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11 April 2018 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 April 2018 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2018
- The Irish chart song for 2018 was “Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B.
- Top Film of 2018
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 April 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 April 2018 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 11 April
- 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
- 1987 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
- 1990 Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
- 2001 The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals.
- 2006 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
Famous people born on 11 April
- Milly Alcock, Australian actress (born 2000)
- Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter (born 1960)
- Dele Alli, English international footballer (born 1996)
- Jennifer Esposito, American actress and writer (born 1973)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2018 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 28 February – Met Éireann issued a red weather warning, its most severe alert, for all of Munster and Leinster as the Beast from the East weather event arrived.
- 26 April – CervicalCheck cancer scandal: The Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed that 206 women developed cervical cancer after having a misdiagnosed smear in the free national screening programme.
- 8 May – Ryan O'Shaughnessy takes Ireland to its first Eurovision final since 2013, with the song "Together".
Life in Ireland in 2018
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.48/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.60
Average House
€295,000
Weekly Wage
€520
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