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30 January 2021
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2020 - The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency of international concern.Specialized agency of the United Nations
Anniversary
2013 - The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.South Korean space agency
Anniversary
2005 - Forty-six years to the day after the sinking of the Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft, Queen Margrethe II unveiled a memorial in Copenhagen to the 95 passengers and crew who perished.20th-century Danish ship
Anniversary
2000 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ivory Coast shortly after takeoff, killing 169 on board.2000 aviation accident in the Atlantic Ocean
Anniversary
1979 - Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.1979 disappearance of a cargo flight from Japan to Brazil
Historical events
History
2020 - The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.Specialized agency of the United Nations
History
2013 - Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.South Korea's first carrier rocket (2009–2013)
History
2007 - Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel.American multinational technology company
History
2006 - The Goleta postal facility shootings occur, killing seven people before the perpetrator took her own life.Mass shooting in California, U.S.
History
2000 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.2000 aviation accident in the Atlantic Ocean
History
1995 - Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.Medication
History
1989 - The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.Former U.S. diplomatic mission to Afghanistan
History
1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".American computer programmer (born 1967)
History
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.Airline of Brazil (1927–2006)
History
1975 - The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.Protected marine area near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated
Lunar age: 16.8 days
Sun zodiac
Aquarius
10.82 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Moon zodiac
Virgo
2.29 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.