30 January
Notable Births
Amen Thompson
b. 2003
American basketball player (born 2003)
Ausar Thompson
b. 2003
American basketball player (born 2003)
Tyla
b. 2002
South African singer
Bijan Robinson
b. 2002
American football player (born 2002)
Curtis Jones (footballer, born 2001)
b. 2001
English footballer (born 2001)
Markella Kavenagh
b. 2000
Australian actor
Thomas Chabot
b. 1997
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Colin White (ice hockey, born 1997)
b. 1997
American ice hockey player (born 1997)
Dafne Navarro
b. 1996
Mexican trampoline gymnast (born 1996)
Danielle Campbell
b. 1995
American actress (born 1995)
Jack Laugher
b. 1995
British diver (born 1995)
Marcos Llorente
b. 1995
Spanish footballer (born 1995)
Amelia Dimoldenberg
b. 1994
English journalist and comedian (born 1994)
Katy Marchant
b. 1993
English track cyclist (born 1993)
Kodai Senga
b. 1993
Japanese baseball player (born 1993)
Thitipoom Techaapaikhun
b. 1993
Thai actor and host (born 1993)
Stefan Elliott
b. 1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Videogamedunkey
b. 1991
American YouTuber (born 1991)
Melissa Duncan
b. 1990
Australian middle-distance runner
Eiza González
b. 1990
Mexican actress and singer (born 1990)
Notable Deaths
Catherine O'Hara
d. 2026
Canadian and American actress (1954–2026)
Dick Button
d. 2025
American figure skater (1929–2025)
Julius Chan
d. 2025
Papua New Guinean politician (1939–2025)
Marianne Faithfull
d. 2025
English singer and actress (1946–2025)
Edcel Lagman
d. 2025
Filipino politician (1942–2025)
Chita Rivera
d. 2024
American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)
Bobby Beathard
d. 2023
American football executive (1937–2023)
Bobby Hull
d. 2023
Canadian ice hockey player (1939–2023)
Cheslie Kryst
d. 2022
American television correspondent, model, Miss USA 2019 (1991–2022)
Sophie (musician)
d. 2021
English music producer and DJ (1986–2021)
Dick Miller
d. 2019
American actor (1928–2019)
Mark Salling
d. 2018
American actor and musician (1982–2018)
Frank Finlay
d. 2016
English actor (1926–2016)
Francisco Flores Pérez
d. 2016
President of El Salvador from 1999 to 2004
Georgia Davis Powers
d. 2016
American politician
Carl Djerassi
d. 2015
American pharmaceutical chemist and writer (1923–2015)
Geraldine McEwan
d. 2015
English actress (1932–2015)
Gerrit Voorting
d. 2015
Dutch cyclist (1923–2015)
Zhelyu Zhelev
d. 2015
President of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1997
Stefan Bałuk
d. 2014
Polish general and photographer (1914–2014)
On This Day in History
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2020
The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
World Health Organization
2013
Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
Naro-1
2007
Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel.
Microsoft
2006
The Goleta postal facility shootings occur, killing seven people before the perpetrator took her own life.
2006 Goleta postal facility shooting
2000
Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
Kenya Airways Flight 431
1995
Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
Hydroxycarbamide
1989
The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
Embassy of the United States, Kabul
1982
Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
Rich Skrenta
1979
A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
Varig
1975
The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
1975
Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crashes into the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport, killing 42.
Turkish Airlines Flight 345
1974
Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97.
Pan Am Flight 806
1972
The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
The Troubles
1972
Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
Pakistan
1969
The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
The Beatles
1968
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
Vietnam War
1964
In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
Nguyễn Khánh
1960
The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
African National Party
1959
The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
Saiq
1959
MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
MS Hans Hedtoft