January 28th, 1279

Born on January 28th, 1279

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 272,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 787 days, exactly on July 11th, 2026, people who were born on January 28th, 1279 will be 273,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 28th?

January 28th, 0661

Ali, the fourth Islamic caliph, was assassinated, effectively ending the Rashidun Caliphate.

January 28th, 1986

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission, killing all seven crew members.

January 28th, 1984

Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.

January 28th, 1964

Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner were killed when the aircraft was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

January 28th, 1958

The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks (pictured).

January 28th, 1941

The Uline Arena in Washington, D.C., opened to host the Ice Capades.

January 28th, 1933

Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan".

January 28th, 1922

The largest recorded snowstorm in the history of Washington, D.C., collapsed the Knickerbocker Theatre, killing 98 people.

January 28th, 1813

English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.

January 28th, 1754

The word serendipity, derived from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, was coined by Horace Walpole (pictured) in a letter to a friend.

January 28th, 1547

Nine-year-old Edward VI, the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant, became king.

January 28th, 1393

King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball.

January 28th, 1142

Despite having saved the southern Song dynasty from attempts by the northern Jin dynasty to conquer it, Chinese general Yue Fei was executed by the Song government.

January 28th, 2023

Protests begin after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.

January 28th, 2006

The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.

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

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

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

95

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

52

Amy Coney Barrett

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2020

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

*January 28th, 1949, Whakatāne †February 2nd, 2020, Auckland

44

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton

47

Anna I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1693–1740)

*January 28th, 1693, Moscow †October 17th, 1740, Saint Petersburg

80

Lewis Wilson

American actor (1920–2000)

*January 28th, 1920, New York City †August 9th, 2000, San Francisco

84

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

63

Henry Morton Stanley

British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

*January 28th, 1841, Denbigh †May 10th, 1904, London

42

José Martí

Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)

*January 28th, 1853, Havana †May 19th, 1895, Oriente Province

76

Johannes Hevelius

Astronomer

*January 28th, 1611, Gdańsk †January 28th, 1687, Gdańsk

86

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

73

Charles Marie de La Condamine

French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)

*January 28th, 1701, Paris †February 4th, 1774, Paris

52

Henry VII of England

King of England, 1485–1509

*January 28th, 1457, Pembroke Castle †April 21st, 1509, Richmond Palace

56

Marnie McBean

Canadian rower

*January 28th, 1968, Vancouver

31

Will Poulter

British actor

*January 28th, 1993, London

30

Maluma

Colombian singer

*January 28th, 1994, Medellín

29

Merle Frohms

German association football player

*January 28th, 1995, Celle

71

Robert W. Holley

American biochemist (1922-1993)

*January 28th, 1922, Urbana †February 11th, 1993, Los Gatos

85

John M. Fabian

American pilot and astronaut

*January 28th, 1939, Baytown

38

Joan II of Navarre

Queen of Navarre (1328-1349)

*January 28th, 1311, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine †October 6th, 1349, France

48

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

44

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

38

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

26

Ariel Winter

American actress

*January 28th, 1998, Fairfax

19

Alexander, Prince of Scotland

Son of Alexander III of Scotland and his Queen Consort Margaret of England, and heir to the throne of Scotland

*January 28th, 1264, Jedburgh †January 24th, 1284

69

Clement IX

Pope from 1667, lived 1600-1669

*January 28th, 1600, Pistoia †December 9th, 1669, Rome

74

Ilkka Kanerva

Finnish politician

*January 28th, 1948, Lokalahti †April 14th, 2022, Turku

33

Pascual Orozco

Mexican general and politician

*January 28th, 1882, San Isidro Pascual Orozco †August 30th, 1915, El Paso

50

Tony Delk

American basketball player-coach

*January 28th, 1974, Covington

49

Julian Dean

New Zealand cyclist

*January 28th, 1975, Hamilton

40

Andre Iguodala

American basketball player

*January 28th, 1984, Springfield

84

Alice Neel

American visual artist (1900-1984)

*January 28th, 1900, Gladwyne †October 13th, 1984, New York City

76

Edgeworth David

Australian geologist

*January 28th, 1858, St Fagans †August 28th, 1934, Sydney

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Public holidays on January 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1279 is a normal year and no leap year.

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