On this day: January 30
Events
Burgundian NetherlandsJanuary 30, 1384 – March 27, 1482 · World History
Release of Pandora's BoxJanuary 30, 1929 · Film
MachtergreifungJanuary 30, 1933 · World History
1948 Winter OlympicsJanuary 30, 1948 – February 8, 1948 · Sports- Tanganyika laughter epidemicJanuary 30, 1962 – 1963 · Medicine
Tet OffensiveJanuary 30, 1968 – September 23, 1968 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of White Light/White HeatJanuary 30, 1968 · Music
Release of Asterix & Obelix: Mission CleopatraJanuary 30, 2002 · Film- Release of Purble PlaceJanuary 30, 2007 · Gaming
- Release of Asterix at the Olympic GamesJanuary 30, 2008 · Film
- Release of ViyJanuary 30, 2014 · Film
Release of Life Is StrangeJanuary 30, 2015 · Gaming
Release of GrandmaJanuary 30, 2015 · Film
Born on this day
Johann Joachim QuantzJanuary 30, 1697 – July 12, 1773 · Music
Georg Dionysius EhretJanuary 30, 1708 – September 9, 1770 · Art
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-AltenburgJanuary 30, 1745 – April 20, 1804 · Culture
George BassJanuary 30, 1771 – February 5, 1803 · Exploration
Adelbert von ChamissoJanuary 30, 1781 – August 21, 1838 · Exploration
Artúr GörgeyJanuary 30, 1818 – May 21, 1916 · Science
Félix FaureJanuary 30, 1841 – February 16, 1899 · Politics
Sam LoydJanuary 30, 1841 – April 10, 1911 · Technology
F. H. BradleyJanuary 30, 1846 – September 18, 1924 · Culture
Ferdinand MannlicherJanuary 30, 1848 – January 20, 1904 · Technology
Aleksander GierymskiJanuary 30, 1850 – March 8, 1901 · Art
Franklin Delano RooseveltJanuary 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945 · Politics
Max TheilerJanuary 30, 1899 – August 11, 1972 · Science
Nikolaus PevsnerJanuary 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983 · Culture- Paris PişmişJanuary 30, 1911 – August 1, 1999 · Science
Francis SchaefferJanuary 30, 1912 – May 15, 1984 · Culture
Amrita Sher-GilJanuary 30, 1913 – December 5, 1941 · Art
John IrelandJanuary 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992 · Film
Delbert MannJanuary 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007 · Film
Michael AndersonJanuary 30, 1920 – April 25, 2018 · Film
Leonid GaidaiJanuary 30, 1923 – November 19, 1993 · Film
Douglas EngelbartJanuary 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013 · Technology
Harold PrinceJanuary 30, 1928 – July 31, 2019 · Film
Isamu AkasakiJanuary 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021 · Science
Gene HackmanJanuary 30, 1930 – circa February 18, 2025 · Film
Vanessa RedgraveJanuary 30, 1937 – present · Film
Gregory BenfordJanuary 30, 1941 – present · Science
Steve MarriottJanuary 30, 1947 – April 20, 1991 · Music
Masaki KashiwaraJanuary 30, 1947 – present · Science
Akira YoshinoJanuary 30, 1948 – present · Science
Peter AgreJanuary 30, 1949 – present · Science
Phil CollinsJanuary 30, 1951 – present · Music
Charles S. DuttonJanuary 30, 1951 – present · Film
Valery KhalilovJanuary 30, 1952 – December 25, 2016 · Music- Steven ZaillianJanuary 30, 1953 – present · Film
- Liu GangJanuary 30, 1961 – present · Science
Kimiya YuiJanuary 30, 1970 – present · Space
Olivia ColmanJanuary 30, 1974 – present · Film
Kid CudiJanuary 30, 1984 – present · Music