August 22nd, 1973

Born on August 22nd, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 634 days, exactly on August 29th, 2025, people who were born on August 22nd, 1973 will be 19,000 days old!

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What happened on August 22nd, 1973?

August 22nd, 1973

The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Congress_of_Chile

What else 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.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1973

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

50

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian

*August 22nd, 1973, Canandaigua

50

Howie Dorough

American singer

*August 22nd, 1973, Orlando

50

Beenie Man

Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer

*August 22nd, 1973, Kingston

50

Jeff Biehl

American actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Medford

50

Heidi Lenhart

American actress

*August 22nd, 1973, Los Angeles

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

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

59

Mats Wilander

Swedish tennis player

*August 22nd, 1964, Växjö

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

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

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

52

Vojin Ćetković

Serbian actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Kruševac

53

Giada De Laurentiis

Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality

*August 22nd, 1970, Rome

39

Diana Sands

American actress (1934–1973)

*August 22nd, 1934, New York City †September 21st, 1973, New York City

56

Ty Burrell

American actor and comedian

*August 22nd, 1967, Grants Pass

58

Jale Arıkan

Turkish actress

*August 22nd, 1965, Istanbul

42

Ross Marquand

American actor

*August 22nd, 1981, Fort Collins

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

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

48

Rodrigo Santoro

Brazilian actor

*August 22nd, 1975, Petrópolis

44

Jennifer Finnigan

Canadian actress

*August 22nd, 1979, Montreal

41

Aparna Nancherla

American comedian and actress

*August 22nd, 1982, Washington, D.C.

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

29

Israel Broussard

American actor

*August 22nd, 1994, Gulfport

44

Natalia Barbu

Moldovan singer

*August 22nd, 1979, Bălți

45

Irandhir Santos

Brazilian actor

*August 22nd, 1978, Barreiros

Same year
Born in 1973

50

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

50

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Patrick Wilson

American actor

*July 3rd, 1973, Norfolk

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

40

Paul Walker

American actor (1973-2013)

*September 12th, 1973, Glendale †November 30th, 2013, Valencia

50

Jim Parsons

American actor (born 1973)

*March 24th, 1973, St. Joseph Medical Center (Houston, Texas)

50

Rogério Ceni

Brazilian footballer

*January 22nd, 1973, Pato Branco

49

Mos Def

American rapper and actor from New York

*December 11th, 1973, Brooklyn

50

Chris Webber

American basketball player

*March 1st, 1973, Detroit

50

Alfie Boe

English actor and singer

*September 29th, 1973, Blackpool

50

Andrew Lincoln

British actor

*September 14th, 1973, London

50

François-Xavier Demaison

French actor

*September 22nd, 1973, Asnières-sur-Seine

50

Cathy Freeman

Australian short-distance runner

*February 16th, 1973, Slade Point

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stephen Graham

English actor

*August 3rd, 1973, Kirkby

50

Tana Umaga

New Zealand rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach

*May 27th, 1973, Lower Hutt

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Public holidays on August 22nd

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Born on August 22nd, 1973
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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