August 22nd, 2005

Born on August 22nd, 2005

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 2005

18

Stiliana Nikolova

Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

*August 22nd, 2005, Cairo

18

Kang Ye-seo

South Korean actress and singer (2005-)

*August 22nd, 2005, Incheon

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Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

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

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

29

Israel Broussard

American actor

*August 22nd, 1994, Gulfport

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

86

Dietmar Kienast

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

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

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

26

Lautaro Martínez

Argentine association football player

*August 22nd, 1997, Bahía Blanca

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

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

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

50

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian

*August 22nd, 1973, Canandaigua

53

Jeannette Arndt

German actress and director

*August 22nd, 1970, Berlin

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

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

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19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

19

Manisha Ramadass

Badminton player

*January 27th, 2005, Chennai

19

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber from Ohio (born. 2005)

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

19

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

18

Alexandria Villaseñor

American climate activist

*May 18th, 2005, Davis

18

Alysa Liu

American figure skater

*August 8th, 2005, Clovis

18

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Heir presumptive of Spain

*October 31st, 2005, Madrid

19

Brooke McIntosh

Figure skater

*January 5th, 2005, Canada

19

Dafne Keen

British actress

*January 4th, 2005, Madrid

19

Jake Daniels

English association footballer

*January 8th, 2005, Bispham

19

Benedetta Pilato

Italian swimmer

*January 18th, 2005, Taranto

18

Lia McHugh

American actress (born 2005)

*November 18th, 2005, Pittsburgh

19

Sergi Domínguez

Spanish footballer

*April 1st, 2005, Barcelona

19

Arda Güler

Turkish association football player

*February 25th, 2005, Altındağ

18

Matilda Ledger

Australian American actress, director and singer

*October 28th, 2005, New York City

19

Fermín Aldeguer

Spanish motorcycle road racer

*April 5th, 2005, Murcia

19

Roksana Węgiel

Polish singer

*January 11th, 2005, Jasło

19

Lindsay van Zundert

Dutch figure skater

*February 1st, 2005, Etten-Leur

19

Alma Deutscher

British composer, pianist and violinist

*February 19th, 2005, Basingstoke

18

Lulu Wilson

American child actress

*October 7th, 2005, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2005 is a normal year and no leap year.

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