At A Glance

10 April 2014 at a glance

Day of the week
10 April 2014 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 2014
The Irish chart song for 2014 was “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.
Top Film of 2014
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 April 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 April 2014 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 April

  • 1972 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
  • 1991 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
  • 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
  • 2009 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • 2016 An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.

Famous people born on 10 April

  • Charlie Hunnam, English actor (born 1980)
  • Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
  • Haley Joel Osment, American actor (born 1988)
  • Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2014 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 3 January – During storm Anne The River Liffey in Dublin rose to its highest tide on record. It burst its banks near the Guinness Storehouse and Heuston Station. Some city quays were closed for an hour while pumping was performed.
  • 11 February – Billionaire American property developer Donald Trump bought the five-star Doonbeg golf and hotel complex in County Clare, restyling it the Trump International Golf Links, Ireland.
  • 17 March – Saint Patrick's Day, the national holiday.

Life in Ireland in 2014

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

Petrol (per litre)

€1.50/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.48

Average House

€185,000

Weekly Wage

€420

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