January 28th, 1532

Born on January 28th, 1532

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 179,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 208 days, exactly on November 23rd, 2024, people who were born on January 28th, 1532 will be 180,000 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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

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

60

Paul Luther

German scientist (1533-1593)

*January 28th, 1533, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †March 8th, 1593, Leipzig

47

Anna I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1693–1740)

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

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

76

Johannes Hevelius

Astronomer

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

44

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

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

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

70

Ludolph van Ceulen

German-Dutch mathematician (*1540 – †1610)

*January 28th, 1540, Hildesheim †December 31st, 1610, Leiden

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

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57

Jean-Antoine de Baïf

French writer (1532-1589)

*February 19th, 1532, Venice †September 19th, 1589, Paris

56

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

*June 24th, 1532, Kenilworth †September 4th, 1588, Oxfordshire

73

Marino Grimani

Doge of Venice (1532-1605)

*July 1st, 1532, Venice †December 25th, 1605, Venice

63

John Hawkins

English navigator, admiral, privateer and slave trader (1532-1595)

*January 1st, 1532, Plymouth †November 12th, 1595, Puerto Rico

66

Edzard II, Count of East Frisia

Count of East Frisia (1532–1599)

*June 24th, 1532, Greetsiel †March 1st, 1599, Aurich

35

Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess of Prussia

*April 23rd, 1532, Hann. Münden †March 20th, 1568, Guryevsk

64

Georg Lysthenius

German theologian

*January 1st, 1532, Naumburg †January 1st, 1596, Dresden

76

Martin Schalling the Younger

German theologian (1532-1608)

*April 21st, 1532, Strasbourg †December 29th, 1608, Nuremberg

85

Alphonsus Rodriguez

(1532-1617) lay brother and saint

*July 25th, 1532, Segovia †October 31st, 1617, Palma de Mallorca

53

John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg, then Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1532-1586)

*December 20th, 1532, Sondershausen †October 28th, 1586, Arnstadt

43

Wilhelm Xylander

German humanist and classical scholar (1532–1576)

*December 26th, 1532, Augsburg †February 10th, 1576, Heidelberg

52

Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony

Electress consort of Saxony

*November 22nd, 1532, Haderslev †October 1st, 1585, Dresden

83

Owen Günther

German physicist and philosopher

*January 25th, 1532, Eiderstedt †July 8th, 1615, Helmstedt

62

Lorenz Dürnhofer

German deacon and theologian

*January 29th, 1532, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1594, Nuremberg

63

Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Abbess of Gandersheim, later Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

*November 16th, 1532, Wolfenbüttel †November 23rd, 1595, Herzberg Castle

69

Giulio Antonio Santorio

Catholic cardinal

*June 6th, 1532, Caserta †May 9th, 1602, Rome

60

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Astronomer, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592)

*June 24th, 1532, Kassel †August 25th, 1592, Kassel

40

Joachim Curaeus

German historian (1532-1573)

*October 23rd, 1532, Kożuchów †January 21st, 1573, Głogów

52

Friedrich Widebrand

German theologian

*July 4th, 1532, Pößneck †May 2nd, 1585, Heidelberg

78

Juan de Ribera

Roman Catholic archbishop and saint (1532-1611)

*March 20th, 1532, Seville †January 6th, 1611, Valencia

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Leap year

Yes: 1532 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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