He has an interesting birth date, as he was born on what is commonly referred to as the first day of a new decade (1930s). Actually, January 1, 1930 is the first day of the last, or tenth, year of the 1920s, not the first year of the 1930s. Like a century does not begin with the "zero year," beginning instead with the "first year," a decade also begins with the actual "number one" or first year, such as 1931, and not with the zero year, or 1930.