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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 15, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,000 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.
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 are 13 days 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 4,055 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 28 Historical Events
- 1077 –Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
- 1547 –Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
- 1813 –Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
- 1846 –The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
- 1871 –Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
- 1909 –United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
- 1918 –Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
- 1979 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- 1988 –The last episode of the British TV series Yes, Prime Minister, entitled The Tangled Web, was broadcast.
- 2010 –Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed are hanged.
Who were born on January 28?
- 1712 –Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
- 1861 –Julián Felipe, Filipino musician (d. 1944)
- 1890 –Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963)
- 1927 –Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (d. 2010)
- 1936 –Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
- 1951 –Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
- 1962 –Sam Phillips, American singer
- 1969 –Linda Sanchez, American politician
- 1980 –Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
- 1992 –Andrei Savchenko, Russian professional footballer
Who died on January 28?
- 1672 –Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
- 1681 –Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
- 1953 –Derek Bentley, British criminal (b. 1933)
- 1963 –Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
- 1973 –John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
- 1986 –Gregory Jarvis – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944)
- 1986 –Ronald McNair – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1950)
- 1994 –Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2004 –Don Stansauk, American professional wrestler (b. 1936)
- 2007 –Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
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