A Wednesday
Born on January 28, 1976?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐇 Chinese zodiac
Wood Rabbit
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
50 years
Famous people born on January 28, 1976
Hamid Merakchi
association football player from Algeria (1976–2024)
Sireli Bobo
Fijian rugby union player
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 28, 1976 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 28, 1976 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 28, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,544 days. People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
Also born on January 28
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

José Martí
1853 · Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist

Arthur Rubinstein
1887 · Polish-American classical pianist

Jackson Pollock
1912 · American painter

Ismail Kadare
1936 · Albanian writer

Carlos Slim
1940 · Mexican business magnate and investor
Gift ideas for someone born in 1976
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 51
- “Born in 1976” gifts
- Wine from 1976
- Books about 1976
- A newspaper from 1976
- Coin set from 1976
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Questions about January 28, 1976
- What day of the week was January 28, 1976?
- January 28, 1976 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 28, 1976?
- Someone born on January 28, 1976 is a Aquarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 28, 1976?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 28, 1976 falls in the year of the Wood Rabbit.
- How old is someone born on January 28, 1976?
- Someone born on January 28, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,544 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1976?
- People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for January?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- What was the moon phase on January 28, 1976?
- On January 28, 1976 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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