The Birthday Gazette

Born on January 30

January 30 birthdays & history

If you were born on January 30, you share a birthday with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Christian Bale and Phil Collins. January 30 babies are Aquarius, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in leap years.

Famous people born on January 30

  • 1882Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and statesman, 32nd President of the United States
  • 1974Christian Bale, British actor
  • 1951Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1930Gene Hackman, American actor and author
  • 1937Boris Spassky, Russian chess grandmaster
  • 1925Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse
  • 1937Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
  • 1987Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
  • 1974Olivia Colman, English actress
  • 1781Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet

What happened on January 30

  • 1806The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
  • 1820Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
  • 1826The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the northwest coast of Wales, is opened.
  • 1847Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
  • 1858The first HallĂ© concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The HallĂ© orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
  • 1902The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • 1920Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company.
  • 1948British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
  • 1960The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
  • 1979Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.
  • 2005Forty-six years to the day after the sinking of the Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft, Queen Margrethe II unveiled a memorial in Copenhagen to the 95 passengers and crew who perished.
  • 2013The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.

Also observed on January 30

  • Day of Azerbaijani customs (Azerbaijan)
  • Day of Saudade (Brazil)
  • Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)

Questions, answered

What star sign is January 30?

People born on January 30 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.

Which famous people were born on January 30?

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), Christian Bale (1974), Phil Collins (1951), Gene Hackman (1930), Boris Spassky (1937), Douglas Engelbart (1925) were all born on January 30.

What happened on January 30 in history?

Among other things: in 1979, Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro; in 2005, Forty-six years to the day after the sinking of the Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft, Queen Margrethe II unveiled a memorial in Copenhagen to the 95 passengers and crew who perished; in 2013, The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.

Can I get a newspaper front page from January 30?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 30 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 30”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.