What are the important events that happened on January 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 28 is the 28th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 15, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,784 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosioctagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there is one day remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,421 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 28 Historical Events
- 1754 –Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
- 1813 –Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
- 1820 –A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
- 1851 –Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
- 1855 –The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
- 1871 –Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
- 1941 –French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
- 1958 –The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
- 1980 –USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
- 2017 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rooster in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on January 28?
- 1600 –Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
- 1622 –Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
- 1857 –William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor (d. 1898)
- 1865 –Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
- 1927 –Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (d. 2010)
- 1950 –David C. Hilmers, NASA astronaut
- 1962 –Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
- 1962 –Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor
- 1976 –Lee Ingleby, British actor
- 1998 –Ariel Winter, American actress (Modern Family)
Who died on January 28?
- 1613 –Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545)
- 1621 –Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
- 1832 –Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
- 1912 –Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
- 1963 –Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
- 1976 –Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter (b. 1924)
- 1979 –Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (b. 1901)
- 1986 –Michael J. Smith – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1945)
- 1986 –Ronald McNair – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1950)
- 2004 –Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
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