August 22nd, 1993

Born on August 22nd, 1993

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 12,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 981 days, exactly on March 26th, 2029, people who were born on August 22nd, 1993 will be 13,000 days old!

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What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

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 at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to 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 race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), 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

At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1993

31

Laura Dahlmeier

German biathlete (1993–2025)

*August 22nd, 1993, Garmisch-Partenkirchen †July 28th, 2025, Laila Peak

32

Zach Muscat

Maltese association football player

*August 22nd, 1993, St. Julian's

32

Tucker Hume

American soccer player

*August 22nd, 1993, Dallas

Same year
Born in 1993

32

Kirsty Gilmour

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1993, Bellshill

33

Anitta

Brazilian singer, actress and businesswoman

*March 30th, 1993, Rio de Janeiro

33

PartyNextDoor

Canadian singer (born 1993)

*July 3rd, 1993, Mississauga

33

Saweetie

American rapper and singer

*July 2nd, 1993, Hayward

32

Tiffany Trump

American research assistant and reality television personality

*October 13th, 1993, West Palm Beach

33

Dawid Podsiadło

Polish singer-songwriter

*May 23rd, 1993, Dąbrowa Górnicza

33

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

33

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

32

Käärijä

Finnish rap-artist

*October 21st, 1993, Helsinki

33

Netta Barzilai

Israeli singer

*January 22nd, 1993, Hod HaSharon

33

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

32

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

33

Wendy Chen Hsuan-Yu

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1993, Taichung

33

Airi Mikkelä

Badminton player

*April 5th, 1993, Vantaa

33

Tones and I

Australian singer, songwriter and record producer

*May 13th, 1993, Shire of Mornington Peninsula

33

Oliver Tree

American singer, record producer and comedian

*June 29th, 1993, Santa Cruz

33

Huang Yuxiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1993, Hangzhou

32

Pabllo Vittar

Brazilian drag queen and singer

*November 1st, 1993, Caxias

33

Manu Gavassi

Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress

*January 4th, 1993, São Paulo

32

Alina Eremia

Romanian pop singer and actress

*December 15th, 1993, Buftea

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1993 is a normal year and no leap year.

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