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 30^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 335 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 17, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 482,832 hours 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 383 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 4,423 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 30 Historical Events

• 1648 –
  Eighty Years’ War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
• 1661 –
  Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
• 1858 –
  The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of the Hallé Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
• 1930 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
• 1933 –
  Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
• 1948 –
  Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi known for his non-violent freedom struggle is assassinated by Pandit Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
• 1959 –
  ship MS, said to be the safest ship afloat and “unsinkable” like the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank, killing all 95 aboard.
• 1971 –
  Carole King’s Tapestry album is released, it would become the longest charting album by a female solo artist and sell 24 million copies worldwide.
• 1982 –
  Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk Cloner”.
• 1996 –
  Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit.

Who were born on January 30?

• 1563 –
  Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (d. 1641)
• 1697 –
  Johann Joachim Quantz, German flautist and composer (d. 1773)
• 1866 –
  Gelett Burgess, American literary humorist (d. 1951)
• 1922 –
  Dick Martin, American comedian (d. 2008)
• 1936 –
  Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker (d. 2005)
• 1941 –
  Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 –
  Marty Balin, American musician
• 1968 –
  Tony Maudsley, British film actor
• 1980 –
  Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 –
  Josh Kelley, American musician

Who died on January 30?

• 1030 –
  William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
• 1606 –
  Everard Digby, English conspirator (b. 1578)
• 1836 –
  Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. 1752)
• 1948 –
  Arthur Coningham, New Zealand air commander (b. 1895)
• 1958 –
  Ernst Heinkel, German aviation engineer (b. 1888)
• 1962 –
  Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. 1894)
• 1969 –
  Dominique Pire, Belgian monk, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
• 1994 –
  Pierre Boulle, French author (b. 1912)
• 2007 –
  Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor (b. 1934)
• 2008 –
  Jeremy Beadle, British television host (b. 1948)