Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 30
January 30, 2025 is the 30th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 335 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 30
- 1661 –Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
- 1889 –Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.
- 1911 –The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
- 1911 –The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
- 1913 –The United Kingdom’s House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
- 1968 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 1969 –The Beatles’ last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
- 1972 –Bloody Sunday: British Paratroopers kill fourteen unarmed civil rights/anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland.
- 1975 –The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
- 1979 –A Varig 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
Who were born on January 30?
- 1816 –Nathaniel Prentice Banks, American politician, 25th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)
- 1861 –Charles Martin Loeffler, German-born composer (d. 1935)
- 1882 –Franklin D. Roosevelt, American politician, 44th Governor of New York, and 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)
- 1917 –Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and motorsport journalist (d. 2008)
- 1930 –Magnus Malan, South African politician
- 1943 –Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager
- 1959 –Mark Eitzel, American singer and musician (American Music Club)
- 1960 –Tony O'Dell, American actor
- 1985 –Trae Williams, American football player
- 1990 –Jake Thomas, American actor
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