At A Glance

1 May 2015 at a glance

Day of the week
1 May 2015 was a Friday.
Irish Chart Song in 2015
The Irish chart song for 2015 was “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding.
Top Film of 2015
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 May 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 May 2015 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 1 May

  • 2009 Same-sex marriage in Sweden is legalized.
  • 2011 Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
  • 2018 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.
  • 2019 Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.
  • 2024 The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins.

Famous people born on 1 May

  • Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1969)
  • Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish model and actor (born 1982)
  • Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1967)
  • Ajith Kumar, Indian actor and race car driver (born 1971)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2015 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 18 January – Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, revealed his homosexuality on radio, thus becoming the first openly gay government minister in Ireland.
  • 4 February – The ferryboat service from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead in Wales ended after 204 years. The boat from Dublin Port to Holyhead remained in service.
  • 13 March – A new political party, Renua, was launched.

Life in Ireland in 2015

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

Petrol (per litre)

€1.32/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.50

Average House

€205,000

Weekly Wage

€440

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