January 28th, 1975

Born on January 28th, 1975

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

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... 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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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, 1975

49

Julian Dean

New Zealand cyclist

*January 28th, 1975, Hamilton

49

Claudia Barth

German rower

*January 28th, 1975, Ulm

49

Lee Latchford-Evans

English singer

*January 28th, 1975, Chester

49

Shark Boy

American professional wrestler

*January 28th, 1975, Austin

49

Hiroshi Kamiya

Japanese voice actor and singer

*January 28th, 1975, Matsudo

49

Juan Carlos Franco

Mexican association football player

*January 28th, 1975, Guadalajara

49

Juan Bosco Rentero

Spanish handball player

*January 28th, 1975, Madrid

49

Pablo Zalba Bidegain

Spanish economist and politician

*January 28th, 1975, Pamplona

49

Anne Montminy

Canadian diver

*January 28th, 1975, Montreal

49

Pedro Pinto

Portuguese-American journalist

*January 28th, 1975, Lisbon

49

Tim Montgomery

American sprinter

*January 28th, 1975, Gaffney

49

Jalesky Garcia Padron

Olympic handball player

*January 28th, 1975, Pinar del Río

49

Junior Spivey

Former professional baseball player

*January 28th, 1975, Oklahoma City

49

Terri Conn

Actress

*January 28th, 1975, Bloomington

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

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

52

Amy Coney Barrett

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

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

48

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

50

Tony Delk

American basketball player-coach

*January 28th, 1974, Covington

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

56

Marnie McBean

Canadian rower

*January 28th, 1968, Vancouver

44

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

50

Ramsey Nasr

Dutch actor

*January 28th, 1974, Rotterdam

52

Léon van Bon

Dutch cyclist

*January 28th, 1972, Asperen

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

84

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

95

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

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

42

Papa Bouba Diop

Senegalese footballer (1978–2020)

*January 28th, 1978, Rufisque †November 29th, 2020, Lens

47

Takuma Sato

Japanese race car driver

*January 28th, 1977, Tokyo

38

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

Same year
Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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