October 30th, 1972

Born on October 30th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 30th?

October 30th, 2002

Warren Zevon made his last public appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving the advice to "enjoy every sandwich".

October 30th, 1993

The Troubles: Three members of the Ulster Defence Association opened fire in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight people and wounding nineteen others.

October 30th, 1991

The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened.

October 30th, 1965

English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.

October 30th, 1960

At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.

October 30th, 1948

A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsized and sank in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board (monument pictured).

October 30th, 1888

King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.

October 30th, 1863

Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).

October 30th, 1806

War of the Fourth Coalition: Believing that they were outnumbered, the German garrison at Stettin surrendered to a much smaller French force without a fight.

October 30th, 2022

A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.

October 30th, 2020

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.

October 30th, 2015

A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.

October 30th, 2014

Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.

October 30th, 2013

Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India.

October 30th, 2005

The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.

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

Born on October 30th, 1972

51

Jessica Hynes

English actress and writer

*October 30th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Elshan Gambarov

Azerbaijani footballer

*October 30th, 1972, Baku

51

Jason Lowe

English darts player

*October 30th, 1972, Cradley Heath

51

Stefan Haider

Austrian theologian

*October 30th, 1972, Zeltweg

51

Steve Monroe

American actor

*October 30th, 1972, Tulsa

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

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

42

Ivanka Trump

Senior Advisor to the President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*October 30th, 1981, Manhattan

52

Peter New

Canadian voice actor

*October 30th, 1971, Vancouver

48

Steve Kazee

American actor

*October 30th, 1975, Ashland

42

Steve Peacocke

Australian actor

*October 30th, 1981, Dubbo

68

Bernd Riexinger

German politician and trade union official

*October 30th, 1955, Leonberg

52

Eneko Goia Laso

Politician of the Basque Nationalist Party

*October 30th, 1971, San Sebastián

55

Jack Plotnick

American actor

*October 30th, 1968, Worthington

53

Nia Long

American actress

*October 30th, 1970, Brooklyn

36

Emilie Andéol

French judoka

*October 30th, 1987, Bordeaux

52

Astrid Veillon

French actress

*October 30th, 1971, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon

53

Tory Belleci

Film maker and model maker, MythBusters build team member

*October 30th, 1970, Monterey

90

John Adams

President of the United States from 1797 to 1801

*October 30th, 1735, Braintree †July 4th, 1826, Quincy

64

Glenn Hysén

Swedish footballer

*October 30th, 1959, Gothenburg

49

Stipe Erceg

German-Croatian actor

*October 30th, 1974, Split

50

Edge

Canadian professional wrestler and actor (born 1973)

*October 30th, 1973, Orangeville

45

Stanislav Gross

Czech politician (1969-2015), prime minister of the Czech Republic

*October 30th, 1969, Prague †April 16th, 2015, Slivenec

45

Matthew Morrison

American actor, dancer, and singer

*October 30th, 1978, Fort Ord

Same year
Born in 1972

52

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

52

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

52

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player (born 1972)

*June 23rd, 1972, 16th arrondissement of Marseille

52

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Public holidays on October 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 30th.

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Born on October 30th, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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