January 28

January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 337 days (338 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1077 - The excommunication of Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire is released after his journey to Canossa, where he prostrates himself before the pope.
 * 1788 - The first Australian penal colony located at Botany Bay .
 * 1887 - In a snowstorm in Montana 's largest snowflakes ever measured (38 to 20 centimeters).


 * Art and architecture
 * 1887 - The first stone of the Eiffel Tower will take place in Paris . The tower will be inaugurated on March 31 1889 .


 * Health
 * 1935 - Iceland is the first country where abortion is legalized.


 * War
 * 1871 - France surrenders during the Franco-Prussian War .
 * 1917 - The US Army cease the search for Pancho Villa .
 * 1932 - Japan occupied Shanghai .


 * Sport
 * 1892 - Creation of the Amsterdam Hockey & Bandy Club .
 * 1951 - Opening of the Estádio Fonte Nova in Salvador , Brazil .
 * 1991 - Boris Becker solves Stefan Edberg after 24 weeks off as number one in the world of tennis professionals, but the German has to that position after three weeks again cede to the Swede.
 * 1998 - In the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, the Stade de France officially opened with the friendly soccer match between France and Spain . The home team won 1-0 on a goal by Zinedine Zidane .
 * 2001 - Jennifer Capriati won the Australian Open . In the final in Melbourne beats the American tennis player her Swiss colleague Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-3.
 * 2007 - Roger Federer wins the Australian Open in the final to the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 6-4 6-4 defeat. It was the Swiss his 10th Grand Slam title.
 * 2010 - Cindy Klassen is the best skater ever to Adelskalender .
 * 2012 - The Belarusian Victoria Azarenka wins the Australian Open, and takes as her first grand slam title inside. She defeats in the final Russian Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0. Through her victory Azarenka will also become the new number one in the world.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1921 - Albert Einstein puts the world on its head. In a speech in Berlin, he claims that the universe can be measured.
 * 1986 - The space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch. The accident takes all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, life.

Born [ edit ]
Clement IX born January 28, 1600

Aunt Leen born January 28, 1912
 * 1457 - Henry VII, King of England (deceased in 1509 )
 * 1578 - Cornelius Haga, Dutch diplomat (deceased in 1654 )
 * 1600 - Pope Clement IX (deceased in 1669 )
 * 1611 - Johannes Hevelius, German-Polish astronomer (deceased in 1687 )
 * 1673 - Georg Gsell, Swiss Baroque painter, art consultant and art dealer (deceased in 1740 )
 * 1768 - Frederick VI of Denmark, King of Denmark and Norway (deceased in 1839 )
 * 1804 - Eugène de Ligne, Belgian politician (deceased in 1880 )
 * 1816 - Paola Elisabetta Cerioli, Italian saint (deceased in 1865 )
 * 1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian politician (deceased in 1892 )
 * 1833 - Hendrik Jan Heuvelink jr., Dutch architect (deceased 1901)
 * 1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, British journalist and explorer (deceased in 1904 )
 * 1847 - Dorus Austrians, "the Serbian People Bright Savior" (deceased in 1928 )
 * 1853 - José Martí, Cuban independence fighter (deceased in 1895 )
 * 1861 - Julián Felipe, Filipino composer (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1865 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish politician (deceased in 1952 )
 * 1887 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (deceased in 1982 )
 * 1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer and journalist (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1898 - Wies Moens, Flemish poet and writer (deceased in 1982 )
 * 1899 - René de Labarrière, French soldier (deceased in 1948 )
 * 1903 - Lotte Stam-Beese, Dutch architect and urban (deceased in 1988 )
 * 1908 - Hans Tiemeijer, Dutch actor (deceased in 1997 )
 * 1911 - Johan van Hulst, Dutch educator and politician
 * 1912 - Tante Leen, Dutch folk singer (deceased in 1992 )
 * 1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (deceased in 1956 )
 * 1914 - Arthur Blavier, Belgian football referee
 * 1915 - Brian Shawe-Taylor, British racing driver (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1917 - Gino Sciardis, Italian cyclist (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1917 - Abdel-Kader Zaaf, Algerian cyclist (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1918 - Sandro Puppo, Italian footballer and football coach (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1924 - Vadim Sidur, Russian sculptor and graphic artist (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1925 - Scotty Bloch, American actress
 * 1925 - Ton van Boven, Dutch politician (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1925 - Andrzej Stelmachowski, Polish politician (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1926 - Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (deceased in 1960 )
 * 1926 - Gene Hartley, American race car driver (deceased in 1993 )
 * 1927 - Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1928 - Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian politician (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1928 - Jan van Stuijvenberg, Dutch politician
 * 1928 - Jorge Zorreguieta, Argentine politician
 * 1929 - Acker Bilk, English clarinetist (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor
 * 1932 - Parry O'Brien, American athlete (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1934 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1934 - Jaime Lopez, Filipino politician (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1936 - Alan Alda, American actor
 * 1942 - Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
 * 1942 - André Waignein, Belgian composer and conductor
 * 1944 - Susan Howard, American actress, writer and political activist
 * 1947 - Fons Bastijns, Belgian footballer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian ballet dancer
 * 1948 - Heinz Flohe, German footballer (deceased 2013)
 * 1948 - Charles Taylor, Liberian warlord and president
 * 1949 - Oeki Hoekema, Dutch footballer
 * 1949 - Kika Mol, Dutch actress
 * 1954 - Bruno Metsu, French footballer and football coach (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, French politician
 * 1956 - Peter Schilling, German singer
 * 1957 - Harald Hudak, German athlete
 * 1957 - Nick Price, Zimbabwean golfer
 * 1957 - Frédérique Spigt, Dutch singer
 * 1959 - Frank Darabont, American film director
 * 1959 - Renaat Landuyt, Flemish politician
 * 1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter
 * 1962 - Peter Verhelst, Flemish writer
 * 1963 - Dave McPherson, Scottish footballer
 * 1963 - Thomas Wolf, Luxembourg footballer
 * 1965 - Andrea Berg, German schlager singer
 * 1966 - Ellen Evers, Dutch musical actress
 * 1967 - Rudolph van Veen, Dutch TV chef
 * 1968 - Martijn Fischer, Dutch actor
 * 1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer
 * 1968 - Ruben Pereira, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1969 - Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
 * 1970 - Valeria Cappellotto, Italian cyclist
 * 1971 - Tendai Chimusasa, Zimbabwean athlete
 * 1972 - Leon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
 * 1973 - Tatiana Malinina, Uzbek figure skater
 * 1974 - Steve Dugardein, Belgian footballer
 * 1974 - Ramsey Nasr, Dutch poet, writer and actor
 * 1975 - Julian Dean, New Zealand cyclist
 * 1976 - Lee Ingleby, British actor
 * 1977 - Takuma Sato, Japanese racing driver
 * 1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian football goalkeeper
 * 1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
 * 1978 - Jasmin Handanovic, Slovenian footballer
 * 1978 - Leki (Karoline Kamosi), Flemish singer and presenter
 * 1979 - Dennis Orcollo, Filipino pool player
 * 1980 - Nick Carter, American singer
 * 1980 - Davy Theunis, Belgian footballer
 * 1981 - Patrick Mtiliga, Danish footballer
 * 1981 - Elijah Wood, American actor
 * 1982 - Tam Nsaliwa, Canadian football player
 * 1983 - Danny Makkelie, Dutch football referee
 * 1983 - Urko Pardo, Belgian-Spanish footballer
 * 1983 - Chiara Rosa, Italian athlete
 * 1985 - Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
 * 1985 - NoClue, American rapper
 * 1985 - Basharmal Sultani, Afghan boxer
 * 1986 - Jessica Ennis, British athlete
 * 1986 - Nathan Outteridge, Australian yachtsman
 * 1987 - Bart De Raes, Flemish radio DJ
 * 1987 - Yekaterina Malysheva, Russian long track speed skater
 * 1988 - Romain Dutrieux, Belgian footballer
 * 1988 - Mitchell Schet, Dutch footballer
 * 1989 - Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
 * 1990 - Daylon Claasen, South African footballer
 * 1990 - Markus Deibler, German swimmer
 * 1993 - Arnaud Art, Belgian athlete

Deceased [ edit ]
Astrid Lindgren deceased January 28, 2002
 * 814 - Charlemagne (71), Frankish king and emperor
 * 1256 - William II of Holland (27), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
 * 1271 - Isabella of Aragon (23), queen of Philip III of France
 * 1494 - Ferdinand I of Naples (70), from 1458 to 1494 King of Naples
 * 1547 - Henry VIII of England (55), King of England
 * 1621 - Camillo Borghese, the future Pope Paul V (68)
 * 1687 - Johannes Hevelius (76), German-Polish astronomer
 * 1859 - Carl Adolph Agardh (74), Swedish botanist and fycoloog and bishop of Karlstad
 * 1868 - Adalbert Stifter (62), Austrian writer
 * 1882 - Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff (57), Dutch painter
 * 1891 - Nikolaus Otto (58), German inventor
 * 1912 - Gustave de Molinari (92), Belgian economist
 * 1914 - Mogens Ballin (42), Danish painter
 * 1934 - Armand Rassenfosse (71), Belgian painter and printmaker
 * 1935 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (75), Russian composer, conductor and music educator
 * 1938 - Bernd Rosemeyer (28), German racing driver
 * 1939 - William Butler Yeats (73), Irish writer
 * 1947 - Reynaldo Hahn (72), French composer and conductor
 * 1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille (40), French race car driver
 * 1952 - Thomas Hicks (77), American athlete
 * 1955 - Friedrich Hochbaum (60), German General
 * 1963 - Gustave Garrigou (78), French cyclist
 * 1976 - Ray Nance (62), American jazz violinist and trumpeter
 * 1986 - Christa McAuliffe (37), American teacher and astronaut
 * 1986 - Dick Scobee (46), American astronaut
 * 1988 - Klaus Fuchs, (76) German nuclear physicist and spy
 * 1995 - Aldo Gordini (73), French race car driver
 * 1996 - Joseph Brodsky (55), Russian-American writer
 * 2002 - Gustaaf Deloor (88), Belgian cyclist
 * 2002 - Astrid Lindgren (94), Swedish children's author
 * 2003 - Mieke Pullen (45), Dutch athlete
 * 2005 - Jim Capaldi (60), British drummer
 * 2006 - Niek cooke (51), Dutch conservationist, Director WWF
 * 2007 - Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy (86), Hungarian-American psychiatrist
 * 2007 - Carlo Clerici (77), Swiss cyclist
 * 2007 - Robert Drinan (86), American lawyer, preacher, politician and human rights activist
 * 2007 - Karel Svoboda (68), Czech composer
 * 2007 - Emma Tillman (114), American oldest man in the world
 * 2008 - Christodoulos (69), Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church
 * 2008 - Ginty Vrede (22), Dutch Thai boxer
 * 2009 - Oswald Karch (91), German racing driver
 * 2009 - Billy Powell (56), American keyboardist
 * 2013 - Ladislav Pavlovič (86), Czech footballer
 * 2015 - Alberto Cardaccio (65), Uruguayan footballer
 * 2015 - Yves Chauvin (84), French chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
 * 2015 - Alewijn Oostwoud Wijdenes (89), Dutch photographer

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Thomas Aquinas († 1274 ) - Remembrance
 * Saint Charles the Great († 814 )
 * Saint Joseph Freinademetz († 1908 )
 * Saint Peter Nolasco († 1258 )
 * Blessed Mosè Tovini († 1930 )
 * Holy Caroline Carré de Malberg († 1891 )
 * Holy Paulijn (Paulinus) of Aquileia († 802 / 804 )
 * Blessed Amadeus of Lausanne († 1159 )
 * Data Privacy Day, an international "celebration" to raise awareness of data privacy.

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1947 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -9.1 ° C
 * 2002 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.3 ° C
 * 1947 - Lowest minimum temperature -12.6 ° C
 * 2002 - Highest maximum temperature 13 ° C
 * 1910 - Highest hourly average wind speed 15.9 m / s
 * 1996 - Longest sunshine duration 7.9 hours
 * 1988 - Longest rainfall duration 9.3 hours
 * 1908 - Top etmaalsom of precipitation 11 mm
 * 1954 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 56%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1947 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -10.6 ° C
 * 2002 - Highest mean daily temperature is 12.5 ° C
 * 1848 - Lowest minimum temperature -14.2 ° C
 * 1949 - Highest maximum temperature 13.8 ° C
 * 1946 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 26.6 mm
 * 1940 - 19 cm snow in Uccle, 31 cm and 60 cm in Grobbendonk Drossart (Baelen) and Robertville (Waimes).
 * 1945 - 49 cm snow in Spa.