July 22nd, 1955

Born on July 22nd, 1955

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 885 days, exactly on September 27th, 2026, people who were born on July 22nd, 1955 will be 26,000 days old!

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What happened on July 22nd?

July 22nd, 2002

The Israel Defense Forces bombed the home of Salah Shehade, the leader of the military arm of the Palestinian organization Hamas, killing him, his family and neighboring civilians.

July 22nd, 1991

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment.

July 22nd, 1975

Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States.

July 22nd, 1963

The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak.

July 22nd, 1954

A limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, due to organized crime.

July 22nd, 1944

World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-exile, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.

July 22nd, 1894

Jules-Albert de Dion (pictured) finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.

July 22nd, 1864

American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.

July 22nd, 1802

Gia Long (pictured) conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

July 22nd, 1691

Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

July 22nd, 1298

First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.

July 22nd, 1209

A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

July 22nd, 0838

Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.

July 22nd, 2019

Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

July 22nd, 2013

Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

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

Born on July 22nd, 1955

68

Willem Dafoe

American actor (1955-)

*July 22nd, 1955, Appleton

68

Juanjo Puigcorbé

Catalan actor and screenwriter

*July 22nd, 1955, Barcelona

68

Ken Richters

Stage actor

*July 22nd, 1955, Hartford

68

Mauro Cardi

Italian composer

*July 22nd, 1955, Rome

68

Valter Girardelli

Italian admiral

*July 22nd, 1955, Trento

68

Rich Perry

American musician

*July 22nd, 1955, Cleveland

68

Seth Greenland

Novelist, screenwriter and playwright

*July 22nd, 1955, New York City

58

Richard J. Corman

American railroad executive (1955-2013)

*July 22nd, 1955, Nicholasville †August 23rd, 2013

68

Markus Büchler

German surgeon

*July 22nd, 1955, Saarlouis

68

Neville Glover

Australian rugby league footballer

*July 22nd, 1955, Sydney

68

Mike Kernaghan

New Zealand lawn bowls competitor

*July 22nd, 1955, Wallasey

68

Malcolm Woods

English cricketer (born 1955)

*July 22nd, 1955, Carlisle

68

Ma Fung-kwok

Hong Kong politician

*July 22nd, 1955, British Hong Kong

68

Gaetano Pirastu

Italian boxer

*July 22nd, 1955, Oristano

68

Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa

Nigerian politician

*July 22nd, 1955, Lagos Island

68

Harry Perretta

Basketball coach

*July 22nd, 1955, Upper Darby Township

68

Joshua Breakstone

American musician

*July 22nd, 1955, Elizabeth

43

Mazhar Khan

Actor

*July 22nd, 1955, Mumbai †September 16th, 1998

68

Adolfo Panfili

Italian surgeon

*July 22nd, 1955, Rome

51

Manuela Wiesler

Austrian flautist

*July 22nd, 1955, Itapiranga †December 22nd, 2006, Vienna

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

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress (born 1992)

*July 22nd, 1992, Grand Prairie

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

26

Marília Mendonça

Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)

*July 22nd, 1995, Cristianópolis †November 5th, 2021, Piedade de Caratinga

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

64

César Ferioli

Spanish, Italian rooted comic book artist.

*July 22nd, 1959, Barcelona

74

Alan Menken

American composer (born 1949)

*July 22nd, 1949, New Rochelle

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

69

Lonette McKee

American actress

*July 22nd, 1954, Detroit

77

Danny Glover

American actor, film director and political activist

*July 22nd, 1946, San Francisco

35

Thomas Kraft

German footballer

*July 22nd, 1988, Kirchen

62

Steve Albini

American record engineer and rock musician

*July 22nd, 1961, Pasadena

60

Olivier Gourmet

Belgian actor

*July 22nd, 1963, Namur

72

Giovanni Battaglin

Racing cyclist

*July 22nd, 1951, Marostica

35

Jakub Bitman

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1988, Prague

59

Adam Godley

English actor

*July 22nd, 1964, Amersham

36

Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari

Indonesian badminton player

*July 22nd, 1987, Temanggung

44

Iwona Niedźwiedź

Polish handball player

*July 22nd, 1979, Nowy Sącz

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

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

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

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

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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