January 28th, 1902

Born on January 28th, 1902

Weekday

Tuesday

January 28th, 1902 was a Tuesday.

Age

124

People born on January 28th, 1902 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 124 years old this year (2026).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1902 - February 19th, 1902

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 45,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 573 days, exactly on January 7th, 2028, people who were born on January 28th, 1902 will be 46,000 days old!

45,427 Days

6,489 Weeks

1,492 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

Born on January 28th, 1902

Aristide Caillaud

French painter (1902-1990)

*January 28th, 1902, Moulins †September 26th, 1990, Jaunay-Clan

Same year
Born in 1902

Paul Nevermann

German politician (1902-1979)

*February 5th, 1902, Klein Flottbek †March 22nd, 1979, Puerto de la Cruz

Josef Grohé

Gauleiter of Cologne (1902-1987)

*November 6th, 1902, Gemünden †December 27th, 1987, Brück

Paul Dirac

British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

*August 8th, 1902, Bristol †October 20th, 1984, Tallahassee

John Steinbeck

American writer

*February 27th, 1902, Salinas †December 20th, 1968, Harlem

Charles Lindbergh

American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)

*February 4th, 1902, Detroit †August 26th, 1974, Kīpahulu

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

*December 19th, 1902, Cheltenham †October 10th, 1983, London

Thelma Ritter

American actress and vaudevillian (1902-1969)

*February 14th, 1902, Brooklyn †February 5th, 1969, New York City

Marcel Breuer

Hungarian-American architect

*May 21st, 1902, Pécs †July 1st, 1981, New York City

Jean Rey

Belgian politician (1902–1983)

*July 15th, 1902, Liège †May 19th, 1983, Liège

Jan Tschichold

Graphic designer (1902–1974)

*April 2nd, 1902, Leipzig †August 11th, 1974, Locarno

Carlo Gambino

American mobster

*August 24th, 1902, Palermo †October 15th, 1976, Massapequa

Barbara McClintock

American scientist and cytogeneticist

*June 16th, 1902, Hartford †September 2nd, 1992, Huntington

Karl Popper

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)

*July 28th, 1902, Vienna †September 17th, 1994, Kenley