Born on July 28
July 28 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 28, you share a birthday with Hugo Chávez, Karl Popper and Ludwig Feuerbach. July 28 babies are Leo, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 28 is the 210th day of the year in leap years (209th in other years).
Famous people born on July 28
- 1954Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela
- 1902Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic
- 1804Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher
- 1929Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States
- 1993Harry Kane, English footballer
- 1971Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- 1887Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor
- 1866Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator
- 1915Charles H. Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1951Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
What happened on July 28
- 1808Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- 1866Aged 18, Vinnie Ream became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a United States government commission for a statue—that of Abraham Lincoln currently in the Capitol rotunda.
- 1868The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
- 1896The city of Miami is incorporated.
- 1911The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began with the departure of SY Aurora from London.
- 1939The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
- 1960The German Volkswagen Act comes into force.
- 1962Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students.
- 1973Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
- 1974Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
- 1984Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
- 2001At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship.
Also observed on July 28
- Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval (Canada)
- Fiestas Patrias, celebrates the independence of Peru from Spain by General José de San Martín in 1821.
- Liberation Day (San Marino)
- Ólavsøka Eve (Faroe Islands)
- World Hepatitis Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 28?
People born on July 28 are Leo. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 28?
Hugo Chávez (1954), Karl Popper (1902), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Harry Kane (1993), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971) were all born on July 28.
What happened on July 28 in history?
Among other things: in 1974, Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed; in 1984, Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles; in 2001, At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship.
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 28?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 28 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 28”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.