BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on January 28.

Everyone born on January 28 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is garnet, the flower carnation, and the day is shared with Vinod Khosla and Henry VII.

Aquarius, the Water-Bearer — an engraving
Sun sign
Aquarius ♒︎
the Water-Bearer · ruled by Uranus · contrarian on principle
Garnet, the birthstone for January — an engraving
Birthstone
Garnet
January
Carnation, the birth flower for January — an engraving
Birth flower
Carnation
& snowdrop

Your book

Born on January 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

Aquarius, January 20 to February 18.

The Water-Bearer, which is an air sign, and the books enjoy the confusion. Ruled by Saturn in the old texts and Uranus in the new, credited with originality, a wide circle and a certain coolness at the centre of it — the friend of everyone, intimate of few. Its people are supposed to be ahead of their time, which is only comfortable once the time catches up. The tradition calls it the sign of the future and cannot say whose.

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

Good company

Also born on January 28.

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

1955
Vinod Khosla
Indian-American businessman
1457
Henry VII
king of England
1972
Amy Coney Barrett
American jurist and academic
1912
Jackson Pollock
American painter
1981
Elijah Wood
American actor and producer
1993
Will Poulter
English actor
1978
Gianluigi Buffon
Italian footballer
1936
Alan Alda
American director and writer

On this day

What January 28 has seen.

1521Charles V and the estates of the Holy Roman Empire met at the Diet of Worms to discuss Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation.
1958The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks.
1961In Gitarama, Rwanda, local and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.
1981U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.

The calendar

When January 28 falls.

A Wednesday in 2026, a Thursday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Sunday in 2029, and a Monday in 2030.