On this day: 28 January

Selected events and births on 28 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1521 – Charles 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. Read more: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Estates of the realm Holy Roman Empire
• 1547 – Nine-year-old Edward VI, the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant, became king. Read more: Edward VI Protestantism
• 1568 – Delegates of the Three Nations of Transylvania adopted the Edict of Torda, allowing local communities to elect their preachers freely, in an unprecedented act of religious tolerance. Read more: Unio Trium Nationum Edict of Torda
• 1754 – The word serendipity, derived from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, was coined by Horace Walpole in a letter to a friend. Read more: Serendipity The Three Princes of Serendip Horace Walpole
• 1916 – The province of Manitoba passed a law that first granted some Canadian women the right to vote. Read more: Manitoba Women's suffrage in Canada
• 1933 – Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan". Read more: Choudhry Rahmat Ali Pakistan Declaration British Raj
• 1958 – The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks. Read more: The Lego Group Lego
• 1981 – U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut. Read more: Ronald Reagan Price controls 1980s oil glut

Born on this day

• 1938 – Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Tomas Lindahl Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1940 – Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso Read more: Carlos Slim Grupo Carso
• 1947 – Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire Read more: Jeanne Shaheen Governor of New Hampshire
• 1948 – Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia Read more: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) President of Liberia
• 1955 – Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems Read more: Vinod Khosla Sun Microsystems
• 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France Read more: Nicolas Sarkozy President of France
• 1972 – Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Read more: Amy Coney Barrett Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 2003 – Whitney Peak, Ugandan-Canadian actress Read more: Whitney Peak (actress)
• 2004 – Emoni Bates, American basketball player Read more: Emoni Bates
• 2004 – Liam Öhgren, Swedish ice hockey player Read more: Liam Öhgren
• 2006 – Beckett Sennecke, Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Beckett Sennecke
• 2007 – That Girl Lay Lay, American rapper Read more: Alaya High

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / January 28 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.