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Thursday, January 28, 2027 falls on a Thursday. It is day 28 of the year, ISO week 4, in Q1.
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Thursday, January 28
January 28, 2027 is day 28 of 365, ISO week 4, in Q1. The moon is Last Quarter and the zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Day of year28
ISO week4
QuarterQ1
Days left337
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- Moon phase
- Last Quarter
- Lunar age
- 20.5 days
- Illumination
- 67%
- Season
- Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, summer in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Aquarius
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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Local briefThursday, January 28, 2027 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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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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Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (born 1940)
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Geoff Nicholls, British musician (born 1948)
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Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (born 1941)
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