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17 April 2005 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 17 April 2005 was a Sunday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2005
- The Irish chart song for 2005 was “Crazy in Love” by Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z.
- Top Film of 2005
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2005 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 17 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 17 April 2005 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 17 April 2005 was First Quarter.
On this day: 17 April
- 1992 The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
- 1998 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-90, the final Spacelab mission.
- 2003 Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.
- 2013 The ceremonial funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher takes place at St Paul's Cathedral.
- 2014 NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
Famous people born on 17 April
- Jennifer Garner, American actress (born 1972)
- Rooney Mara, American actress (born 1985)
- Sean Bean, English actor (born 1959)
- J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (1837–1913)
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Events of 2005 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2005 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – The Health Service Executive was established along with the HSE National Ambulance Service.
- 1 January – Cork officially became the European Capital of Culture for 2005. Ireland celebrated the Hamilton year of physics.
- 7 February – Taoiseach Bertie Ahern laid the foundation stone of a new town called Adamstown, just outside Lucan, County Dublin.
Life in Ireland in 2005
Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
Petrol (per litre)
€1.08/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.20
Average House
€305,000
Weekly Wage
€395
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