28 January 2005: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Friday, January 28, 2005 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

8
months

16
days

17
hours

37
minutes

21
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 149,365,440 breaths and experienced over 853,516,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 181,372,320 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 20 years, 3 months, and 15 days

You were born on a Friday

The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

Born into → Generation Z

Born in → The Year of the Rooster

You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ? Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 2,470 days of your life or 6.77 years.

#1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

#1 song on your birthday: "Let Me Love You" by Mario (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Paul van Dyk followed by Tiësto and Armin van Buuren according to DJ Mag.

January 28 zodiac sign is Aquarius ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

Your life path number is 9 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

Your ruling planet is Uranus ♅

Your birthstone is Garnet ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

The birth flower for January is Carnation ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

Your lucky day → Wednesday

Your spirit animal → Otter

Celebrities born on January 28th

1946

Renne Jarrett, American actress (Nancy)

1937

Ken Hill, English playwright and director

1934

Bill White, American baseball infielder, broadcaster (NY Yankees) and executive (NL President 1989-94)

1967

Jan Lamb, Hong Kong disc jockey & stand-up comedian

1910

Arnold Moss, American actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata)

1977

Joey Fatone, American pop singer (NSYNC - "Bye Bye Bye"), dancer, actor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)

1921

Alfred Marks, British actor and comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again)

1941

Joel Crothers, American actor (The Edge of Night)

At the age of 49, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2005 with $46.5 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $44 billion, according to Forbes.

Historical events on this date

1521

Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany which lasts until May 25th. Produced the "Edict of Worms" which dennouced Martin Luther.

1807

London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight.

1813

Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is published by Thomas Egerton in the United Kingdom.

1819

Sir Stamford Raffles lands in Singapore.

1933

The name "Pakistan" is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali and gradually accepted by Muslims in the Indian sub-continent who use it to push for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia.

Holidays on January 28

National Daisy Day

National Daisy Day, celebrated on January 28th every year, is a day to appreciate the beauty and resilience of daisies, a widely found flower that brightens gardens worldwide, despite sometimes being seen as a weed.

National Seed Swap Day

National Seed Swap Day is a fun day on the last Saturday in January where people get together to trade seeds with each other to prepare for spring planting and celebrate the upcoming growing season.

National Kazoo Day

National Kazoo Day, celebrated on January 28th, is a fun holiday started in 1983 by Chaplin Willard Rahn to enjoy and appreciate the joy and laughter that comes from playing the kazoo, a simple musical instrument.

Sports in 2005

NHL

The 2015 Stanley Cup was cancelled due to a labor dispute.

NFL

New England Patriots beat Philadelphia Eagles (24 - 21) to win Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005 in Jacksonville, FL.

MLB

Chicago White Sox beat Houston Astros (4 - 0) to win the 2005 World Series.

Tennis

In the 2005 US Open Championships, Roger Federer defeated Andre Agassi (6-3, 2-6, 7-6(7-1), 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Kim Clijsters beat Mary Pierce (6-3, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

January 28, 2005 can be written as I-XXVIII-MMV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for January 28, 2005
→ Day Index: 28th day of 2005
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 4th Friday of 2005
→ Next same calendar year: 2033
→ Days until next birthday: 260 days
→ Age on next birthday: 21 years old
→ Days since birth: 7409 days
→ You are: 10,670,362 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,470 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 81 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 6.77 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 251
→ Life path number: 9
→ Zodiac sign: Aquarius
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Uranus
→ Birth flower: Carnation
→ Birthstone: Garnet
→ Spirit Animal: Otter
→ Power Color: Blue
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2005: 6,542,159,383 Source: un.org

The 2005 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2033. So, mark your calendars!

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