August 22nd, 1980

Born on August 22nd, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 47 days, exactly on June 12th, 2024, people who were born on August 22nd, 1980 will be 16,000 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, 1980

43

Grégory Leca

French footballer

*August 22nd, 1980, Metz

43

Evis Xheneti

American actress

*August 22nd, 1980, Tirana

43

Christi Shake

American actor and playboy playmate

*August 22nd, 1980, Baltimore

43

Zsófia Boros

Hungarian classical guitarist

*August 22nd, 1980, Prague

43

Seiko Yamamoto

Japanese wrestler

*August 22nd, 1980, Kawasaki

43

Nicolas Macrozonaris

Athletics competitor

*August 22nd, 1980, Laval

43

Roland Benschneider

German footballer (born 1980)

*August 22nd, 1980, Neuruppin

43

Aya Sumika

American actress

*August 22nd, 1980, Miami

43

John Martin

Swedish singer and songwriter

*August 22nd, 1980, Stockholm

43

Gaile Lok

Hong Kong model

*August 22nd, 1980, Macau

43

Valeria Graci

Italian comedian

*August 22nd, 1980, Milan

43

Ravshana Kurkova

Russian actress

*August 22nd, 1980, Tashkent

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Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

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

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

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

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

50

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian

*August 22nd, 1973, Canandaigua

44

Natalia Barbu

Moldovan singer

*August 22nd, 1979, Bălți

42

Ross Marquand

American actor

*August 22nd, 1981, Fort Collins

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

42

Takumi Saito

Japanese actor and filmmaker (born 1981)

*August 22nd, 1981, Tokyo

86

Dietmar Kienast

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

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

49

Peter Tauber

German politician

*August 22nd, 1974, Frankfurt

53

Jeannette Arndt

German actress and director

*August 22nd, 1970, Berlin

29

Israel Broussard

American actor

*August 22nd, 1994, Gulfport

42

Christina Obergföll

German athlete

*August 22nd, 1981, Lahr/Schwarzwald

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Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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