At A Glance

30 January 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
30 January 2021 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo.
Top Film of 2021
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Star sign
The star sign for 30 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 January 2021 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 January 2021 was Waning Gibbous.

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 2021 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 21 March – Census 2021 is conducted in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The population of England and Wales is recorded as 59,597,300, a rise of 6.3% over the previous decade.
  • 6 May – 2021 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan wins a second term, but with a reduced vote share.
  • 6 May – 2021 Scottish Parliament election: The SNP wins 64 seats out of 129. With the SNP and Scottish Greens both gaining seats, pro-independence parties have an increased majority in the Parliament.

Life in 2021

Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£4.10

Loaf of Bread

£1.60

Average House

£254,822

Weekly Wage

£920.00

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