71

Rudy Ricciotti

French architect

*August 22nd, 1952, Kouba

78

Ron Dante

American musician, songwriter, record producer

*August 22nd, 1945, Staten Island

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

73

Elisabeta Lazăr

Romanian rower

*August 22nd, 1950, Arad

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

76

Manfred Klein

West German coxswain

*August 22nd, 1947, Berlin

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

73

Timothy Landfield

Actor

*August 22nd, 1950, Palo Alto

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

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 August 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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