The year was

1928

Here's everything we logged from 1928 — 2 worldwide and 1 from India.

Someone born this year is around 42 today.

Famous people born in 1928 Che, Noam, Andy…

Notable figures who share this birth year.

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Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967).
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Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist.
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Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987).
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Stanley Kubrick
American filmmaker (1928–1999).
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Maya Angelou
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014).
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Hosni Mubarak
President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.
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Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006.
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James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025).
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Penicillin discovered
Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered the first antibiotic. Modern medicine began.
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First color photography
Kodachrome was being developed at Kodak. Color photos for ordinary people were on the way.

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Bhagat Singh and Simon Commission
Lala Lajpat Rai was injured by police while protesting the Simon Commission; he died weeks later. Bhagat Singh vowed revenge.