January 30th, 2008

Born on January 30th, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 70 days, exactly on July 4th, 2024, people who were born on January 30th, 2008 will be 6,000 days old!

... 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, 2008

16

Arden Hayes

American child prodigy

*January 30th, 2008, Southern California

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

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

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

29

Marcos Llorente

Spanish association football player

*January 30th, 1995, Madrid

54

Fiona Dolman

Scots-born British actress

*January 30th, 1970, Findhorn

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

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

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

59

Olof Palme

Swedish Prime Minister (1969–76, 1982–86)

*January 30th, 1927, Stockholm †February 28th, 1986, Sveavägen

62

Abdullah II of Jordan

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

*January 30th, 1962, Amman

50

Christian Bale

English actor (born 1974)

*January 30th, 1974, Haverfordwest

73

Phil Collins

English drummer, singer, and songwriter

*January 30th, 1951, Putney Hospital

44

Lena Hall

American actress

*January 30th, 1980, San Francisco

72

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

83

Dick Cheney

Vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*January 30th, 1941, Lincoln

37

Arda Turan

Turkish association football player

*January 30th, 1987, Fatih

23

Curtis Jones

English association football player

*January 30th, 2001, Liverpool

29

Danielle Campbell

American actress

*January 30th, 1995, Hinsdale

30

Malcolm Jones

Ice dancer

*January 30th, 1994, Cold Lake

43

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgarian association football player

*January 30th, 1981, Blagoevgrad

Same year
Born in 2008

15

Cecilia Loffredo

Danish actress

*July 24th, 2008, Copenhagen

15

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

16

Lilly Platt

British environmentalist

*April 18th, 2008, London

15

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

16

Emme Muñiz‎

Daughter of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

*February 22nd, 2008, Long Island

16

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

16

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

15

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

15

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

16

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

15

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

15

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

15

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

16

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

16

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

*March 14th, 2008, Burbank

15

Emma Behn

Norwegian show jumper, youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn

*September 29th, 2008, Lommedalen

15

Alia De Vercelli

Australian actress

*November 30th, 2008, Australia

16

Raegan Revord

American actress

*January 3rd, 2008, San Diego

15

Sky Brown

British-Japanese skateboarder and surfer

*July 7th, 2008, Miyazaki

16

Nela Lopušanová

Slovak ice and ball hockey player

*February 26th, 2008, Žilina

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on January 30th, 2008
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 2008 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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