Birthday facts

Born on January 30.

Everyone born on January 30 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is garnet, the flower carnation, and the day is shared with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Felipe VI.

Sun sign

Aquarius ♒︎

the Water-Bearer · ruled by Uranus · contrarian on principle

Birthstone

Garnet

January

Birth flower

Carnation

& snowdrop

Your book

Born on January 30? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Aquarius, January 20 to February 18.

The Water-Bearer, which is an air sign, and the books enjoy the confusion. Ruled by Saturn in the old texts and Uranus in the new, credited with originality, a wide circle and a certain coolness at the centre of it — the friend of everyone, intimate of few. Its people are supposed to be ahead of their time, which is only comfortable once the time catches up. The tradition calls it the sign of the future and cannot say whose.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on January 30.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1882

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the United States

1968

Felipe VI

King of Spain

1994

Amelia Dimoldenberg

English writer and comedian

1930

Gene Hackman

American author and actor

1951

Phil Collins

English drummer and singer-songwriter

1990

Eiza González

Mexican actress and singer

1974

Christian Bale

British actor

2002

Tyla

South African singer and songwriter

On this day

What January 30 has seen.

It is Martyrs' Day in India.

1948Mahatma Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, was fatally shot by Nathuram Godse at Birla House in Delhi.

1968Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam.

1979Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.

2013The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched , South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.

The calendar

When January 30 falls.

A Friday in 2026, a Saturday in 2027, a Sunday in 2028, a Tuesday in 2029, and a Wednesday in 2030.