At A Glance

30 January 2024 at a glance

Day of the week
30 January 2024 was a Tuesday.
Irish Chart Song in 2024
The Irish chart song for 2024 was “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter.
Top Film of 2024
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 30 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 January 2024 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 January 2024 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 2024 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 8 March – Constitutional referendums on family matters took place on International Women's Day. Voters rejected both Government proposals to change the constitution, with 67.7% voting No in the Family referendum, while 73.9% voted No in the Care referendum.
  • 13 May – The New York–Dublin Portal connecting the two cities via video screens was temporarily turned off, following reports that participants were behaving inappropriately.
  • 7 June – A series of elections was held: the European Parliament election, local elections, and a Limerick mayoral election.

Life in Ireland in 2024

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.68/L

Loaf of Bread

€2.05

Average House

€440,000

Weekly Wage

€700

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