At A Glance

15 September 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
15 September 2013 was a Sunday.
Irish Chart Song in 2013
The Irish chart song for 2013 was “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 September 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 September 2013 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 15 September

  • 1983 Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
  • 2001 During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
  • 2004 National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
  • 2008 Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
  • 2020 Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Famous people born on 15 September

  • Tom Hardy, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1977)
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Duke of Sussex (born 1984)
  • Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (1890–1976)
  • Josh Charles, American actor and director (born 1971)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2013 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 15 January – The Food Safety Authority of Ireland confirmed the presence of horse DNA in beef burger products on sale in supermarkets. At least ten million burgers were withdrawn from sale.
  • 5 February – A report into Ireland's Magdalene asylums found "significant" state collusion in the admission of thousands of "fallen women" into the institutions where they were abused and worked for nothing in conditions of slavery before they were shut down nearly two decades ago.
  • 18 March – President Higgins departed from Baldonnel Aerodrome for a three-day visit to Rome, accompanied by his wife Sabina and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, to attend the inauguration of Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis.

Life in Ireland in 2013

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

Petrol (per litre)

€1.55/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.45

Average House

€170,000

Weekly Wage

€405

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