October 30th, 1979

Born on October 30th, 1979

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

October 30th, 2010

American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.

October 30th, 2020

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami and causing 119 deaths.

October 30th, 1995

Quebec citizens narrowly voted in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

October 30th, 1985

Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off for mission STS-61-A, its final mission before breaking apart mid-air months later.

October 30th, 1983

As the military dictatorship came to an end, Argentina's first democratic election in a decade resulted in Raúl Alfonsín being elected president.

October 30th, 1968

A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos landed in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and reunify Korea.

October 30th, 2002

After his terminal-cancer diagnosis, 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 (Maltese fishing boat) overloaded with passengers capsized and sank in the Gozo Channel off Qala, killing 23 of the 27 people on board (monument pictured).

October 30th, 2001

Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced.

October 30th, 1888

Lobengula, King of Matabeleland, granted the Rudd Concession (pictured) 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).

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

Born on October 30th, 1979

46

Manuel Quinziato

Road racing cyclist

*October 30th, 1979, Bolzano

46

Xavier Espot Zamora

Prime minister of Andorra since 2019

*October 30th, 1979, Escaldes-Engordany

46

Johannes Berauer

Austrian composer

*October 30th, 1979, Wels

46

Antoine Gratton

Canadian singer-songwriter

*October 30th, 1979, Montreal

46

Laura Ros

Argentine singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist

*October 30th, 1979, Buenos Aires

46

Jason Bartlett

American baseball player

*October 30th, 1979, Mountain View

46

Kristina Anapau

American actress

*October 30th, 1979, Hawaii

Same year
Born in 1979

47

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

47

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

47

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

47

Imany

French pop-soul singer

*April 5th, 1979, Martigues

47

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

46

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

47

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger

46

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

47

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

46

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

47

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

46

Hussain Al Jassmi

Emirati singer

*August 25th, 1979, Khor Fakkan

47

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

46

Hard Kaur

British Indian rapper

*July 29th, 1979, Kanpur

47

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

47

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

47

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

47

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

47

Diego Forlán

Uruguayan association football player and manager (born 1979)

*May 19th, 1979, Montevideo

47

Anne Schäfer

German actress

*April 23rd, 1979, Munich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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