October 28th, 1282

Born on October 28th, 1282

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 270,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 172 days, exactly on October 18th, 2024, people who were born on October 28th, 1282 will be 271,000 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The funerary mask of Tutankhamun , possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.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

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

64

Ivan Turgenev

Russian writer (1818–1883)

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

49

Joaquin Phoenix

American actor

*October 28th, 1974, Río Piedras

39

Finn Wittrock

American actor

*October 28th, 1984, Lenox

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

31

Jessica Rosenthal

German politician of the SPD

*October 28th, 1992, Hamelin

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

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

80

Jonas Salk

Inventor of polio vaccine (1914-1995)

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

Same year
Born in 1282

117

Don Juan Manuel

Spanish prince and writer (1282-1348)

*May 5th, 1282, castillo-palacio de Escalona †November 30th, 1399, Córdoba

47

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine

French noble

*April 15th, 1282, Gondreville †August 23rd, 1329, Paris

65

Louis IV of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria and Holly Roman Emperor

*April 1st, 1282, Munich †October 11th, 1347, Puch

741

Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick

English countess

*November 30th, 1282, Hertfordshire

33

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan

English princess, born in Wales

*August 7th, 1282, Rhuddlan Castle †May 5th, 1316, Quendon

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1282 is a normal year and no leap year.

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