August 22nd, 1978

Born on August 22nd, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 459 days, exactly on March 8th, 2025, people who were born on August 22nd, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on August 22nd, 1978?

August 22nd, 1978

The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Voting_Rights_Amendment

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, 1978

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

45

Irandhir Santos

Brazilian actor

*August 22nd, 1978, Barreiros

45

Malin Crépin

Swedish actress

*August 22nd, 1978, Stockholm

45

Jasmine Waltz

American model, actress and reality TV personality

*August 22nd, 1978, Las Vegas

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

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

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

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

44

Natalia Barbu

Moldovan singer

*August 22nd, 1979, Bălți

42

Ross Marquand

American actor

*August 22nd, 1981, Fort Collins

50

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian

*August 22nd, 1973, Canandaigua

39

Diana Sands

American actress (1934–1973)

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

41

Aparna Nancherla

American comedian and actress

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

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

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

56

Ty Burrell

American actor and comedian

*August 22nd, 1967, Grants Pass

58

Jale Arıkan

Turkish actress

*August 22nd, 1965, Istanbul

53

Giada De Laurentiis

Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality

*August 22nd, 1970, Rome

29

Israel Broussard

American actor

*August 22nd, 1994, Gulfport

48

Rodrigo Santoro

Brazilian actor

*August 22nd, 1975, Petrópolis

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

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

52

Vojin Ćetković

Serbian actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Kruševac

42

Takumi Saito

Japanese actor and filmmaker (born 1981)

*August 22nd, 1981, Tokyo

44

Brandon Quintin Adams

American actor

*August 22nd, 1979, Topeka

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45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Tadashi Ohtsuka

Badminton player

*April 30th, 1978, Nagasaki

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

44

John Legend

American singer-songwriter

*December 28th, 1978, Springfield

45

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Didier Drogba

Ivorian association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

45

Emile Heskey

English association football player

*January 11th, 1978, Leicester

45

Anthony Mackie

American actor

*September 23rd, 1978, New Orleans

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

45

Justin Long

American actor

*June 2nd, 1978, Fairfield

45

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

45

Thor Hushovd

Norwegian cyclist

*January 18th, 1978, Grimstad

45

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

45

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

45

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

45

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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