January 22nd, 1954

Born on January 22nd, 1954

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 25,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 339 days, exactly on March 30th, 2025, people who were born on January 22nd, 1954 will be 26,000 days old!

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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, 1954

70

Bernd Heynemann

German football referee

*January 22nd, 1954, Magdeburg

70

Bernd Schneidmüller

German medievalist

*January 22nd, 1954, Limeshain

70

Peter Pilz

Austrian politician

*January 22nd, 1954, Kapfenberg

70

Tully Blanchard

American professional wrestler

*January 22nd, 1954, San Antonio

70

Debbie Cook

American mayor

*January 22nd, 1954, Corpus Christi

70

Mircea Șimon

Boxer

*January 22nd, 1954, Bucharest

70

Piet Hamberg

Dutch footballer and manager

*January 22nd, 1954, Winschoten

70

Leonid Yarmolnik

Soviet and Russian actor and film producer

*January 22nd, 1954, Grodekovo

70

Kim Jeong-hwan

South Korean writer

*January 22nd, 1954, Seoul

70

Tyrone Yates

American politician

*January 22nd, 1954, Cincinnati

70

Rita Tveiten

Norwegian politician

*January 22nd, 1954, Bergen

70

Radivoj Radić

Serbian historian

*January 22nd, 1954, Livno

70

Kailash Chandra Meher

Indian artist and painter

*January 22nd, 1954, Sonepur

70

Brian Aungst

American mayor

*January 22nd, 1954, Annville Township

70

Tyrone Knight

Cricketer

*January 22nd, 1954, Saint Michael

70

Jane Christmas

Canadian writer

*January 22nd, 1954, Toronto

70

Jan du Plessis

Businessman

*January 22nd, 1954, South Africa

70

Ger Fennelly

Irish hurler

*January 22nd, 1954, Piltown

70

Kantaro Tomiyama

Japanese businessman

*January 22nd, 1954, Katsushika-ku

62

Juan Carlos Serrán

Mexican actor (1954-2016)

*January 22nd, 1954, Buenos Aires †February 2nd, 2016, Mexico City

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

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

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

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

31

Netta Barzilai

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

*January 22nd, 1993, Hod HaSharon

69

Sonja Morgenstern

East German figure skater

*January 22nd, 1955, Frankenberg

67

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

9th President of Singapore

*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

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

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

71

Jim Jarmusch

American film director, screenwriter and actor

*January 22nd, 1953, Cuyahoga Falls

38

Ondrej Nepela

Slovak figure skater (1951–1989)

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

36

Jens Hegeler

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Cologne

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

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

30

Hendrik Bonmann

German association football player

*January 22nd, 1994, Essen

68

Kitack Lim

Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization (IMO), London

*January 22nd, 1956, Masan

58

Daniel Johnston

American musician (1961–2019)

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

58

Uwe Wassmer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1966, Wehr

71

Karen Moe

American swimmer

*January 22nd, 1953, Philippines

84

Herbert Thaler

Austrian luger

*January 22nd, 1940, Imst

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

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

36

Du Pengyu

Chinese badminton player

*January 22nd, 1988, Baoding

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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