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11 July 2018 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 July 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 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 July 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 July 2018 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 11 July
- 1990 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins.
- 2007 The Siege of Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, ends after the Pakistan Army storms the mosque which had been occupied by Islamist militants.
- 2010 In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
- 2015 Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
- 2021 Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.
Famous people born on 11 July
- Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor and dancer (1920–1985)
- Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host (born 1963)
- John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (1767–1848)
- Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (1274–1329)
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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