September 22nd, 1962

Born on September 22nd, 1962

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 22nd?

September 22nd, 2014

The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.

September 22nd, 2013

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people.

September 22nd, 2003

Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released.

September 22nd, 1994

The Nordhordland Bridge, crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened.

September 22nd, 1993

A tugboat towing a barge collided with a rail bridge in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., deforming the tracks and causing the derailment of a passenger train eight minutes later, which killed 47 people and injured an additional 103.

September 22nd, 1979

An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.

September 22nd, 1975

Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford, but failed due to unfamiliarity with her weapon.

September 22nd, 1957

François Duvalier (pictured), nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life.

September 22nd, 1948

Led by Gail Halvorsen, the United States Air Force began Operation "Little Vittles", delivering candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.

September 22nd, 1939

A joint military parade by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union took place in Brest-Litovsk to celebrate their partition of Poland.

September 22nd, 1934

One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men.

September 22nd, 1922

After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished (aftermath pictured), having caused at least ten thousand deaths.

September 22nd, 1914

World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat.

September 22nd, 1869

Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), was first performed in Munich.

September 22nd, 1789

The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established.

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

Born on September 22nd, 1962

53

Martin Crowe

New Zealand cricketer (1962-2016)

*September 22nd, 1962, Waitakere City †March 3rd, 2016, Auckland

63

Andries Jonker

Dutch football manager

*September 22nd, 1962, Amsterdam

63

Farhad Darya

Afghan singer/writer/composer/philanthropist

*September 22nd, 1962, Kabul

44

Michael Gilden

American actor (1962-2006)

*September 22nd, 1962, Los Angeles †December 5th, 2006, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1962

64

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

64

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

64

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

64

Nik P.

Austrian singer

*April 6th, 1962, Friesach

63

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

63

Keir Starmer

British lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024

*September 2nd, 1962, Southwark

64

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

64

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

64

Thomas Rachel

German politician (CDU)

*May 17th, 1962, Birkesdorf

63

Damian Halata

German association football player and manager

*August 8th, 1962, Świętochłowice

63

Dietmar Schacht

German association football player and manager

*September 28th, 1962, Duisburg

64

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

64

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

63

Steve Moneghetti

Australian long distance runner

*September 26th, 1962, Ballarat

64

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

61

Steve Albini

American record engineer, rock musician and poker player

*July 22nd, 1962, Pasadena †May 7th, 2024, Chicago

63

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

63

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

64

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

63

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days, Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere) which are celebrated on September 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on September 22nd, 1962
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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