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14 August 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 August 2022 was a Sunday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2022
- The Irish chart song for 2022 was “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 August 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 August 2022 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 14 August
- 1994 Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
- 2003 A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
- 2006 Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.
- 2015 The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.
- 2023 Former U.S. president Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.
Famous people born on 14 August
- Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer (born 1966)
- Maya Jama, British TV presenter. (born 1994)
- Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress (born 1983)
- Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter (born 1945)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 4 February – RTÉ selected Brooke Scullion to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy in May with the song "That's Rich".
- 24 February – The taoiseach condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine as "an outrageous and moral breach of the most fundamental principles of international law."
- 1 April – Atlantic Technological University, comprising the three institutes of technology in the northern and western regions – Letterkenny IT, Galway-Mayo IT and Sligo IT – formally came into operation, under its president Dr. Orla Flynn.
Life in Ireland in 2022
Taoiseach
Micheál Martin
Petrol (per litre)
€1.92/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.85
Average House
€370,000
Weekly Wage
€620
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