At A Glance

18 June 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
18 June 2016 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 2016
The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 June 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 June 2016 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 2016 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 26 February – The 2016 general election was held.
  • 10 March – The 32nd Dáil met for the first time. Talks on government formation began and continued until 6 May.
  • 27 March – (Easter Sunday) – The Easter Rising centenary parade took place in Dublin.

Life in Ireland in 2016

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

Petrol (per litre)

€1.28/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.52

Average House

€230,000

Weekly Wage

€460

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