At A Glance

10 June 2020 at a glance

Day of the week
10 June 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 10 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 June 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 June 2020 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 10 June

  • 1999 Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
  • 2001 Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
  • 2002 The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
  • 2003 The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
  • 2018 The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.

Famous people born on 10 June

  • Kate Upton, American model and actress (born 1992)
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of the United Kingdom, Prince of Greece and Denmark, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II (1921–2021)
  • Judy Garland, American actress and singer (1922–1969)
  • Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer (born 1965)

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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