January 28th, 1977

Born on January 28th, 1977

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What happened on January 28th, 1977?

January 28th, 1977

The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps 3 metres (10 ft) of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_1977

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

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

Born on January 28th, 1977

47

Takuma Sato

Japanese race car driver

*January 28th, 1977, Tokyo

47

Joey Fatone

American pop singer

*January 28th, 1977, Brooklyn

47

Daunte Culpepper

American football player (born 1977)

*January 28th, 1977, Ocala

47

Andrés Neuman

Argentine writer

*January 28th, 1977, Buenos Aires

47

Sandis Buškevics

Latvian basketball player

*January 28th, 1977, Ventspils

47

Zhao Tao

Chinese actress

*January 28th, 1977, Taiyuan

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

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

46

Jamie Carragher

English associiation football player and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

52

Amy Coney Barrett

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

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

48

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

49

Julian Dean

New Zealand cyclist

*January 28th, 1975, Hamilton

49

Claudia Barth

German rower

*January 28th, 1975, Ulm

44

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

42

Papa Bouba Diop

Senegalese footballer (1978–2020)

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

50

Tony Delk

American basketball player-coach

*January 28th, 1974, Covington

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

48

François Bellefeuille

Canadian comedian

*January 28th, 1976, Trois-Rivières

31

Brandon Mechele

Belgian association football player

*January 28th, 1993, Bredene

48

Dominik Auer

German voice actor

*January 28th, 1976, Munich

56

Marnie McBean

Canadian rower

*January 28th, 1968, Vancouver

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

44

Yasuhito Endo

Japanese association football player (1980-)

*January 28th, 1980, Sakurajima

Same year
Born in 1977

46

Zhang Jun

Chinese badminton player

*November 26th, 1977, Suzhou

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

46

Carsten Linnemann

German economist, politician

*August 10th, 1977, Paderborn

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

47

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

47

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

47

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

46

Dave McCullen

Musician, music producer

*December 28th, 1977, Bonheiden

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

46

Anthony Clark

English badminton player

*November 1st, 1977, Derby

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No: With 365 days 1977 is a normal year and no leap year.

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