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2 April 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 April 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 2 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 April 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 April 2020 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 2 April
- 2002 Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
- 2011 India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
- 2015 Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
- 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
- 2025 Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
Famous people born on 2 April
- Jesse Plemons, American actor (born 1988)
- Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor (born 1975)
- Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer (born 1977)
- Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (1939–1984)
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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