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2 August 2019 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 August 2019 was a Friday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2019
- The Irish chart song for 2019 was “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi.
- Top Film of 2019
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 August 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 August 2019 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 2 August
- 1945 World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.
- 1982 The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public.
- 1989 Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
- 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Iraq invades Kuwait and temporarily establishes the Republic of Kuwait puppet state on the orders of Saddam Hussein, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
- 1991 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
Famous people born on 2 August
- JD Vance, American politician, 50th vice president of the United States (born 1984)
- Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter (born 1992)
- Mary-Louise Parker, American actress (born 1964)
- Sam Worthington, English-Australian actor and producer (born 1976)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2019 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Technological University Dublin was established by the amalgamation of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Institute of Technology Tallaght, and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown.
- 2 February – The chairman of the National Children's Hospital Development board Tom Costello resigned following the controversy over the spiralling costs of the project.
- 10 March – 39-year-old Micheál Ryan was among the 157 people who were on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed while en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.
Life in Ireland in 2019
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.45/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.65
Average House
€320,000
Weekly Wage
€550
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