January 22nd, 1988

Born on January 22nd, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 764 days, exactly on May 22nd, 2026, people who were born on January 22nd, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 22nd?

January 22nd, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: After surrounding Mutukula the previous day, Tanzanian forces attacked the town in the Battle of Mutukula and caused Ugandan forces to flee.

January 22nd, 1968

Apollo 5 (pictured), the first flight of NASA's Lunar Module, lifted off from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.

January 22nd, 2012

Croatia held a referendum, in which it voted to become a member of the European Union.

January 22nd, 2006

Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first democratically elected indigenous leader.

January 22nd, 1987

After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself in front of television cameras during a press conference.

January 22nd, 1984

During Super Bowl XVIII, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, with the television commercial "1984".

January 22nd, 1973

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, striking down laws restricting abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.

January 22nd, 1970

The Boeing 747, the world's first wide-body commercial airliner, entered service for Pan Am on the New York–London route.

January 22nd, 1969

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev survived what was seen as an assassination attempt, an incident that was not revealed to the public until after the fall of the Soviet Union.

January 22nd, 1963

France and West Germany signed the Élysée Treaty, establishing a new foundation for relations that ended centuries of rivalry.

January 22nd, 1957

New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known as the "Mad Bomber", for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughout the city.

January 22nd, 1943

World War II: The Battle of Buna–Gona on New Guinea ended with an Allied victory after two months of difficult fighting against well-prepared Japanese defence.

January 22nd, 1924

Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first prime minister of the United Kingdom from the Labour Party.

January 22nd, 1906

SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.

January 22nd, 1689

The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the Glorious Revolution.

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

Born on January 22nd, 1988

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

36

Jens Hegeler

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Cologne

36

Du Pengyu

Chinese badminton player

*January 22nd, 1988, Baoding

36

Isabel Kerschowski

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, East Berlin

36

Greg Oden

American basketball player

*January 22nd, 1988, Buffalo

36

Tereza Nvotová

Slovak actress and director

*January 22nd, 1988, Trnava

36

Suli Breaks

English spoken-word poet

*January 22nd, 1988, Wood Green

36

Vincent Rüfli

Swiss footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Carouge

36

Łukasz Rutkowski

Polish ski jumper

*January 22nd, 1988, Zakopane

36

Eline De Munck

Singer, actress

*January 22nd, 1988, Beveren

36

Alberto Frison

Italian footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Mirano

36

Shawn Pittman

American rugby union player

*January 22nd, 1988, Bellingham

36

Abdullah Karmil

Turkish footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Istanbul

36

Valeria Kozlova

Russian singer and drummer

*January 22nd, 1988, Moscow

36

Errick McCollum

American basketball player

*January 22nd, 1988, Cincinnati

36

Monique Kerschowski

Association footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, East Berlin

36

Evgenia Romanyuta

Russian racing cyclist

*January 22nd, 1988, Tula

36

Nadège Bobillier

Figure skater

*January 22nd, 1988, Annecy

36

Suzanne Stettinius

Olympic pentathlete

*January 22nd, 1988, Virginia Beach

36

Roman Mihálik

Slovak footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Czechoslovakia

36

Mikhail Kuzyayev

Russian footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Bronnitsy

36

Luca Babbini

Italian footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Carrara

36

Kitti Kudor

Hungarian handball player

*January 22nd, 1988, Debrecen

36

Jesse Kirkland

Bermudian sailor

*January 22nd, 1988, Bermuda

36

JP Mostert

South African rugby union footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Brits

36

Roberto Eslava

Association football player

*January 22nd, 1988, Telde

36

Raphael Martinho

Brazilian footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Campo Grande

36

Dawid Kwiek

Polish footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

36

Josh Spence

Australian baseball player

*January 22nd, 1988, Geelong

36

Asher Allen

American football player

*January 22nd, 1988, Tucker

36

Ariel Aranda

Argentine footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Lomas de Zamora

36

Francesco Renzetti

Italian footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Monte Carlo

36

Xavier Silas

American basketball player

*January 22nd, 1988, Austin

36

Mateusz Polaczyk

Canoeist

*January 22nd, 1988, Limanowa

36

Mizuho Ishida

Japanese volleyball player

*January 22nd, 1988, Tomioka

36

Darryl Sharpton

American football player

*January 22nd, 1988, El Portal

36

Vincent Mendy

French footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Paris

36

Jorge Vivas

Colombian boxer

*January 22nd, 1988, Apartadó

36

Sinéad Mulvey

Irish singer

*January 22nd, 1988, Dublin

36

Ismaïla N'Diaye

French-Senegalese footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Thiaroye

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Who's birthday is on January 22nd?

31

Netta Barzilai

Israeli singer-songwriter; winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

*January 22nd, 1993, Hod HaSharon

35

Pia Zebadiah

Indonesian badminton player

*January 22nd, 1989, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

30

Hendrik Bonmann

German association football player

*January 22nd, 1994, Essen

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

38

Adrián Ramos

Colombian footballer

*January 22nd, 1986, Santander de Quilichao

29

Julie Finne-Ipsen

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1995, Ballerup Municipality

37

Myriam Leuenberger

Figure skater

*January 22nd, 1987, Zürich

42

Fabricio Coloccini

Argentine association football player

*January 22nd, 1982, Alta Gracia

37

Andreas Stauff

Road bicycle racer

*January 22nd, 1987, Frechen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

42

Pénélope Bagieu

Illustrator and French comics writer

*January 22nd, 1982, 14th arrondissement of Paris

37

Shane Long

Irish association football player

*January 22nd, 1987, Gortnahoe

51

Rogério Ceni

Brazilian footballer

*January 22nd, 1973, Pato Branco

24

Niclas Stierlin

German association football player

*January 22nd, 2000, Mannheim

43

O. T. Fagbenle

English actor

*January 22nd, 1981, London

58

Uwe Wassmer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1966, Wehr

47

Hidetoshi Nakata

Japanese association football player

*January 22nd, 1977, Kofu

53

Katie Finneran

American actress

*January 22nd, 1971, Chicago

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

35

Steffi Annys

Badminton player

*May 10th, 1988, De Panne

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 22nd.

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Born on January 22nd, 1988
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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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