January 22nd, 1951

Born on January 22nd, 1951

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 26,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 384 days, exactly on December 24th, 2024, people who were born on January 22nd, 1951 will be 27,000 days old!

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What happened on January 22nd?

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 fighting in which the Japanese fought with a resolve and tenacity not previously encountered.

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 (pictured) 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.

January 22nd, 1506

The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived in Rome to provide security for the pope.

January 22nd, 0565

Eutychius, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, was arrested after he refused Byzantine emperor Justinian I's order to adopt the tenets of the Aphthartodocetae, a sect of non-Chalcedonian Christians.

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

Born on January 22nd, 1951

72

Marlena Zagoni

Romanian rower

*January 22nd, 1951, Lucieni

72

Alveda King

American, civil rights activist, Christian minister, conservative, pro-life activist, and author

*January 22nd, 1951, Birmingham

72

Pablo Echaurren

Italian painter and writer

*January 22nd, 1951, Rome

72

Leon Roberts

American baseball player and coach

*January 22nd, 1951, Vicksburg

72

Michiko Shiokawa

Japanese volleyball player

*January 22nd, 1951, Matsue

72

John C. Maher

British linguist

*January 22nd, 1951, Leeds

72

Francisco Bizcocho

Spanish footballer

*January 22nd, 1951, Coria del Río

72

Larry S. Bankston

American politician and lawyer

*January 22nd, 1951, Baton Rouge

72

Lewis Pulsipher

American board game designer

*January 22nd, 1951, Detroit

65

Alberto de Jesús Benítez

Argentinian association football player (1951-2016)

*January 22nd, 1951, Gobernador Crespo †September 20th, 2016, Buenos Aires

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Who's birthday is on January 22nd?

66

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

9th President of Singapore

*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

30

Netta Barzilai

Israeli singer-songwriter; winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

*January 22nd, 1993, Hod HaSharon

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

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

76

Jean-Paul Delevoye

French politician

*January 22nd, 1947, Bapaume

25

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

75

Frans Verhaegen

Belgian bicycle racer

*January 22nd, 1948, Pulle

50

Rogério Ceni

Brazilian footballer

*January 22nd, 1973, Pato Branco

72

Werner Schulz

German politician (1950–2022)

*January 22nd, 1950, Zwickau †November 9th, 2022, Berlin

75

Marianne Birthler

German politician

*January 22nd, 1948, Berlin

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

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

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

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

35

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

58

Diane Lane

American actress

*January 22nd, 1965, New York City

78

Michael Cristofer

American actor and director

*January 22nd, 1945, Trenton

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

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

35

Jens Hegeler

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Cologne

71

David Dorward

Alberta politician

*January 22nd, 1952, Edmonton

58

Daniel Johnston

American musician (1961–2019)

*January 22nd, 1961, Sacramento †September 10th, 2019, Waller

68

Sonja Morgenstern

East German figure skater

*January 22nd, 1955, Frankenberg

70

Jim Jarmusch

American film director, screenwriter and actor

*January 22nd, 1953, Cuyahoga Falls

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Born in 1951

71

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

*May 18th, 1951, Barger-Compascuum

72

Sal Landi

American actor

*April 11th, 1951, New York City

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

72

Tom Wopat

American actor

*September 9th, 1951, Lodi

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

72

Al Franken

American comedian and former U.S. Senator (born 1951)

*May 21st, 1951, Manhattan

72

Karen Allen

American actress

*October 5th, 1951, Carrollton

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

72

Christian Lacroix

French fashion and theater designer

*May 16th, 1951, Arles

72

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

72

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

72

Frank Wilczek

Physicist

*May 15th, 1951, Mineola

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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