What are the important events that happened on January 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

January 30: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 30 is the 30^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 17, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 474,048 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 11 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,057 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 30 Historical Events

• 1667 –
  The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to the Tsardom of Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo.
• 1703 –
  The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
• 1806 –
  The 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.
• 1826 –
  The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world’s first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
• 1841 –
  A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 1911 –
  The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
• 1959 –
  ship MS, said to be the safest ship afloat and “unsinkable” like the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank, killing all 95 aboard.
• 1968 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
• 1994 –
  Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grand master.
• 1995 –
  Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.

Who were born on January 30?

• 1878 –
  Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
• 1931 –
  John Crosbie, Canadian politician
• 1932 –
  Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
• 1936 –
  F. Vernon Boozer, American politician
• 1948 –
  Nick Broomfield, English documentarian
• 1949 –
  Peter Agre, American biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1950 –
  Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1956 –
  Darko Rundek, Croatian rock singer, songwriter, poet, actor and theatrical director
• 1977 –
  Tom Malchow, American swimmer
• 1980 –
  Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer

Who died on January 30?

• 1181 –
  Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
• 1384 –
  Louis II of Flanders (b. 1330)
• 1574 –
  Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b. 1502)
• 1730 –
  Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)
• 1934 –
  Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1862)
• 1958 –
  Ernst Heinkel, German aviation engineer (b. 1888)
• 1969 –
  Dominique Pire, Belgian monk, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
• 2001 –
  Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. 1915)
• 2008 –
  Marcial Maciel, Mexican religious figure (b. 1920)
• 2009 –
  John Gordy, American football player (b. 1935)