About January 28

January 28, 2020 is the 28th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Aquarius is the sun 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 381 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 28

  • 1521 –
    The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
  • 1573 –
    Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
  • 1724 –
    The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
  • 1754 –
    Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
  • 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.
  • 1878 –
    Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • 1896 –
    Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He is fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph, thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph.
  • 1922 –
    Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city’s greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
  • 1922 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
  • 1932 –
    Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
  • 1934 –
    The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
  • 1935 –
    Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
  • 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.
  • 1941 –
    French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2011 –
    Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled up the Egyptian’s streets in demonstrations referred to as “Friday of Anger” against the Mubarak regime.

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