January 28th, 1987

Born on January 28th, 1987

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 400 days, exactly on May 28th, 2025, people who were born on January 28th, 1987 will be 14,000 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

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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, 1987

37

Adekunle Gold

Nigerian singer

*January 28th, 1987, Lagos

37

Seth Sinovic

American soccer player

*January 28th, 1987, Kansas City

37

Eldar Djangirov

American jazz pianist and composer

*January 28th, 1987, Tokmok

37

Mikhail Kerzhakov

Russian footballer

*January 28th, 1987, Kingisepp

37

Steven O'Dor

Australian soccer player

*January 28th, 1987, Melbourne

37

Alexandria Anderson

American sprinter

*January 28th, 1987, Chicago

37

Rocio Miranda Illescas

Peruvian volleyball player

*January 28th, 1987, Lima

37

Caroline Berg Eriksen

Norwegian blogger and journalist

*January 28th, 1987, Sarpsborg Municipality

37

Misha Crosby

British actor

*January 28th, 1987, London

37

Katie Nolan

American sports journalist and TV host

*January 28th, 1987, Boston

37

Chelsea Brummet

American actress

*January 28th, 1987, Elgin

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

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

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

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

38

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

52

Amy Coney Barrett

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

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

40

Andre Iguodala

American basketball player

*January 28th, 1984, Springfield

31

Will Poulter

British actor

*January 28th, 1993, London

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

30

Maluma

Colombian singer

*January 28th, 1994, Medellín

41

Thierry Baudet

Dutch author and politician (born 1983)

*January 28th, 1983, Heemstede

44

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

29

Merle Frohms

German association football player

*January 28th, 1995, Celle

39

Eduardo Aranda

Paraguayan association football player

*January 28th, 1985, Asunción

31

Brandon Mechele

Belgian association football player

*January 28th, 1993, Bredene

35

Siem de Jong

Dutch association football player

*January 28th, 1989, Aigle

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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