January 30th, 1745

Born on January 30th, 1745

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 101,000 days old!

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... 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

Born on January 30th, 1745

59

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

*January 30th, 1745, Gotha †April 20th, 1804, Gotha

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

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

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

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

52

Mike Johnson

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023

*January 30th, 1972, Shreveport

62

Abdullah II of Jordan

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

*January 30th, 1962, Amman

72

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

52

Jennifer Hale

American voice actress

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

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

50

Christian Bale

English actor (born 1974)

*January 30th, 1974, Haverfordwest

29

Marcos Llorente

Spanish association football player

*January 30th, 1995, Madrid

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

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Born in 1745

82

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

*February 18th, 1745, Como †March 5th, 1827, Como

69

Charles Dibdin

British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor

*March 15th, 1745, Southampton †July 25th, 1814, London

65

Nicolas-Étienne Framery

French music theorist

*March 25th, 1745, Rouen †November 26th, 1810, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

67

Benjamin Rush

American physician, educator, author

*December 24th, 1745, Byberry, Philadelphia †April 19th, 1813, Philadelphia

83

John Jay

Chief justice of the United States from 1789 to 1795

*December 12th, 1745, New York City †May 17th, 1829, Westchester County

81

Philippe Pinel

French psychiatrist

*April 20th, 1745, Jonquières †October 25th, 1826, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

67

Mikhail Kutuzov

Field Marshal of the Russian Empire

*September 5th, 1745, Saint Petersburg †April 16th, 1813, Bolesławiec

74

Nicolas Roze

French composer (1745-1819)

*January 17th, 1745, Duchy of Burgundy †September 30th, 1819, Saint-Mandé

73

Robert Calder

Royal Navy admiral

*July 13th, 1745, Elgin †September 1st, 1818, Bishop's Waltham

82

Thomas Tudor Tucker

American politician (1745-1828)

*June 25th, 1745, Bermuda †May 2nd, 1828, Washington, D.C.

49

Jean-Antoine Roucher

French poet (1745-1794)

*February 22nd, 1745, Montpellier †July 4th, 1794, Paris

76

Johann Peter Frank

German physician

*March 19th, 1745, Rodalben †April 24th, 1821, Vienna

58

John Barry

United States admiral (1745-1803)

*March 25th, 1745, Tacumshin †September 13th, 1803, Philadelphia

63

Ivan Starov

Russian architect (1745-1808)

*February 12th, 1745, Saint Petersburg †April 5th, 1808, Saint Petersburg

70

Johann Hieronymus Schröter

German selenographer (1745-1816)

*August 30th, 1745, Erfurt †August 29th, 1816, Lilienthal, Lower Saxony

70

Richard Bassett

American politician (1745-1815)

*April 2nd, 1745, Cecil County †September 15th, 1815, Kent County

70

Johann Peter Salomon

German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario

*February 20th, 1745, Bonn †November 25th, 1815, London

80

Joseph Boze

French painter (1745-1826)

*February 6th, 1745, Martigues †January 17th, 1826, Paris

63

Johan Christian Fabricius

Danish zoologist (1745–1808)

*January 7th, 1745, Tønder †March 3rd, 1808, Kiel

68

Pierre Lacour the Elder

French painter and printmaker (1745-1814)

*April 15th, 1745, Bordeaux †January 28th, 1814, Bordeaux

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.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1745 is a normal year and no leap year.

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