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19 July 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 July 2024 was a Friday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2024
- The Irish chart song for 2024 was “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 19 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 July 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 July 2024 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 19 July
- 1981 In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
- 1983 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
- 1997 The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
- 2012 Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.
- 2018 The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Famous people born on 19 July
- Demi Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1950–2022)
- Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv (born 1971)
- Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist (born 1987)
- Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor (born 1976)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2024 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 8 March – Constitutional referendums on family matters took place on International Women's Day. Voters rejected both Government proposals to change the constitution, with 67.7% voting No in the Family referendum, while 73.9% voted No in the Care referendum.
- 13 May – The New York–Dublin Portal connecting the two cities via video screens was temporarily turned off, following reports that participants were behaving inappropriately.
- 7 June – A series of elections was held: the European Parliament election, local elections, and a Limerick mayoral election.
Life in Ireland in 2024
Taoiseach
Simon Harris
Petrol (per litre)
€1.68/L
Loaf of Bread
€2.05
Average House
€440,000
Weekly Wage
€700
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