December 30th, 2008

Born on December 30th, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 597 days, exactly on February 29th, 2028, people who were born on December 30th, 2008 will be 7,000 days old!

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What happened on December 30th?

December 30th, 1845

The University of Galway, University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast were established as part of the Queen's University of Ireland.

December 30th, 2013

Supporters of Congolese religious leader Paul-Joseph Mukungubila carried out a series of attacks on television studios, the airport and a military base in Kinshasa.

December 30th, 2009

Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies (pictured) in several Iranian cities in response to recent anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.

December 30th, 2006

Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal.

December 30th, 2005

Tropical Storm Zeta (pictured) became a tropical depression, making it the record-breaking 28th tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the most active in recorded history until 2020.

December 30th, 1969

Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos began his second term after being re-elected in a landslide.

December 30th, 1958

The Guatemalan Air Force fired on Mexican fishing boats that had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering an eight-month conflict.

December 30th, 1954

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation was established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.

December 30th, 1940

The Arroyo Seco Parkway, one of the first freeways built in the U.S., connecting downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena, California, was officially dedicated.

December 30th, 1935

Second Italo-Ethiopian War: In retaliation for the execution of an Italian prisoner of war, the Italian Air Force destroyed a field hospital of the Swedish Red Cross in Dolo.

December 30th, 1906

The All-India Muslim League, a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent, was founded in Dhaka.

December 30th, 1903

In one of the deadliest single-building fires in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago killed more than 600 people.

December 30th, 1902

The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a new Farthest South point in Antarctica.

December 30th, 1853

The United States purchased approximately 29,700 square miles (77,000 km2) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for $10 million.

December 30th, 1813

War of 1812: British forces captured Buffalo, New York, and burned down nearly all its buildings.

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

Same year
Born in 2008

18

Emma Kok

Dutch singer

*March 12th, 2008, Maastricht

18

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

17

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

17

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

18

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

17

Dastan Satpaev

Kazakh footballer

*August 12th, 2008, Almaty

18

Daria Sadkova

Russian figure skater

*June 26th, 2008, Yoshkar-Ola

18

Helen Kevric

German artistic gymnast

*March 21st, 2008, Stuttgart

17

Lexy Kolker

American actress (born 2009)

*November 30th, 2008, California

18

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

18

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

18

Leander Menzel

*January 31st, 2008, Wiesbaden

18

Emerson Jones

Australian tennis player

*July 7th, 2008, Gold Coast

18

Gustav De Waele

Belgian actor and model

*March 28th, 2008, Brussels metropolitan area

18

Alejandro Gomes

British-Venezuelan footballer

*March 11th, 2008, Caracas

17

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

18

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

17

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer (2008-)

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

18

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

18

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

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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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