January 28th, 1988

Born on January 28th, 1988

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What happened on January 28th, 1988?

January 28th, 1988

In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Morgentaler

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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, 1988

36

Alexandra Krosney

Actress

*January 28th, 1988, Los Angeles

36

Shogo Sakai

Japanese association football player

*January 28th, 1988, Mie Prefecture

36

Romina Holz

Association footballer

*January 28th, 1988, Saarbrücken

36

Seiya Sanada

Japanese professional wrestler

*January 28th, 1988, Nishi-ku

36

Paul Henry

English footballer (born 1988)

*January 28th, 1988, Liverpool

36

Stanko Sabljic

Handball player

*January 28th, 1988, Mostar

36

Yuri Sardarov

American actor, producer

*January 28th, 1988, Baku

36

Alexander Otto

German footballer

*January 28th, 1988, Orlovka

36

Pierce Brown

American writer

*January 28th, 1988, Denver

36

Mitchell Schet

Dutch footballer

*January 28th, 1988, Amsterdam

36

Liannet Borrego

Cuban actor

*January 28th, 1988, Havana

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

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

38

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

31

Will Poulter

British actor

*January 28th, 1993, London

35

Siem de Jong

Dutch association football player

*January 28th, 1989, Aigle

30

Maluma

Colombian singer

*January 28th, 1994, Medellín

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

35

Gamze Tazim

Turkish-Dutch actress

*January 28th, 1989, The Hague

29

Merle Frohms

German association football player

*January 28th, 1995, Celle

37

Adekunle Gold

Nigerian singer

*January 28th, 1987, Lagos

31

Brandon Mechele

Belgian association football player

*January 28th, 1993, Bredene

44

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Born on January 28th, 1988
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Leap year

Yes: 1988 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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