May 22nd, 2007

Born on May 22nd, 2007

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 811 days, exactly on July 21st, 2026, people who were born on May 22nd, 2007 will be 7,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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.

May 22nd, 1844

In Shiraz, Iran, the Báb declared himself to be a messenger of God to Mullá Husayn, leading to the foundation of Bábism, considered to be a precursor to the Baháʼí Faith.

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

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

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

48

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

37

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

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

43

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

19

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

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

64

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

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

36

Arturo Vidal

Chilean association football player

*May 22nd, 1987, Santiago

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

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

53

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

83

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

59

Mark Christopher Lawrence

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

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

17

Daria Usacheva

Figure skater

*May 22nd, 2006, Khabarovsk

60

Susan Strasberg

American film and stage actress (1938-1999)

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City †January 21st, 1999, New York City

73

Irène Frain

French writer and journalist

*May 22nd, 1950, Lorient

90

Georges Rol

French priest and theologian

*May 22nd, 1926, Thiviers †April 13th, 2017, L'Isle-d'Espagnac

Same year
Born in 2007

16

Unnati Hooda

Badminton player

*September 20th, 2007, Rohtak

16

Ever Anderson

American child actress

*November 3rd, 2007, Los Angeles

17

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Younger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

*April 29th, 2007, Madrid

17

Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden

Son of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster; grandson of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

*March 12th, 2007, London

16

James, Earl of Wessex

Son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

*December 17th, 2007, Frimley Park Hospital

16

Viki Gabor

Polish singer

*July 10th, 2007, Hamburg

16

Melani García

Spanish singer

*June 10th, 2007, L'Eliana

16

Park Min-ha

South Korean actress

*July 2nd, 2007, Grupo

17

Cailey Fleming

American actress

*March 25th, 2007, Picayune

17

Ana Paula Martínez

Mexican actress

*February 22nd, 2007, Mexico City

16

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

American child actress

*June 6th, 2007, Santa Monica

17

Quan Hongchan

Chinese diver (2007-)

*March 28th, 2007, Zhanjiang

17

Stacey Fru

Child Author and Philanthropist

*February 16th, 2007, Johannesburg

17

Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Moroccan royal

*February 28th, 2007, Rabat

16

DJ Switch

Young Ghanaian female disk jockey

*December 12th, 2007, Dadieso

16

Momiji Nishiya

Japanese street skateboarder (2007-)

*August 30th, 2007, Matsubara

16

Ruhanika Dhawan

Indian actress

*September 25th, 2007, Delhi

16

Adeliia Petrosian

Russian figure skater

*June 5th, 2007, Moscow

16

Alexander James Rodriguez

British actor

*June 12th, 2007, Marbella

17

Claire Weinstein

American swimmer

*March 1st, 2007, White Plains

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 22nd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on May 22nd, 2007
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2007 is a normal year and no leap year.

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