BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on October 28.

Everyone born on October 28 is a Scorpio — ruled by Pluto, remembers everything. The stone is opal, the flower marigold, and the day is shared with Julia Roberts and Joaquin Phoenix.

Scorpio, the Scorpion — an engraving
Sun sign
Scorpio ♏︎
the Scorpion · ruled by Pluto · remembers everything
Opal, the birthstone for October — an engraving
Birthstone
Opal
October
Marigold, the birth flower for October — an engraving
Birth flower
Marigold
& cosmos

Your book

Born on October 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

Scorpio, October 23 to November 21.

The Scorpion, ruled by Mars in the old books and Pluto in the newer ones, which tells you the tradition could not agree on how to handle it. A water sign, credited with intensity, loyalty that runs to the bone, and a stare. Its people are said to keep secrets well — their own and yours — and to forgive nothing and forget less. The books call it magnetic, from a safe distance.

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

Good company

Also born on October 28.

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

1967
Julia Roberts
American actress and producer
1974
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor and producer
1951
Peter Hitchens
English author and journalist
1466
Erasmus
Dutch philosopher
1979
Jawed Karim
American computer scientist
1914
Jonas Salk
American biologist and physician
1955
Bill Gates
American businessman and philanthropist
1949
Caitlyn Jenner
American actress and decathlete

On this day

What October 28 has seen.

312Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
1453Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.
1664The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London.
1886In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence.

The calendar

When October 28 falls.

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