January 28th, 1941

Born on January 28th, 1941

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What happened on January 28th, 1941?

January 28th, 1941

Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Thai_War

January 28th, 1941

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.

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

Born on January 28th, 1941

85

Jochen Busse

German actor

*January 28th, 1941, Iserlohn

Same year
Born in 1941

76

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

*March 28th, 1941, Berlin †February 3rd, 2018, Hamburg

85

Volker Fadinger

German classical scholar and historian

*February 7th, 1941, Schulzendorf

80

Dieter Wedel

German director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1941, Frankfurt †July 13th, 2022, Hamburg

84

Bernie Sanders

United States Senator from Vermont since 2007

*September 8th, 1941, Brooklyn

85

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

84

Sergio Mattarella

President of Italy since 2015

*July 23rd, 1941, Palermo

70

Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean singer-songwriter (1941–2011)

*August 27th, 1941, Mindelo †December 17th, 2011, Mindelo

75

Nicole Leblanc

Canadian actress

*September 2nd, 1941, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine †May 23rd, 2017, Montreal

82

Frank Farian

German music producer (1941–2024)

*July 18th, 1941, Kirn †January 23rd, 2024, Miami

75

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

*October 18th, 1941, Duncan †April 1st, 2017, Los Angeles

85

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

85

Faye Dunaway

American actress

*January 14th, 1941, Bascom

82

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

75

Jared Martin

American actor (1941-2017)

*December 21st, 1941, Queens †May 24th, 2017, Philadelphia

80

Anne Rice

American writer

*October 4th, 1941, New Orleans †December 11th, 2021, Rancho Mirage

85

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

84

Martha Stewart

American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former fashion model

*August 3rd, 1941, Jersey City

70

Kim Jong-il

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

*February 16th, 1941, Vyatskoye †December 17th, 2011, Pyongyang

85

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

80

David Warner

British actor (1941–2022)

*July 29th, 1941, Manchester †July 24th, 2022, Northwood

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No: With 365 days 1941 is a normal year and no leap year.

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