January 28th, 1955

Born on January 28th, 1955

Weekday

Friday

January 28th, 1955 was a Friday.

Age

People born on January 28th, 1955 turned 71 this year (2026).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1955 - February 19th, 1955

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 26,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 886 days, exactly on December 30th, 2028, people who were born on January 28th, 1955 will be 27,000 days old!

26,114 Days

3,730 Weeks

858 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on January 28th, 1955: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

Already retired

According to the assumptions made it looks like you can already enjoy your well-deserved retirement!

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, 1955

Nicolas Sarkozy

23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

Karl Schlögl

Austrian politician

*January 28th, 1955, Vienna

Vinod Khosla

American businessman

*January 28th, 1955, Delhi

Same year
Born in 1955

Milly Quezada

Dominican Republic singer

*May 21st, 1955, Santo Domingo

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

Friedrich Merz

German politician, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

*November 11th, 1955, Brilon

Jair Bolsonaro

38th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from 2019 to 2023, Captain of the Brazilian Army, Federal Deputy of Brazil (1991-2019) and Councilman of the City of Rio de Janeiro (1989-1991)

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério