October 28th, 1008

Born on October 28th, 1008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 370,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 55 days, exactly on August 2nd, 2024, people who were born on October 28th, 1008 will be 371,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 28th?

October 28th, 2013

The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others.

October 28th, 2007

In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.

October 28th, 1995

A fire broke out on a Baku Metro train in Azerbaijan's capital, killing 289 people and injuring 270 others in the world's deadliest subway disaster.

October 28th, 1971

Prospero (flight spare pictured), the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from Launch Area 5B in Woomera, South Australia.

October 28th, 1965

In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., the 630-foot (190 m)-tall steel catenary Gateway Arch was completed.

October 28th, 1940

World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the cession of Greek territory.

October 28th, 1928

Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.

October 28th, 1925

The funerary mask of Tutankhamun , possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.

October 28th, 1919

The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over president Woodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United States.

October 28th, 1891

The Mino–Owari earthquake, the strongest known inland earthquake in Japan's history, caused widespread damage and 7,273 deaths.

October 28th, 1886

In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured), a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence; New York City office workers responded by spontaneously holding the first ticker-tape parade.

October 28th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: As George Washington's Continental Army retreated northward from New York City, the British Army captured the village of White Plains.

October 28th, 1707

The Hōei earthquake ruptured all segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously – the only earthquake recorded to have done so.

October 28th, 1664

The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London.

October 28th, 1453

Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 28th?

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

39

Henry III

Holy Roman Emperor

*October 28th, 1016, Bavaria †October 5th, 1056, Bodfeld

56

Julia Roberts

American actress (born 1967)

*October 28th, 1967, Smyrna

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

94

Joan Plowright

British actress

*October 28th, 1929, Brigg

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

96

Cleo Laine

English jazz singer and actress

*October 28th, 1927, Middlesex

59

Kurt Nowak

German theologian and church historian

*October 28th, 1942, Leipzig †December 31st, 2001, Leipzig

49

Joaquin Phoenix

American actor

*October 28th, 1974, Río Piedras

39

Finn Wittrock

American actor

*October 28th, 1984, Lenox

64

Ivan Turgenev

Russian writer (1818–1883)

*October 28th, 1818, Oryol †September 3rd, 1883, Bougival

88

Auguste Escoffier

French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)

*October 28th, 1846, Villeneuve-Loubet †February 12th, 1935, Monte Carlo

86

Philip Saville

British screenwriter (1930–2016)

*October 28th, 1930, London †December 22nd, 2016, Hampstead

56

John Romero

American video game designer

*October 28th, 1967, Colorado Springs

25

Camille Muffat

French swimmer

*October 28th, 1989, Nice †March 9th, 2015, Villa Castelli

60

Eros Ramazzotti

Italian musician (born 1963)

*October 28th, 1963, Rome

32

Warren Barguil

French cyclist

*October 28th, 1991, Hennebont

31

Jessica Rosenthal

German politician of the SPD

*October 28th, 1992, Hamelin

32

Victor Campenaerts

Belgian cyclist

*October 28th, 1991, Wilrijk

80

Jonas Salk

Inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)

*October 28th, 1914, New York City †June 23rd, 1995, La Jolla

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San Francisco

92

Richard Doll

British physician and epidemiologist

*October 28th, 1912, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames †July 24th, 2005, Oxford

49

Garrincha

Brazilian association football player (1933-1983)

*October 28th, 1933, Pau Grande †January 20th, 1983, Rio de Janeiro

87

Julio Jiménez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*October 28th, 1934, Ávila †June 8th, 2022, Ávila

41

Coluche

French comedian and actor (1944-1986)

*October 28th, 1944, 14th arrondissement of Paris †June 19th, 1986, Opio

53

Ayad Akhtar

American actor and playwright

*October 28th, 1970, Staten Island

69

Erasmus

Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian

*October 28th, 1466, Rotterdam †July 12th, 1536, Basel

67

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

6th President of Iran from 2005 to 2013

*October 28th, 1956, Aradan

42

Milan Baroš

Czech footballer

*October 28th, 1981, Valašské Meziříčí

41

Matt Smith

English actor (born 1982)

*October 28th, 1982, Northampton

60

Lauren Holly

American actress

*October 28th, 1963, Bristol

36

Frank Ocean

American singer, songwriter, and rapper

*October 28th, 1987, Long Beach

44

Jawed Karim

American entrepreneur, co-founder of YouTube

*October 28th, 1979, Merseburg

66

Graham Jones

Road racing cyclist

*October 28th, 1957, Cheadle

81

Erich Mende

German politician (1916-1998)

*October 28th, 1916, Strzelce Opolskie †May 6th, 1998, Bonn

72

Maria Anna of Neuburg

Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)

*October 28th, 1667, Benrath Palace †July 16th, 1740, Guadalajara

81

Terence Donovan

Actor.

*October 28th, 1942, United Kingdom

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Leap year

Yes: 1008 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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