January 28th, 1936

Born on January 28th, 1936

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 32,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 911 days, exactly on June 4th, 2026, people who were born on January 28th, 1936 will be 33,000 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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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, 1936

87

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

74

Agnès Laurent

French actress

*January 28th, 1936, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon †February 16th, 2010, Grenoble

82

Gilbert Facchinetti

Swiss entrepreneur (1936-2018)

*January 28th, 1936, Lausanne †July 6th, 2018, Neuchâtel

79

António Sousa Gomes

Portuguese politician

*January 28th, 1936, Lisbon †February 20th, 2015

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

83

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

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

45

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

68

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

75

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

88

Nicholas Pryor

American actor

*January 28th, 1935, Baltimore

85

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

45

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

51

Amy Coney Barrett

US Supreme Court justice since 2020 (born 1972)

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

79

Susan Howard

American actress

*January 28th, 1944, Marshall

44

Jackson Pollock

American artist (1912-1956)

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

95

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

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

37

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

83

Per Oscarsson

Swedish film actor, director, producer and screenwriter (1927-2010)

*January 28th, 1927, Kungsholms parish †December 31st, 2010, Ardala parish

80

Lewis Wilson

American actor (1920–2000)

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

80

Dietrich Kremp

German physicist (1937-2017)

*January 28th, 1937, Röbel †September 17th, 2017, Dessau

75

John Davis Chandler

American actor (1935-2010)

*January 28th, 1935, Hinton †February 16th, 2010, Toluca Lake

55

Sarah McLachlan

Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

*January 28th, 1968, Halifax

43

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

Same year
Born in 1936

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

87

Jean Pütz

German science journalist and television presenter

*September 21st, 1936, Cologne

86

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

82

Burt Reynolds

American actor (1936–2018)

*February 11th, 1936, Lansing †September 6th, 2018, Jupiter

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

72

David Carradine

American actor (1936–2009)

*December 8th, 1936, Hollywood †June 3rd, 2009, Bangkok

87

Malene Schwartz

Danish actress

*August 10th, 1936, Frederiksberg

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

75

Nicol Williamson

British actor (1936–2011)

*September 14th, 1936, Hamilton †December 16th, 2011, Amsterdam

87

Barry C. Barish

American physicist

*January 27th, 1936, Omaha

87

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

87

Yasuo Fukuda

Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008

*July 16th, 1936, Takasaki

87

Anita Gillette

American actress

*August 16th, 1936, Baltimore

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

22

Buddy Holly

American rock 'n' roll singer (1936–1959)

*September 7th, 1936, Lubbock †February 3rd, 1959, Clear Lake

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

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Born on January 28th, 1936
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Leap year

Yes: 1936 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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