January 28th, 1863

Born on January 28th, 1863

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 28th?

January 28th, 0661

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

January 28th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.

January 28th, 1961

In Gitarama, Rwanda, local and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.

January 28th, 1521

Charles V and the estates of the Holy Roman Empire met at the Diet of Worms to discuss Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation.

January 28th, 1916

The province of Manitoba passed a law that first granted some Canadian women the right to vote.

January 28th, 1671

Anglo-Spanish War: In pursuit of retreating Spanish troops, English soldiers sacked the city of Panama.

January 28th, 1986

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), 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.

January 28th, 1941

World War II: About three hours after Thai bombers raided Sisophon, a ceasefire paused hostilities in the Franco-Thai War.

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

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

Same year
Born in 1863

64

Carl H. Eigenmann

German-American ichthyologist (1863–1927)

*March 9th, 1863, Flehingen †April 24th, 1927, San Diego

81

Pietro Mascagni

Italian composer known for operas (1863–1945)

*December 7th, 1863, Livorno †August 2nd, 1945, Rome

74

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)

*March 12th, 1863, Pescara †March 1st, 1938, Gardone Riviera

80

Leo Baekeland

Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)

*November 14th, 1863, Ghent †February 23rd, 1944, Beacon

51

John Bunny

American actor (1863-1915)

*September 21st, 1863, New York City †April 26th, 1915, Brooklyn

80

Edvard Munch

Norwegian painter (1863–1944)

*December 12th, 1863, Ådalsbruk †January 23rd, 1944, Ekely

100

Margaret Murray

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

*July 13th, 1863, Kolkata †November 13th, 1963, Welwyn

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)

*December 18th, 1863, Graz †June 28th, 1914, Sarajevo

70

Anthony Hope

English novelist (1863-1933)

*February 9th, 1863, London †July 8th, 1933, Walton on the Hill

82

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922

*January 17th, 1863, Manchester †March 26th, 1945, Llanystumdwy

74

Pierre de Coubertin

Founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)

*January 1st, 1863, Paris †September 2nd, 1937, Geneva

79

W. W. Jacobs

English author of short stories and novels (1863–1943)

*September 8th, 1863, Wapping †September 1st, 1943, Islington

30

Gunnar Berg

Norwegian painter (1863-1893)

*May 21st, 1863, Svolvær †December 23rd, 1893, Berlin

62

Maurice Hennequin

French playwright and writer

*December 10th, 1863, Liège †September 3rd, 1926, Montreux

61

Gene Stratton-Porter

American writer and naturalist (1863–1924)

*August 17th, 1863, Lagro †December 6th, 1924, Los Angeles

77

Ernest Thayer

American poet

*August 14th, 1863, Lawrence †August 21st, 1940, Santa Barbara

88

Bones Ely

American baseball player

*June 7th, 1863, Girard †January 10th, 1952, Imola

88

George Santayana

Spanish-American philosopher

*December 16th, 1863, Madrid †September 26th, 1952, Rome

83

Wilhelm Marx

German politician (1863–1946)

*January 15th, 1863, Cologne †August 5th, 1946, Bonn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1863 is a normal year and no leap year.

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