Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 28
January 28, 2025 is the 28th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 28
- 1760 –Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
- 1820 –A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
- 1821 –Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
- 1846 –The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
- 1932 –Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
- 1938 –The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 km/h.
- 1979 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- 1981 –Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
- 1984 –Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
- 2002 –TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
Who were born on January 28?
- 1611 –Johannes Hevelius, Polish-born astronomer (d. 1687)
- 1706 –John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775)
- 1853 –José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895)
- 1865 –Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
- 1918 –Harry Corbett, English puppeteer (Sooty) (d. 1989)
- 1938 –Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
- 1959 –Randi Rhodes, radio personality
- 1968 –DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
- 1971 –Anthony Hamilton, American soul singer
- 1977 –Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira)
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