October 30th, 1108

Born on October 30th, 1108

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 335,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 803 days, exactly on October 6th, 2028, people who were born on October 30th, 1108 will be 336,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 30th?

October 30th, 2010

American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.

October 30th, 2020

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami and causing 119 deaths.

October 30th, 1995

Quebec citizens narrowly voted in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

October 30th, 1985

Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off for mission STS-61-A, its final mission before breaking apart mid-air months later.

October 30th, 1983

As the military dictatorship came to an end, Argentina's first democratic election in a decade resulted in Raúl Alfonsín being elected president.

October 30th, 1968

A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos landed in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and reunify Korea.

October 30th, 2002

After his terminal-cancer diagnosis, Warren Zevon made his last public appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving the advice to "enjoy every sandwich".

October 30th, 1993

The Troubles: Three members of the Ulster Defence Association opened fire in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight people and wounding nineteen others.

October 30th, 1991

The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened.

October 30th, 1965

English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.

October 30th, 1960

At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.

October 30th, 1948

A luzzu (Maltese fishing boat) overloaded with passengers capsized and sank in the Gozo Channel off Qala, killing 23 of the 27 people on board (monument pictured).

October 30th, 2001

Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced.

October 30th, 1888

Lobengula, King of Matabeleland, granted the Rudd Concession (pictured) to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.

October 30th, 1863

Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).

Public holidays on October 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 30th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1108 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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