January 30th, 1147

Born on January 30th, 1147

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 320,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 571 days, exactly on December 12th, 2025, people who were born on January 30th, 1147 will be 321,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 30th?

January 30th, 2013

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.

January 30th, 2000

Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ivory Coast shortly after takeoff, killing 169 on board.

January 30th, 1979

Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.

January 30th, 1972

The Troubles: On Bloody Sunday, members of the British Parachute Regiment shot 26 civil-rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing at least 13 people.

January 30th, 1968

Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam.

January 30th, 1964

In a bloodless coup, Nguyễn Khánh overthrew Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam, less than three months after Minh executed a bloody coup himself.

January 30th, 1959

On the return leg of her maiden voyage, the "unsinkable" Danish ocean liner Hans Hedtoft hit an iceberg and sank with the loss of all 95 passengers and crew.

January 30th, 1948

Nathuram Godse fatally shot Mahatma Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, at Birla House in Delhi.

January 30th, 1945

World War II: Allied forces liberated more than 500 prisoners of war (pictured) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan in the Philippines.

January 30th, 1939

In a speech to the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler threatened the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe".

January 30th, 1835

Richard Lawrence became the first person to attempt to assassinate a sitting US president when he failed to kill Andrew Jackson at the US Capitol (assassination attempt pictured) and was subdued by the crowd.

January 30th, 1661

Two years after his death, Oliver Cromwell's remains were exhumed for a posthumous execution and his head was placed on a spike above Westminster Hall in London, where it remained until 1685.

January 30th, 1649

King Charles I, who was defeated in both the First and the Second English Civil Wars, was beheaded for high treason in front of the Banqueting House in London.

January 30th, 1607

Low-lying places around the coasts of the Bristol Channel of Britain were flooded, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.

January 30th, 1287

Wareru created the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in today's Lower Burma and declared himself king following the collapse of the Pagan Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 30th?

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

*January 30th, 1882, Hyde Park †April 12th, 1945, Warm Springs

43

Satoko Suetsuna

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Ōita

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

72

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

*January 30th, 1930, Děčín †September 18th, 2010, Koblenz

59

Olof Palme

Swedish Prime Minister (1969–76, 1982–86)

*January 30th, 1927, Stockholm †February 28th, 1986, Sveavägen

54

Fiona Dolman

Scots-born British actress

*January 30th, 1970, Findhorn

52

Mike Johnson

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023

*January 30th, 1972, Shreveport

73

Phil Collins

English drummer, singer, and songwriter

*January 30th, 1951, Putney Hospital

83

Dick Cheney

Vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*January 30th, 1941, Lincoln

62

Abdullah II of Jordan

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

*January 30th, 1962, Amman

52

Jennifer Hale

American voice actress

*January 30th, 1972, Happy Valley-Goose Bay

44

Lena Hall

American actress

*January 30th, 1980, San Francisco

50

Christian Bale

English actor (born 1974)

*January 30th, 1974, Haverfordwest

29

Marcos Llorente

Spanish association football player

*January 30th, 1995, Madrid

78

Islam Karimov

Uzbek politician, 1st and former President of Uzbekistan (1938-2016)

*January 30th, 1938, Samarkand †September 2nd, 2016, Tashkent

84

Douglas Engelbart

American engineer and inventor

*January 30th, 1929, Portland †July 2nd, 2013, Atherton

81

David Wayne

American actor (1914–1995)

*January 30th, 1914, Traverse City †February 9th, 1995, Santa Monica

98

Michael Anderson

English film director (1920–2018)

*January 30th, 1920, London †April 25th, 2018, Vancouver

94

Gene Hackman

American actor

*January 30th, 1930, San Bernardino

82

Tammy Grimes

American actress and singer (1934-2016)

*January 30th, 1934, Lynn †October 30th, 2016, Lillian Booth Actors Home

76

Gert Heidler

East German footballer

*January 30th, 1948, Doberschau-Gaußig

85

Shirley Hazzard

Australian-American Author

*January 30th, 1931, Sydney †December 12th, 2016, Manhattan

87

Vanessa Redgrave

British actress (born 1937)

*January 30th, 1937, Blackheath

85

Gelett Burgess

Artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist

*January 30th, 1866, Boston †September 18th, 1951, Carmel-by-the-Sea

76

Nick Broomfield

British film director

*January 30th, 1948, London

43

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgarian association football player

*January 30th, 1981, Blagoevgrad

87

Boris Spassky

Russian chess player

*January 30th, 1937, Saint Petersburg

37

Arda Turan

Turkish association football player

*January 30th, 1987, Fatih

56

Felipe VI of Spain

King of Spain since 2014

*January 30th, 1968, Madrid

50

Olivia Colman

English actress (born 1974)

*January 30th, 1974, Norwich

92

Isamu Akasaki

Japanese engineer (1929-2021)

*January 30th, 1929, Chiran †April 1st, 2021, Nagoya

75

Whitford Kane

Actor (1881-1956)

*January 30th, 1881, Larne †December 17th, 1956, New York City

50

Roger Hammond

British cyclist

*January 30th, 1974, Harlington

58

Félix Faure

7th President of the French Republic (1841–1899)

*January 30th, 1841, Paris †February 16th, 1899, Paris

88

Alexandr Kliment

Czech writer

*January 30th, 1929, Turnov †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

75

Peter Agre

American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

*January 30th, 1949, Northfield

30

Malcolm Jones

Ice dancer

*January 30th, 1994, Cold Lake

29

Danielle Campbell

American actress

*January 30th, 1995, Hinsdale

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances) which are celebrated on January 30th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1147 is a normal year and no leap year.

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