January 30 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 30, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#282 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 30 birthdays
Franklin D. Roosevelt · President of the United States from 1933 to 19451882
Max Theiler · South African-American virologist and doctor1899
Barbara W. Tuchman · American historian and author1912
Douglas Engelbart · American engineer and inventor1925
Olof Palme · Swedish Prime Minister1927
Isamu Akasaki · Japanese engineer1929
Gene Hackman · American actor and novelist1930
Richard Brautigan · American novelist, poet, and short story writer1935
Boris Spassky · Russian chess player1937
Vanessa Redgrave · British actress and activist1937
Islam Karimov · 1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan1938
Dick Cheney · Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 20091941
Peter Agre · American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry1949
Phil Collins · English drummer, singer, and songwriter1951
Abdullah II of Jordan · King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan1962
Felipe VI · King of Spain since 20141968
Christian Bale · American-English actor1974
Olivia Colman · British actress1974
Kid Cudi · American rapper, singer, record producer and actor1984
Arda Turan · Turkish association football player1987
On this day in history
1862The United States Navy launched USS Monitor, the first American ironclad warship.
1989The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
2013The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.
2020The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency of international concern.
1964In a bloodless coup, Nguyễn Khánh overthrew Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam, less than three months after Minh's own coup.
1968Vietnam 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.
1975The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
1979Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.
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