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1 April 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 1 April 2020 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2020
- The Irish chart song for 2020 was “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 1 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 1 April 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 1 April 2020 was First Quarter.
On this day: 1 April
- 2001 Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
- 2004 Google launches its Email service Gmail.
- 2006 Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.
- 2016 The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact.
- 2026 The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Famous people born on 1 April
- Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016)
- Bijou Phillips, American actress and model (born 1980)
- Susan Boyle, Scottish singer (born 1961)
- Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (1815–1898)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 8 February – The general election took place with a 62.9% turnout.
- 16 February – Thousands of homes, farms and businesses were without power as a result of Storm Dennis, which brought strong winds to parts of the south and west coasts.
- 15 April – Agreement was reached between unions and the HSE to allow healthcare staff be redeployed into private nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis.
Life in Ireland in 2020
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.22/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.68
Average House
€310,000
Weekly Wage
€540
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