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10 October 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 October 2014 was a Friday.
- 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 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 October 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 October 2014 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 10 October
- 2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
- 2009 Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2010 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
- 2018 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.
- 2022 Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Famous people born on 10 October
- Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
- Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California (born 1967)
- Dan Stevens, English actor (born 1982)
- Geno Smith, American football player (born 1990)
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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