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19 January 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 January 2014 was a Sunday.
- 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 19 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 January 2014 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 January 2014 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 19 January
- 1999 British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
- 2007 Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
- 2012 The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
- 2024 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's probe lands on the moon, making Japan the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon.
- 2025 Bytedance and sister companies are banned from the United States for "security concerns".
Famous people born on 19 January
- Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress (1946–2026)
- Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer (1944–2026)
- Mac Miller, American rapper (1992–2018)
- Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (1809–1849)
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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