What are the important events that happened on January 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 30 is the 30th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 17, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,442,880 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontagon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 11 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,057 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 30 Historical Events
- 1703 –The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
- 1820 –Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
- 1847 –Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
- 1911 –The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
- 1913 –The United Kingdom’s House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
- 1930 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 1942 –World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies.
- 1945 –World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp.
- 1964 –In a bloodless coup, General Nguyen Khanh overthrows General Duong Van Minh’s military junta in South Vietnam.
- 1989 –The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.
Who were born on January 30?
- 1781 –Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
- 1915 –Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)
- 1920 –Michael Anderson, English film director
- 1941 –Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
- 1948 –Miles Reid, English mathematician
- 1959 –Mark Eitzel, American singer and musician (American Music Club)
- 1974 –Olivia Colman, English actress
- 1981 –Jonathan Bender, American basketball player
- 1985 –Trae Williams, American football player
- 2005 –Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II of Jordan
Who died on January 30?
- 1181 –Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
- 1384 –Louis II of Flanders (b. 1330)
- 1730 –Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)
- 1980 –Professor Longhair, American musician (b. 1918)
- 1994 –Pierre Boulle, French author (b. 1912)
- 2005 –Martyn Bennett, Canadian musician (b. 1971)
- 2006 –Coretta Scott King, American activist; widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Jeremy Beadle, British television host (b. 1948)
- 2010 –Aaron Ruben, American television director (b. 1914)
- 2011 –John Barry, English film score composer (b. 1933)
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