January 28th, 1887

Born on January 28th, 1887

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 16 days, exactly on December 21st, 2023, people who were born on January 28th, 1887 will be 50,000 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

An unarmed U.S. Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19, killing all three aboard.

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

Horace Walpole coined the word "serendipity" in a letter he wrote to a friend, saying that he derived the term from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip.

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

Born on January 28th, 1887

95

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

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

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

49

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

68

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

87

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

45

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

75

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

45

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

44

Jackson Pollock

American artist (1912-1956)

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

96

Hermann Kesten

German writer

*January 28th, 1900, Pidvolochysk †May 3rd, 1996, Basel

78

Auguste Piccard

Swiss physicist

*January 28th, 1884, Basel †March 24th, 1962, Lausanne

83

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

51

Amy Coney Barrett

US Supreme Court justice since 2020 (born 1972)

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

76

Sam McDaniel

American actor

*January 28th, 1886, Wichita †September 24th, 1962, Woodland Hills

80

Lewis Wilson

American actor (1920–2000)

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

43

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

42

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

47

Dorothy Donnelly

American actress (1880-1928)

*January 28th, 1880, New York City †January 3rd, 1928, New York City

38

Eduardo Aranda

Paraguayan association football player

*January 28th, 1985, Asunción

92

Maria Becker

German-Swiss film and theater actress, director, artistic director, reciter and radio play speaker

*January 28th, 1920, Berlin †September 5th, 2012, Uster

85

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

Same year
Born in 1887

32

John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow

77

Le Corbusier

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)

*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

69

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

46

Ernst Röhm

German Nazi, military officer and leader of the Sturmabteilung (1887-1934)

*November 28th, 1887, Munich †July 1st, 1934, Munich Prison

97

Marc Chagall

Russian-born French artist (1887–1985)

*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

107

George Abbott

American writer and director (1887-1995)

*June 25th, 1887, Chautauqua County †January 31st, 1995, Miami Beach

69

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

95

Lynn Fontanne

British actress (1887–1983)

*December 6th, 1887, London †July 30th, 1983, Waukesha County

77

Jean Ray

Belgian writer

*July 8th, 1887, Ghent †September 17th, 1964, Ghent

91

Conrad Hilton

American hotelier and member of the Hilton family

*December 25th, 1887, San Antonio †January 3rd, 1979, Santa Monica

46

Roscoe Arbuckle

American actor and comedian (1887–1933)

*March 24th, 1887, Smith Center †June 29th, 1933, New York City

81

Boris Karloff

English actor (1887–1969)

*November 23rd, 1887, Dulwich †February 2nd, 1969, Midhurst

98

Georgia O'Keeffe

American modernist artist (1887–1986)

*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe

79

William Zorach

American artist

*February 28th, 1887, Jurbarkas †November 15th, 1966, Bath

92

Lil Dagover

German actress (1887–1980)

*September 30th, 1887, Madiun City †January 24th, 1980, Geiselgasteig

83

Frank Nelson

American pole vaulter

*May 22nd, 1887, Detroit †July 16th, 1970, Grosse Pointe

47

Spencer Bell

Actor (1887-1935)

*September 25th, 1887, Lexington †August 18th, 1935, Los Angeles

66

Ivor Barnard

English actor (1887-1953)

*June 13th, 1887, London †June 30th, 1953, Westminster

71

Tim Moore

American actor (1887-1958)

*December 9th, 1887, Rock Island †December 13th, 1958, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1887 is a normal year and no leap year.

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