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30 January 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 January 2014 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Rather Be” by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 January is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 January 2014 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 January 2014 was New Moon.
On this day: 30 January
- 1989 The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
- 1995 Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
- 2007 Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel.
- 2013 Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
- 2020 The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Famous people born on 30 January
- Christian Bale, British actor (born 1974)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and statesman, 32nd President of the United States (1882–1945)
- Amelia Dimoldenberg, English comedian, writer and presenter (born 1994)
- Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1951)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2014 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 14 May – House of Lords Reform Act 2014 allows members of the House of Lords to retire, resign or be removed.
- 22 May – 2014 European Parliament election: Results show a significant increase in support for UKIP, as they take the most seats, above both the Conservatives and Labour. The Labour Party also make gains, while the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have poor showings.
- 23 July – The 2014 Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow.
Life in 2014
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.25
Loaf of Bread
£1.40
Average House
£186,553
Weekly Wage
£747.00
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