May 22nd, 1987

Born on May 22nd, 1987

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 22nd, 1987?

May 22nd, 1987

First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Rugby_World_Cup

What else happened on May 22nd?

May 22nd, 2014

Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.

May 22nd, 2010

Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.

May 22nd, 2002

Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a year, had been found in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.

May 22nd, 1998

In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision that was the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.

May 22nd, 1980

Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.

May 22nd, 1972

The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.

May 22nd, 1960

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.

May 22nd, 1958

Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.

May 22nd, 1939

Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance.

May 22nd, 1915

California's Lassen Peak violently erupted, the only volcanic eruption in the contiguous U.S. in the 20th century until Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.

May 22nd, 1905

Sultan Abdul Hamid II established the Ullah millet, a separate millet for the Aromanians within the Ottoman Empire.

May 22nd, 1897

The first Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London.

May 22nd, 1856

Senator Charles Sumner (pictured) was assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks in the United States Senate chamber in retaliation for a speech in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.

May 22nd, 1849

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U.S. president ever to hold a patent.

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

Born on May 22nd, 1987

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

36

Arturo Vidal

Chilean association football player

*May 22nd, 1987, Santiago

36

Linda Hesse

German singer

*May 22nd, 1987, Halberstadt

36

Der Nino aus Wien

Austrian musician

*May 22nd, 1987, Vienna

36

Mikhail Aleshin

Russian racing driver

*May 22nd, 1987, Moscow

36

Zita Szucsánszki

Hungarian handball player

*May 22nd, 1987, Budapest

36

Rômulo

Brazilian association football player (born 1987)

*May 22nd, 1987, Pelotas

36

Kyle Gibson

American basketball player

*May 22nd, 1987, Los Angeles

36

Caleb Spillyards

American actor

*May 22nd, 1987, Maumelle

36

Henry Santos do Amaral

Brazilian politician

*May 22nd, 1987, Belo Horizonte

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

37

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

48

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

43

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

38

Tranquillo Barnetta

Swiss footballer

*May 22nd, 1985, St. Gallen

64

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

53

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

39

Karoline Herfurth

German actress

*May 22nd, 1984, Pankow

37

Julian Edelman

American football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Redwood City

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

*May 22nd, 1813, Leipzig †February 13th, 1883, Venice

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

*May 22nd, 1926, Martina Franca †May 18th, 2017, Fermo

59

Mark Christopher Lawrence

American character actor, stand-up comedian, and voice-over artist

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

39

Alex Atapuma

Colombian bicycle racer

*May 22nd, 1984, Túquerres

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

35

Joe Coffey

Scottish professional wrestler

*May 22nd, 1988, Glasgow

83

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

35

Doug DeMuro

American automotive columnist, reviewer, and author

*May 22nd, 1988, Denver

39

Dustin Moskovitz

American computer/Internet entrepreneur

*May 22nd, 1984, Gainesville

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

38

Tao Okamoto

Japanese actress

*May 22nd, 1985, Chiba

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Vance Joy

Australian singer-songwriter

*December 1st, 1987, Melbourne

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

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Born on May 22nd, 1987
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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