June 22nd, 1955

Born on June 22nd, 1955

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 860 days, exactly on August 28th, 2026, people who were born on June 22nd, 1955 will be 26,000 days old!

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What happened on June 22nd?

June 22nd, 2022

An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw caused the deaths of at least 1,000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

June 22nd, 2009

Two Metro trains collided in Washington, D.C., killing nine people and injuring eighty others.

June 22nd, 1979

Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.

June 22nd, 1966

Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ crushed the Buddhist Uprising.

June 22nd, 1941

World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet ambassador Vladimir Dekanozov in Berlin.

June 22nd, 1922

Irish Republican Army gunmen assassinated British member of parliament Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.

June 22nd, 1911

King George V and Queen Mary of Teck were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.

June 22nd, 1813

War of 1812: After learning of a forthcoming American attack, Laura Secord walked 20 mi (32 km) from Queenston, Upper Canada, to warn British lieutenant James FitzGibbon (depicted).

June 22nd, 1807

The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake (pictured) in the belief that the crew of the latter included deserters from the Royal Navy.

June 22nd, 1593

Habsburg troops defeated a larger Ottoman force at the Battle of Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia, triggering the Long Turkish War.

June 22nd, 1922

British Army Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is killed by the Irish Republican Army helping to spark the Irish Civil War.

June 22nd, 2022

An earthquake occurs in eastern Afghanistan resulting in over 1,000 deaths.

June 22nd, 2015

The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.

June 22nd, 2012

A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.

June 22nd, 2009

A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.

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

Born on June 22nd, 1955

68

Jacques Benoit

French painter (1955- )

*June 22nd, 1955, Algiers

68

Green Gartside

Songwriter, singer and musician from Scritti Politti.

*June 22nd, 1955, Cardiff

68

Peter Turnley

American photojournalist

*June 22nd, 1955, Fort Wayne

68

Elżbieta Rafalska

Polish politician

*June 22nd, 1955, Wschowa

68

Jaana Saarinen

Finnish actress

*June 22nd, 1955, Helsinki

68

Bashkim Shehu

Albanian writer

*June 22nd, 1955, Tirana

68

Carsten Jacobson

German Army officer

*June 22nd, 1955, Hamburg

68

Harry Duynhoven

New Zealand politician

*June 22nd, 1955, New Plymouth

68

Mark Galvin

British racing driver

*June 22nd, 1955, San Francisco

68

David C. Turnley

American photographer

*June 22nd, 1955, Fort Wayne

68

Gregory Snegoff

American actor

*June 22nd, 1955, Santa Monica

68

Choi Kyoung-hwan

Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea

*June 22nd, 1955, Gyeongsan

68

Mahmood Rasheed

Cricketer

*June 22nd, 1955, Karachi

68

Gian Carlo Muzzarelli

Italian politician

*June 22nd, 1955, Modena

60

Mauk Moruk

East Timorese politician (1955-2015)

*June 22nd, 1955, Laga, East Timor †August 8th, 2015

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

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

65

Bruce Campbell

American actor

*June 22nd, 1958, Royal Oak

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

70

Cyndi Lauper

American singer (1953)

*June 22nd, 1953, New York City

59

Henrik Svarrer

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1964, Esbjerg

59

Dan Brown

American novelist

*June 22nd, 1964, Exeter

59

Henrik Mestad

Norwegian actor and author

*June 22nd, 1964, Oslo

56

Peter Axelsson

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1967, Täby

75

Adolf Michaelis

German classical archaeologist

*June 22nd, 1835, Kiel †August 12th, 1910, Strasbourg

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

75

Bruno Latour

French sociologist

*June 22nd, 1947, Beaune †October 9th, 2022, 13th arrondissement of Paris

41

Thomas Hitschler

German politician

*June 22nd, 1982, Landau in der Pfalz

62

Jens Geier

German politician

*June 22nd, 1961, Frankfurt

64

Upinder Singh

Indian historian (born 1959)

*June 22nd, 1959, Amritsar

67

Alfons De Wolf

Road bicycle racer

*June 22nd, 1956, Willebroek

31

Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1992, East Lombok Regency

29

Felicity Leydon-Davis

New Zealand cricketer and badminton player

*June 22nd, 1994, Hamilton

27

Daniel Guda

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1996, Manila

67

Tim Russ

American actor

*June 22nd, 1956, Washington, D.C.

74

Elizabeth Warren

American politician (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Oklahoma City

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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