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2 December 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 December 2020 was a Wednesday.
- 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 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 December 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 December 2020 was Waning Gibbous.
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 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
Micheál Martin
Petrol (per litre)
€1.22/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.68
Average House
€310,000
Weekly Wage
€540
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