January 28th, 2255

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January 28th, 0661

Ali, the fourth Islamic caliph, was assassinated, effectively ending the Rashidun Caliphate.

January 28th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.

January 28th, 1961

In Gitarama, Rwanda, local and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.

January 28th, 1521

Charles V and the estates of the Holy Roman Empire met at the Diet of Worms to discuss Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation.

January 28th, 1916

The province of Manitoba passed a law that first granted some Canadian women the right to vote.

January 28th, 1671

Anglo-Spanish War: In pursuit of retreating Spanish troops, English soldiers sacked the city of Panama.

January 28th, 1986

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), 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.

January 28th, 1941

World War II: About three hours after Thai bombers raided Sisophon, a ceasefire paused hostilities in the Franco-Thai War.

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 28th

Birthdays and future age on January 28th, 2255

264

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

281

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

300

Nicolas Sarkozy

23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

277

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

277

Jamie Carragher

English associiation football player and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

319

Alan Alda

American actor (born 1936)

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

283

Amy Coney Barrett

American lawyer and jurist (born 1972)

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

315

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

274

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

307

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

262

Brandon Mechele

Belgian association football player

*January 28th, 1993, Bredene

280

Julian Dean

New Zealand cyclist

*January 28th, 1975, Hamilton

272

Thierry Baudet

Dutch author and politician

*January 28th, 1983, Heemstede

305

Hamad II of Bahrain

King of Bahrain since 2002 and Emir from 1999 to 2002

*January 28th, 1950, Riffa

287

Marnie McBean

Canadian former rower and politician

*January 28th, 1968, Vancouver

317

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

260

Merle Frohms

German association football player

*January 28th, 1995, Celle

262

Will Poulter

British actor

*January 28th, 1993, London

316

John M. Fabian

American pilot and astronaut

*January 28th, 1939, Baytown

279

Lee Ingleby

British actor

*January 28th, 1976, Burnley

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