BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on April 28.

Everyone born on April 28 is a Taurus — ruled by Venus, immovable, and comfortable about it. The stone is diamond, the flower daisy, and the day is shared with Penélope Cruz and Harper Lee.

Taurus, the Bull — an engraving
Sun sign
Taurus ♉︎
the Bull · ruled by Venus · immovable, and comfortable about it
Diamond, the birthstone for April — an engraving
Birthstone
Diamond
April
Daisy, the birth flower for April — an engraving
Birth flower
Daisy
& sweet pea

Your book

Born on April 28? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Taurus, April 20 to May 20.

The Bull is ruled by Venus, and the books make it the sign of pleasure taken slowly — good food, good cloth, a chair that is exactly right. An earth sign, credited with patience, loyalty and a stubbornness so complete it stops looking like a fault and starts looking like a policy. Its people are said to be the ones you can lean on, provided you do not try to hurry them.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on April 28.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1974
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress and producer
1926
Harper Lee
American novelist
1970
Diego Simeone
Argentinian footballer and manager
1906
Kurt Gödel
Czech-American mathematician and philosopher
1960
Elena Kagan
American lawyer and jurist
1964
L'Wren Scott
American model and fashion designer
1981
Jessica Alba
American actress and model
1948
Terry Pratchett
English author and journalist

On this day

What April 28 has seen.

It is Workers' Memorial Day.

224The ancient Iranian Parthian Empire fell to the Sasanids after its forces were defeated at the Battle of Hormozdgan.
1611The University of Santo Tomas (seminary building pictured) in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded.
1972Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow.

The calendar

When April 28 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.