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18 June 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 June 2020 was a Thursday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2020
- The Irish chart song for 2020 was “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 June 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 June 2020 was Waning Crescent.
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 2020 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 8 February – The general election took place with a 62.9% turnout.
- 16 February – Thousands of homes, farms and businesses were without power as a result of Storm Dennis, which brought strong winds to parts of the south and west coasts.
- 15 April – Agreement was reached between unions and the HSE to allow healthcare staff be redeployed into private nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis.
Life in Ireland in 2020
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.22/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.68
Average House
€310,000
Weekly Wage
€540
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