Daily Calendar for January 28th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Full Wolf Moon

In 2021, the full Moon rises on January 28 at 2:16 P.M. EST. Traditionally, this full Moon was called the "Wolf Moon," appearing when wolves howled outside the villages in hunger. The January Moon has also been called the Old Moon. To some Native American tribes, this was the Snow Moon, but most applied that name to the next full Moon, in February.

Every Year

• Born : Ernie (character on Sesame Street)

• Today is National Blueberry Pancake Day!

1820s

• Born 1822: Alexander Mackenzie (Canadian statesman)

1840s

• Born 1841: Henry Morton Stanley (journalist & explorer)

1850s

• Born 1853: Jose Marti (Cuban poet)

1870s

• 1878: The Yale Daily News became the first daily, college newspaper in the U.S.

1880s

• Born 1887: Artur Rubinstein (pianist)

1900s

• 1909: Jose Miguel Gomez was inaugurated as president of Cuba and the U.S. provisional government withdrew

1910s

• 1915: The U.S. Coast Guard was established by Congress, combining the Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service

• 1916: Manitoba became first province to grant women suffrage

1930s

• Born 1933: Susan Sontag (novelist)

• Died 1939: W. B. Yeats (poet)

1940s

• 1941: Aaron Copland's instrumental suite, Quiet City, premiered in New York

• Born 1943: Susan Howard (actress)

• 1944: Leonard Bernstein conducted the premiere of his first symphony, Jeremiah, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Born 1948: Mikhail Baryshnikov (ballet dancer)

1960s

• 1963: An African American student, Harvey Gantt, entered Clemson College in South Carolina, thus breaking the barrier in the last state to hold out against integration. Harvey later became the first African-American mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.

• Born 1968: Sarah McLachlan (musician)

1970s

• 1973: Barnaby Jones premiered on television

• Born 1977: Joey Fatone (singer & actor)

1980s

• Born 1981: Elijah Wood (actor)

• 1982: U.S. army officer, James Dozier, was rescued from his Red Brigade captors in Padua, Italy

• 1986: The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe

• Died 1986: Christa McAuliffe (selected to be the first teacher in space)

• 1988: The Canadian Supreme Court ruled federal restrictions on abortions violate the constitution

1990s

• Died 1991: Harold "Red" Grange (football player)

• 1995: An 8-pound 12-ounce redeye bass was caught in the Apalachicola River in Florida

2000s

• Died 2002: Astrid Lindgren (children's author who wrote Pippi Longstocking)

• Died 2004: Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch (football player)

• Died 2005: Jim Capaldi (musician)