January 30: Discover today's celebrations and key events happening around the world.

Today, January 30th, several significant events are commemorated worldwide. In the United States, the memory of fallen astronauts is honored on NASA's Memorial Day. In Ukraine, it is the Day of the Specialist of the Military-Social Administration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Orthodox Church celebrates the Assembly of the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, and Gregory the Theologian on this day.

Notable birthdays on this day include:

Petro Dyachenko (1895-1965) - Ukrainian military leader, lieutenant general of the UNR Army;

Vasyl Zalutsky (Orobetz) (1895-1973) - Ukrainian artist, graphic designer, sculptor (Canada);

Vasyl Oreltsky (1895-1976) - Ukrainian legal scholar, publicist, educator, and socio-political figure (Germany);

Oksana Meshko (1905-1991) - educator, human rights activist, co-founder, and chair of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group;

Vsevolod Nestayko (1930-2014) - writer, playwright, and classic of Ukrainian children's literature.

Historical events

1901 - Andriy Sheptytsky became the Metropolitan of Galicia.

1915 - the first-ever attack by German submarines on the French port of Le Havre.

1918 - The Ukrainian Central Rada decided to create a volunteer army.

1930 - the beginning of mass dekulakization in the USSR, leading to widespread repression of peasants.

1930 - the launch of the world's first radio sounder for atmospheric research.

1932 - Finland introduced a "dry law."

1933 - the National Socialist Party, led by Adolf Hitler, came to power in Germany.

1992 - Ukraine joined the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and established diplomatic relations with Spain. On the same day, Iceland recognized Ukraine's independence.

1992 - Roberta Lynn Bondar, the first Canadian woman astronaut of Ukrainian descent, completed an eight-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.

2004 - the first article of the Ukrainian Wikipedia was created - "Atom."

2007 - the Windows Vista operating system was released for sale.

2015 - a massive fire occurred at the Fundamental Library of INION in Moscow, resulting in significant losses of scientific archives.