January 30 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Islamic: Birth of Sayyidina Ali Akbar ibn Husayn (ر) major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea. ↗
• 2003 — The Kingdom of Belgium officially recognizes same-sex marriages. ↗
• 2000 — Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. ↗
• 1995 — Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for... ↗
• 1989 — Closure of the American embassy in Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1995 — Jack Laugher, English diver
• 1995 — Danielle Campbell, American actress
• 1995 — Víctor Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2015)
• 1993 — Katy Marchant, English track cyclist
• 1991 — Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player