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15 February 2019 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 15 February 2019 was a Friday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2019
- The Irish chart song for 2019 was “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi.
- Top Film of 2019
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 15 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 15 February 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 15 February 2019 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 15 February
- 1996 Then-Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien applies a chokehold to protester Bill Clennett, an incident later named the Shawinigan Handshake.
- 2001 The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
- 2003 Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
- 2003 The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907.
- 2013 A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
Famous people born on 15 February
- Callum Turner, English actor (born 1990)
- Jane Seymour, English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer (born 1951)
- Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (1964–1997)
- George Russell, English racing driver (born 1998)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2019 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Technological University Dublin was established by the amalgamation of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Institute of Technology Tallaght, and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown.
- 2 February – The chairman of the National Children's Hospital Development board Tom Costello resigned following the controversy over the spiralling costs of the project.
- 10 March – 39-year-old Micheál Ryan was among the 157 people who were on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed while en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.
Life in Ireland in 2019
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.45/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.65
Average House
€320,000
Weekly Wage
€550
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