At A Glance

10 April 2015 at a glance

Day of the week
10 April 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 10 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 April 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 April 2015 was Waning 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 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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