August 22nd, 1970

Born on August 22nd, 1970

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

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2004

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1970

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

53

Jeannette Arndt

German actress and director

*August 22nd, 1970, Berlin

53

Giada De Laurentiis

Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality

*August 22nd, 1970, Rome

53

Tanja Karpela

Finnish politician

*August 22nd, 1970, Salo

53

George Canyon

Canadian musician

*August 22nd, 1970, Pictou County

53

Charlie Connelly

British writer and broadcaster

*August 22nd, 1970, London

53

Tímea Nagy

Hungarian fencer

*August 22nd, 1970, Budapest

53

Scott Waugh

American film director

*August 22nd, 1970, Los Angeles

53

Tyce Diorio

American jazz choreographer

*August 22nd, 1970, Brooklyn

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

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

50

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian

*August 22nd, 1973, Canandaigua

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

49

Peter Tauber

German politician

*August 22nd, 1974, Frankfurt

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

59

Mats Wilander

Swedish tennis player

*August 22nd, 1964, Växjö

56

Robert Leroux

French fencer

*August 22nd, 1967, Casablanca

54

Bruno Tobback

Flemish politician

*August 22nd, 1969, Leuven

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

60

Tori Amos

American singer-songwriter and pianist

*August 22nd, 1963, Newton

55

Endrio Leoni

Italian racing cyclist

*August 22nd, 1968, Dolo

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

Same year
Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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