January 28th, 1981

Born on January 28th, 1981

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 28th, 1981?

January 28th, 1981

Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.

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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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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, 1981

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

43

Gen Hoshino

Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, writer, radio personality (1981-)

*January 28th, 1981, Warabi

43

Marko Babić

Croatian association football player and manager

*January 28th, 1981, Osijek

43

Thomas Schlieter

German footballer

*January 28th, 1981, Duisburg

43

André Muff

Swiss footballer

*January 28th, 1981, Emmen

43

Patrick Mtiliga

Danish footballer

*January 28th, 1981, Copenhagen

43

Janna Fassaert

Dutch actor, television actor and film actor

*January 28th, 1981, Naarden

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

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

44

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

52

Amy Coney Barrett

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

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

44

Yasuhito Endo

Japanese association football player (1980-)

*January 28th, 1980, Sakurajima

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

41

Thierry Baudet

Dutch author and politician (born 1983)

*January 28th, 1983, Heemstede

44

Brian Fallon

American musician

*January 28th, 1980, Red Bank

40

Andre Iguodala

American basketball player

*January 28th, 1984, Springfield

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

48

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

42

Omar Cook

Basketball player

*January 28th, 1982, Brooklyn

38

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

44

Lee Yu-ri

South Korean actress

*January 28th, 1980, South Korea

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

49

Julian Dean

New Zealand cyclist

*January 28th, 1975, Hamilton

31

Will Poulter

British actor

*January 28th, 1993, London

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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