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18 June 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 June 2013 was a Tuesday.
- 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 18 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 June 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 June 2013 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 18 June
- 1983 Space Shuttle program: STS-7, astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1984 A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
- 2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1, is launched.
- 2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
- 2018 An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
Famous people born on 18 June
- Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
- Scooter Braun, American music executive (born 1981)
- Kane Parsons, American YouTuber and filmmaker (born 2005)
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer (born 1989)
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 At least ten million burgers were withdrawn from sale.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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