December 30th, 1608

Born on December 30th, 1608

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 151,000 days old!

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What happened on December 30th?

December 30th, 2009

Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies in several Iranian cities in response to recent anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.

December 30th, 2006

Saddam Hussein, the former President of Iraq, was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal.

December 30th, 2005

Tropical Storm Zeta was declared a tropical depression, making it the record-breaking 28th tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the most active in recorded history until 2020.

December 30th, 1969

Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos began his second term after being re-elected by a landslide, but economic unrest led him to declare martial law within a year.

December 30th, 1958

The Guatemalan Air Force fired on Mexican fishing boats that had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering an eight-month conflict.

December 30th, 1954

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation was established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.

December 30th, 1940

The Arroyo Seco Parkway (pictured), one of the first freeways built in the U.S., connecting downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena, California, was officially dedicated.

December 30th, 1935

Second Italo-Abyssinian War: The Italian Air Force destroyed a Swedish Red Cross field hospital in Dolo, Ethiopia, in retaliation for the earlier execution of an Italian prisoner of war.

December 30th, 1906

The All-India Muslim League, a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent, was founded in Dhaka.

December 30th, 1903

In one of the deadliest single-building fires in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago killed more than 600 people.

December 30th, 1902

The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a new Farthest South point in Antarctica.

December 30th, 1853

The United States purchased approximately 29,700 square miles (77,000 km2) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for $10 million.

December 30th, 1813

War of 1812: British forces captured Buffalo, New York, and burned down nearly all its buildings.

December 30th, 1702

Queen Anne's War: James Moore, the British colonial governor of Carolina, abandoned a siege against St. Augustine in Spanish Florida and retreated to Charles Town in disgrace.

December 30th, 1460

Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, Lancastrian forces destroyed the Yorkist army and killed Richard of York (pictured) at Sandal Magna in West Yorkshire, England.

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

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

28

Dominic Fike

American singer-songwriter and actor

*December 30th, 1995, Naples

37

Ellie Goulding

English singer and songwriter

*December 30th, 1986, Hereford

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

39

Julia Molkhou

French actress and host of TV shows

*December 30th, 1984, 14th arrondissement of Paris

70

Rudyard Kipling

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

*December 30th, 1865, Mumbai †January 18th, 1936, London

21

Meiraba Luwang Maisnam

Badminton player

*December 30th, 2002, Imphal

62

Bill English

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017

*December 30th, 1961, Lumsden

70

Anna Maria von Eggenberg, née Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Austrian noble

*December 30th, 1609, Bayreuth †May 8th, 1680, Sopron

41

Kristin Kreuk

Canadian actress

*December 30th, 1982, Vancouver

39

LeBron James

American basketball player (born 1984)

*December 30th, 1984, Akron

48

Tiger Woods

American golfer

*December 30th, 1975, Cypress

64

Tracey Ullman

English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author and businesswoman

*December 30th, 1959, Slough

42

Cédric Carrasso

French association football player

*December 30th, 1981, Avignon

75

André Messager

French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929)

*December 30th, 1853, Montluçon †February 24th, 1929, 17th arrondissement of Paris

93

Tu Youyou

Chinese medical scientist

*December 30th, 1930, Ningbo

77

Patti Smith

American singer, songwriter, author and poet

*December 30th, 1946, Chicago

82

Joseph Bologna

American actor (1934–2017)

*December 30th, 1934, Brooklyn †August 13th, 2017, Duarte

74

Benjamin Rabier

French illustrator, author and director (1864-1939)

*December 30th, 1864, La Roche-sur-Yon †October 10th, 1939, Faverolles-en-Berry

Same year
Born in 1608

65

John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

*December 9th, 1608, Cheapside †November 8th, 1674, London

39

Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician (1608-1647)

*October 15th, 1608, Rome †October 25th, 1647, Florence

48

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)

*July 13th, 1608, Graz †April 2nd, 1657, Vienna

48

Jean-Jacques Olier

French Catholic priest and founder (1608-1657)

*September 20th, 1608, Paris †April 2nd, 1657, Paris

51

Judith Leyster

Dutch Golden Age painter (1609-1660)

*November 30th, 1608, Haarlem †February 10th, 1660, Heemstede

89

António Vieira

Portuguese diplomat and missionary (1608-1697)

*February 6th, 1608, Sé †July 18th, 1697, Salvador

61

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

English soldier and politician (1608-1670)

*December 6th, 1608, London Borough of Merton †January 3rd, 1670, London

74

Cesare Facchinetti

Catholic cardinal

*September 17th, 1608, Bologna †January 30th, 1683, Rome

73

Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches

Austrian marshall

*August 16th, 1608, La Rochelle †August 12th, 1682, Jevišovice

51

Gaston, Duke of Orléans

French prince

*April 25th, 1608, Fontainebleau †February 2nd, 1660, Château de Blois

71

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

Italian physicist (*1608 – †1679)

*January 28th, 1608, Naples †December 31st, 1679, Rome

34

René Goupil

French Jesuit lay brother and missionary (1608-1642)

*May 15th, 1608, Saint-Martin-du-Bois †September 29th, 1642, Auriesville

69

Andrzej Wiszowaty

Polish theologian (1608-1678)

*November 26th, 1608, Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship †July 29th, 1678, Amsterdam

57

Francisco Manuel de Melo

Portuguese writer, politician and military officer (1608-1666)

*November 23rd, 1608, Lisbon †August 24th, 1666, Lisbon

58

Gaspar Schott

German scientist

*February 5th, 1608, Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld †May 22nd, 1666, Würzburg

70

Alfonso Litta

Cardinal Archbishop of Milan

*September 19th, 1608, Milan †August 28th, 1679, Rome

75

Christian Lorentz von Adlershelm

German politician (1608-1684)

*July 26th, 1608, Leipzig †February 7th, 1684, Leipzig

76

Daniello Bartoli

Italian Jesuit cleric-scientist

*February 12th, 1608, Ferrara †January 13th, 1685, Rome

69

Giacomo Torelli

Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (1608-1678)

*September 1st, 1608, Fano †June 17th, 1678, Fano

48

Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine

French noble

*October 3rd, 1608, Nancy †February 2nd, 1657, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1608 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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