April 28th, 1594

Born on April 28th, 1594

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 157,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 883 days, exactly on November 29th, 2026, people who were born on April 28th, 1594 will be 158,000 days old!

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What happened on April 28th?

April 28th, 2008

The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening.

April 28th, 1999

A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another in Canada's first fatal school shooting in more than two decades.

April 28th, 1988

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one fatality as a flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft.

April 28th, 1983

The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

April 28th, 1973

The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, on which it spent a record 942 weeks.

April 28th, 1971

Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow.

April 28th, 1952

Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years after fighting ended due to World War II.

April 28th, 1945

World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino.

April 28th, 1941

World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members of the Ustaše movement in Gudovac.

April 28th, 1923

The FA Cup final (crowd and police pictured) between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United was held on the opening day of the Empire Stadium in London.

April 28th, 1910

Frenchman Louis Paulhan landed his biplane at Manchester (pictured), having departed from London the previous day, to win the world's first long-distance air race

April 28th, 1789

Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander William Bligh in the South Pacific.

April 28th, 1783

Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean forces; many of the prisoners were later murdered.

April 28th, 1611

The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded.

April 28th, 1253

The Japanese monk Nichiren declared the mantra Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, now a central part of Nichiren Buddhism.

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

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

29

Melanie Martinez

American singer-songwriter

*April 28th, 1995, Astoria

73

James Monroe

President of the United States from 1817 to 1825

*April 28th, 1758, Monroe Hall †July 4th, 1831, New York City

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

50

Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress

*April 28th, 1974, Alcobendas

57

Kevin Jubinville

Canadian actor

*April 28th, 1967, Kingston

75

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor (born in 1949)

*April 28th, 1949, Boston

43

Jessica Alba

American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)

*April 28th, 1981, Pomona

50

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

*April 28th, 1953, Santiago †July 15th, 2003, Barcelona

42

Ian Murdock

American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)

*April 28th, 1973, Constance †December 28th, 2015, San Francisco

89

Harper Lee

American author

*April 28th, 1926, Monroeville †February 19th, 2016, Monroeville

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

83

Marie Harel

Inventor of Camembert Cheese

*April 28th, 1761, Crouttes †November 9th, 1844, Vimoutiers

57

Kari Wuhrer

American actress (b. 1967)

*April 28th, 1967, Brookfield

81

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

91

Robert Anderson

American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer (1917-2009)

*April 28th, 1917, Manhattan †February 9th, 2009, Manhattan

66

Terry Pratchett

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

*April 28th, 1948, Beaconsfield †March 12th, 2015, Broad Chalke

44

Bradley Wiggins

British former professional road and track racing cyclist

*April 28th, 1980, Ghent

82

Max Amling

German politician (SPD) (1934-2017)

*April 28th, 1934, Eibelstadt †April 7th, 2017, Friedberg

36

Juan Mata

Spanish football player

*April 28th, 1988, Villafranca Montes de Oca

Same year
Born in 1594

71

Nicolas Poussin

French painter (1594-1665)

*May 31st, 1594, Les Andelys †November 19th, 1665, Rome

37

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Swedish king (1594–1632; regent 1611–32)

*December 9th, 1594, Stockholm Palace †November 6th, 1632, Lützen

62

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Ukrainian military, political and statesman, Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, head of Ukraine (1648–1657) during the Hetmanship

*November 30th, 1594, Zhovkva †July 27th, 1657, Chyhyryn

68

Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

Military leader in the Thirty Years' War and Count, later Prince, of Nassau-Dillenburg

*January 1st, 1594, Saarbrücken †January 1st, 1662, Dillenburg

32

John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German duke

*February 21st, 1594, Altenburg †December 6th, 1626, Markt Sankt Martin

33

Leonhard II. von Taxis

(1594-1628)

*July 5th, 1594, Brussels metropolitan area †May 23rd, 1628, Prague

38

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim

Austrian field marshal

*May 29th, 1594, Treuchtlingen †November 17th, 1632, Leipzig

66

Ove Gjedde

Danish admiral (1594-1660)

*December 17th, 1594, Tomarps Kungsgård Castle †December 19th, 1660, Copenhagen

74

Ernestine Yolande de Ligne d'Amblise

(1594-1668)

*January 2nd, 1594, Ronse †June 4th, 1668, Ronse

71

César, Duke of Vendôme

French nobleman

*June 3rd, 1594, Château de Coucy †October 22nd, 1665, Paris

57

Sophie of Solms-Laubach

Wife of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1594-1651)

*May 15th, 1594, Laubach †May 16th, 1651, Plötzkau

59

Daniel Beckher

German university teacher and writer (1594-1653)

*September 13th, 1594, Gdańsk †October 14th, 1653, Königsberg

59

Montdory

French actor

*March 13th, 1594, Thiers †November 10th, 1653, Thiers

48

Aegidius Hunnius

German theologian and university teacher (1594-1642)

*March 19th, 1594, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 29th, 1642, Altenburg

65

Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594-1659)

*July 6th, 1594, Sulzburg †September 8th, 1659, Karlsburg Castle

22

Otto, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel, Administrator of Hersfeld Abbey

*December 24th, 1594, Kassel †August 7th, 1617, Bad Hersfeld

58

John Haynes

English colonial magistrate and co-founder of Connecticut Colony

*May 1st, 1594, Essex †January 9th, 1653, Hartford

63

Olimpia Maidalchini

Italian noble (1594-1657)

*May 26th, 1594, Viterbo †September 26th, 1657, San Martino al Cimino

59

Juliana Morell

Spanish nun and intellectual child prodigy (1594-1653)

*February 16th, 1594, Barcelona †June 26th, 1653, Avignon

40

Georg Friedrich II Graf zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

Peerage person ID=2997

*November 30th, 1594, Waldenburg †November 30th, 1634, Frankfurt

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Public holidays on April 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work) which are celebrated on April 28th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1594 is a normal year and no leap year.

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