January 28th, 1954

Born on January 28th, 1954

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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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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, 1954

72

Rick Warren

American Baptist pastor and writer

*January 28th, 1954, San Jose

56

Kurt Albert

German rock climber and mountaineer

*January 28th, 1954, Nuremberg †September 28th, 2010, Erlangen

72

Peter Lampe

German theologian

*January 28th, 1954, Detmold

59

Bruno Metsu

French association football player and manager

*January 28th, 1954, Coudekerque-Branche †October 15th, 2013, Coudekerque-Branche

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71

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

72

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

71

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

72

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

72

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

72

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

72

Bjørn Eidsvåg

Norwegian singer-songwriter

*March 17th, 1954, Sauda Municipality

71

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

72

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

71

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

71

Benno Möhlmann

German association football player and manager

*August 1st, 1954, Lohne

71

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

71

Hartmut Schade

German association football player and manager

*November 13th, 1954, Radeberg

71

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

72

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

71

Emir Kusturica

Serbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

71

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

71

Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

*October 24th, 1954, Sydney

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No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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