January 28th, 2078

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

Birthdays and future age on January 28th, 2078

104

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

123

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

87

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

100

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

100

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

142

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

106

Amy Coney Barrett

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

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

97

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

130

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

138

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

140

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

110

Marnie McBean

Canadian rower

*January 28th, 1968, Vancouver

85

Will Poulter

British actor

*January 28th, 1993, London

84

Maluma

Colombian singer

*January 28th, 1994, Medellín

83

Merle Frohms

German association football player

*January 28th, 1995, Celle

98

Nick Carter

American singer (born 1980)

*January 28th, 1980, Jamestown

80

Ariel Winter

American actress

*January 28th, 1998, Fairfax

139

John M. Fabian

American pilot and astronaut

*January 28th, 1939, Baytown

102

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

92

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress

*January 28th, 1986, Chennai

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