January 30th, 1948

Born on January 30th, 1948

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What happened on January 30th, 1948?

January 30th, 1948

Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives". The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathuram_Godse

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on January 30th, 1948

76

Nick Broomfield

British film director

*January 30th, 1948, London

76

Gert Heidler

East German footballer

*January 30th, 1948, Doberschau-Gaußig

76

Manfred Hofmann

German handball player

*January 30th, 1948, Großwallstadt

76

Miles Reid

Mathematician researching Algebraic Geometry

*January 30th, 1948, Hoddesdon

76

Michel Pruvot

French accordionist and singer

*January 30th, 1948, Rue

76

Edzard Ernst

British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of alternative medicine.

*January 30th, 1948, Wiesbaden

54

Danilo Devizia

Argentinian actor

*January 30th, 1948, Necochea †July 19th, 2002, Buenos Aires

76

John Dufresne

Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright

*January 30th, 1948, Worcester

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Who's birthday is on January 30th?

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

73

Phil Collins

English drummer, singer, and songwriter

*January 30th, 1951, Putney Hospital

72

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

75

Peter Agre

American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

*January 30th, 1949, Northfield

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

83

Dick Cheney

Vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*January 30th, 1941, Lincoln

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

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

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

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

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

62

Abdullah II of Jordan

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

*January 30th, 1962, Amman

78

Islam Karimov

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

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

73

Charles S. Dutton

American actor, director and producer

*January 30th, 1951, Baltimore

52

Mike Johnson

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023

*January 30th, 1972, Shreveport

52

Jennifer Hale

American voice actress

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

82

Tammy Grimes

American actress and singer (1934-2016)

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

87

Vanessa Redgrave

British actress (born 1937)

*January 30th, 1937, Blackheath

71

Laurentino Cortizo

Panamanian politician (born 1953)

*January 30th, 1953, Panama City

50

Christian Bale

English actor (born 1974)

*January 30th, 1974, Haverfordwest

84

Douglas Engelbart

American engineer and inventor

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

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Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Public holidays on January 30th

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Born on January 30th, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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