Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 falls on a Tuesday. It is day 28 of the year, ISO week 5, in Q1.

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Tuesday, January 28

January 28, 2025 is day 28 of 365, ISO week 5, in Q1. The moon is New Moon and the zodiac sign is Aquarius.

Day of year28
ISO week5
QuarterQ1
Days left337

Sun and Moon Cycles

Moon phase
New Moon
Lunar age
28.8 days
Illumination
1%
Season
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, summer in the Southern Hemisphere

Zodiac and Holidays

Zodiac
Aquarius
Observances
No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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Today's Celebrations

January 28
Observance Joseph Freinademetz
Observance Julian of Cuenca
Observance Thomas Aquinas
Observance January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Observance Army Day (Armenia)
Observance Data Privacy Day

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 1986: The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), killing all seven crew members.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to January 28.

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History for January 28

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The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), killing all seven crew members.

Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.

U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.

Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner were killed when the aircraft was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

In Gitarama, Rwanda, local and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.

The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks.

World War II: About three hours after Thai bombers raided Sisophon, a ceasefire paused hostilities in the Franco-Thai War.

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".

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