January 28th, 2024

Born on January 28th, 2024

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 87 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

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

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

52

Amy Coney Barrett

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

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

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

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

95

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

84

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

31

Will Poulter

British actor

*January 28th, 1993, London

44

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton

30

Maluma

Colombian singer

*January 28th, 1994, Medellín

80

Lewis Wilson

American actor (1920–2000)

*January 28th, 1920, New York City †August 9th, 2000, San Francisco

29

Merle Frohms

German association football player

*January 28th, 1995, Celle

26

Ariel Winter

American actress

*January 28th, 1998, Fairfax

24

Aaron Connolly

Irish association football player

*January 28th, 2000, Galway

56

Marnie McBean

Canadian rower

*January 28th, 1968, Vancouver

38

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

44

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

31

Brandon Mechele

Belgian association football player

*January 28th, 1993, Bredene

48

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

86

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

40

Andre Iguodala

American basketball player

*January 28th, 1984, Springfield

41

Thierry Baudet

Dutch author and politician (born 1983)

*January 28th, 1983, Heemstede

49

Julian Dean

New Zealand cyclist

*January 28th, 1975, Hamilton

50

Tony Delk

American basketball player-coach

*January 28th, 1974, Covington

22

Yoo Seon-ho

South Korean singer and actor

*January 28th, 2002, Incheon

63

Henry Morton Stanley

British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

*January 28th, 1841, Denbigh †May 10th, 1904, London

85

John M. Fabian

American pilot and astronaut

*January 28th, 1939, Baytown

42

José Martí

Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)

*January 28th, 1853, Havana †May 19th, 1895, Oriente Province

74

Ilkka Kanerva

Finnish politician

*January 28th, 1948, Lokalahti †April 14th, 2022, Turku

44

Yasuhito Endo

Japanese association football player (1980-)

*January 28th, 1980, Sakurajima

47

Anna I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1693–1740)

*January 28th, 1693, Moscow †October 17th, 1740, Saint Petersburg

71

Robert W. Holley

American biochemist (1922-1993)

*January 28th, 1922, Urbana †February 11th, 1993, Los Gatos

52

Léon van Bon

Dutch cyclist

*January 28th, 1972, Asperen

56

Sarah McLachlan

Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

*January 28th, 1968, Halifax

24

Abel Ruiz

Spanish association football player

*January 28th, 2000, Almussafes

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Born on January 28th, 2024
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Leap year

Yes: 2024 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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