Sunday January 28, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 28: Day of the Week

January 28, 2024 was the 28th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 338 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

January 28 Historical Event(s)

1521
The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1754
Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
1813
Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1851
Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
1902
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1908
Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
1909
United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1956
Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance
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.
1998
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on January 28?

1608
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
1880
Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
1887
Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist (d. 1982)
1911
Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician
1944
Susan Howard, American actress
1945
Robert Wyatt, English musician
1954
Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1969
Linda Sanchez, American politician
1990
Kalifa Fai-Fai Loa, New Zealand rugby league footballer
1993
Will Poulter, English actor

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