At A Glance

1 October 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
1 October 2023 was a Sunday.
Irish Chart Song in 2023
The Irish chart song for 2023 was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 October 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 October 2023 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 1 October

  • 2016 The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.
  • 2017 An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
  • 2018 The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.
  • 2021 The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2024 Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.

Famous people born on 1 October

  • Julie Andrews, English actress and singer (born 1935)
  • Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (1924–2024)
  • Fernando Mendoza, American football player (born 2003)
  • Brie Larson, American actress (born 1989)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2023 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 February – An Coimisiún Toghcháin (the Irish electoral commission) was established under the Electoral Reform Act 2022 to oversee elections in Ireland.
  • 23 April – An incorporeal Cabinet meeting agreed to send an Emergency Consular Assistance Team to Sudan, via Djibouti – some of them leaving on the night – on a mission to evacuate 150 Irish people and their families from the armed conflict there.
  • 6 May – Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar, respectively, became the first Irish president and taoiseach in history to attend the coronation of a British monarch, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Life in Ireland in 2023

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.75/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.98

Average House

€410,000

Weekly Wage

€665

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