January 28th, 1978

Born on January 28th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 252 days, exactly on August 14th, 2024, people who were born on January 28th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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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, 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

An unarmed U.S. Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19, killing all three aboard.

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

Horace Walpole coined the word "serendipity" in a letter he wrote to a friend, saying that he derived the term from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip.

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, 1978

45

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

45

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

45

Big Freedia

American rapper

*January 28th, 1978, New Orleans

42

Papa Bouba Diop

Senegalese footballer (1978-2020)

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

45

Vanessa Villela

Mexican actress

*January 28th, 1978, Mexico City

45

Gonzalo Valenzuela

Chilean actor, model

*January 28th, 1978, Santiago

45

Sheamus

Irish professional wrestler and actor

*January 28th, 1978, Dublin

45

Ali Akbar

Azerbaijani writer

*January 28th, 1978, Baku

45

Peter Youngblood Hills

Anglo-American actor

*January 28th, 1978, Johannesburg

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

49

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

68

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

51

Amy Coney Barrett

US Supreme Court justice since 2020 (born 1972)

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

42

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

43

Lee Yu-ri

South Korean actress

*January 28th, 1980, South Korea

75

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

38

Eduardo Aranda

Paraguayan association football player

*January 28th, 1985, Asunción

87

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

43

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

41

Adi Bielski

Israeli actress

*January 28th, 1982, Jerusalem

51

Bettina Bush

American actress and singer

*January 28th, 1972, Boston

44

Angelique Cabral

American actress

*January 28th, 1979, Honolulu

37

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

44

Adam Bartley

American actor

*January 28th, 1979, Minnesota

46

Joey Fatone

American pop singer

*January 28th, 1977, Brooklyn

43

Brian Fallon

American musician

*January 28th, 1980, Red Bank

47

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

83

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

39

Andre Iguodala

American basketball player

*January 28th, 1984, Springfield

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Tadashi Ohtsuka

Badminton player

*April 30th, 1978, Nagasaki

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

44

John Legend

American singer-songwriter

*December 28th, 1978, Springfield

45

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Didier Drogba

Ivorian association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

45

Emile Heskey

English association football player

*January 11th, 1978, Leicester

45

Anthony Mackie

American actor

*September 23rd, 1978, New Orleans

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

45

Justin Long

American actor

*June 2nd, 1978, Fairfield

45

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

45

Thor Hushovd

Norwegian cyclist

*January 18th, 1978, Grimstad

45

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

45

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

45

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

45

Annett Renneberg

German actress

*January 1st, 1978, Rudolstadt

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Born on January 28th, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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