August 22nd, 1974

Born on August 22nd, 1974

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 863 days, exactly on August 29th, 2026, people who were born on August 22nd, 1974 will be 19,000 days old!

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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, 1974

49

Peter Tauber

German politician

*August 22nd, 1974, Frankfurt

49

Cory Gardner

United States Senator from Colorado

*August 22nd, 1974, Yuma

49

Agustín Pichot

Rugby union player from Argentina

*August 22nd, 1974, Buenos Aires

49

Luz Elena González

Mexican actress

*August 22nd, 1974, Guadalajara

49

Sudhanshu Pandey

Indian actor

*August 22nd, 1974, Almora

49

Kay Cannon

American screenwriter, producer, director, and actress

*August 22nd, 1974, Illinois

49

Luis Diego López

Uruguayan association football player and manager

*August 22nd, 1974, Salto

49

Melinda Page Hamilton

American actress (born 1974)

*August 22nd, 1974, New York City

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Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

50

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian

*August 22nd, 1973, Canandaigua

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

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

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

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

48

Rodrigo Santoro

Brazilian actor

*August 22nd, 1975, Petrópolis

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

53

Jeannette Arndt

German actress and director

*August 22nd, 1970, Berlin

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

86

Dietmar Kienast

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

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

50

Beenie Man

Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer

*August 22nd, 1973, Kingston

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

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

29

Israel Broussard

American actor

*August 22nd, 1994, Gulfport

59

Mats Wilander

Swedish tennis player

*August 22nd, 1964, Växjö

48

Clint Bolton

Australian soccer player

*August 22nd, 1975, Bundaberg

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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