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2 December 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 December 2015 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2015
- The Irish chart song for 2015 was “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 December 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 December 2015 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 2 December
- 1992 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-53 for the United States Department of Defense.
- 1993 Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 1999 The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
- 2001 Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 2020 Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
Famous people born on 2 December
- Aaron Rodgers, American football player (born 1983)
- Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (born 1981)
- Learner Tien, American tennis player (born 2005)
- Monica Seles, Serbian-American tennis player (born 1973)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2015 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 18 January – Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, revealed his homosexuality on radio, thus becoming the first openly gay government minister in Ireland.
- 4 February – The ferryboat service from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead in Wales ended after 204 years. The boat from Dublin Port to Holyhead remained in service.
- 13 March – A new political party, Renua, was launched.
Life in Ireland in 2015
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.32/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.50
Average House
€205,000
Weekly Wage
€440
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