According to the American date format, dates are written as "MM/DD/YYYY".
Let's substitute the numbers from the clue in this order.
12/28/69. That is, December 28th of the 69th year of some century. It is logical to assume that it is the twentieth. So, we have December 28, 1969.
Let's look at the list of people born... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_28 Oops, there's only one person here! Linus Torvalds!
And what did he do in his life?... Wow, he created Linux! That can't be!
Should we execute him? :)
Just for fun!