January 28th, 1940

Born on January 28th, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 232 days, exactly on December 12th, 2024, people who were born on January 28th, 1940 will be 31,000 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

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

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.

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, 1940

84

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

84

Helma Gautier

Austrian stage actor

*January 28th, 1940, Vienna

84

Miguel Barnet

Cuban writer

*January 28th, 1940, Havana

63

Guido Bachmann

Swiss actor and author (1940-2003)

*January 28th, 1940, Lucerne †October 19th, 2003, St. Gallen

81

Přemysl Krbec

Czech Olympic gymnast (1940-2021)

*January 28th, 1940, Litovel †August 31st, 2021

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

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

85

John M. Fabian

American pilot and astronaut

*January 28th, 1939, Baytown

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

86

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

52

Amy Coney Barrett

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2020

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

80

Dieter Bokeloh

East German ski jumper

*January 28th, 1942, Benneckenstein †March 24th, 2022, Nordhausen

80

Lewis Wilson

American actor (1920–2000)

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

95

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

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

44

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

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

78

Patricia Garwood

English actress (1941-2019)

*January 28th, 1941, Paignton †February 24th, 2019

88

Ismail Kadare

Albanian writer

*January 28th, 1936, Gjirokastër

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

74

Ilkka Kanerva

Finnish politician

*January 28th, 1948, Lokalahti †April 14th, 2022, Turku

82

Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

German figure skater

*January 28th, 1942, Dachau

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Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

83

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Leap year

Yes: 1940 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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