January 30th, 1559

Born on January 30th, 1559

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 170,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 254 days, exactly on April 6th, 2027, people who were born on January 30th, 1559 will be 171,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 30th?

January 30th, 2008

The Trump International Hotel and Tower in downtown Chicago opened for business, eleven months before construction would finish.

January 30th, 2005

Forty-six years to the day after the sinking of the Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft, Queen Margrethe II unveiled a memorial in Copenhagen to the 95 passengers and crew who perished.

January 30th, 1862

The United States Navy launched USS Monitor (pictured), the first American ironclad warship.

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's own coup.

January 30th, 1959

Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft sank, resulting in the deaths of all 95 passengers and crew.

January 30th, 1948

Mahatma Gandhi (pictured), the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, was fatally shot by Nathuram Godse 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.

Public holidays on January 30th

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1559 is a normal year and no leap year.

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