At A Glance

12 September 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
12 September 2023 was a Tuesday.
Irish Chart Song in 2023
The Irish chart song for 2023 was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 September 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 September 2023 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 12 September

  • 2001 Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • 2003 Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.
  • 2005 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.
  • 2007 Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
  • 2013 NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space.

Famous people born on 12 September

  • Sydney Sweeney, American actress (born 1997)
  • Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress (born 1986)
  • Paul Walker, American actor (1973–2013)
  • Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer (born 1957)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2023 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 February – An Coimisiún Toghcháin (the Irish electoral commission) was established under the Electoral Reform Act 2022 to oversee elections in Ireland.
  • 23 April – An incorporeal Cabinet meeting agreed to send an Emergency Consular Assistance Team to Sudan, via Djibouti – some of them leaving on the night – on a mission to evacuate 150 Irish people and their families from the armed conflict there.
  • 6 May – Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar, respectively, became the first Irish president and taoiseach in history to attend the coronation of a British monarch, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Life in Ireland in 2023

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.75/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.98

Average House

€410,000

Weekly Wage

€665

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