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18 January 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 January 2014 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2014
- The Irish chart song for 2014 was “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 January 2014 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 January 2014 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 18 January
- 2002 The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
- 2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
- 2008 The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 2012 More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest.
- 2025 The popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the passing of PAFACA.
Famous people born on 18 January
- Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1971)
- Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer (born 1955)
- Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor (born 1969)
- Karim Adeyemi, German footballer (born 2002)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2014 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 3 January – During storm Anne The River Liffey in Dublin rose to its highest tide on record. It burst its banks near the Guinness Storehouse and Heuston Station. Some city quays were closed for an hour while pumping was performed.
- 11 February – Billionaire American property developer Donald Trump bought the five-star Doonbeg golf and hotel complex in County Clare, restyling it the Trump International Golf Links, Ireland.
- 17 March – Saint Patrick's Day, the national holiday.
Life in Ireland in 2014
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.50/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.48
Average House
€185,000
Weekly Wage
€420
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