At A Glance

2 March 2018 at a glance

Day of the week
2 March 2018 was a Friday.
Irish Chart Song in 2018
The Irish chart song for 2018 was “Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B.
Top Film of 2018
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
Star sign
The star sign for 2 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 2 March 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 2 March 2018 was Full Moon.

On this day: 2 March

  • 1995 Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
  • 1998 Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
  • 2014 The Oscar Selfie, regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.
  • 2017 The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.
  • 2022 Russian forces capture the city of Kherson during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which subsequently began the start of the Russian occupation and military-civilian administration in Kherson. Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine that Russia captured.

Famous people born on 2 March

  • Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter (Coldplay) (born 1977)
  • Daniel Craig, English actor and producer (born 1968)
  • Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress (born 1981)
  • Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate (1931–2022)

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Events of 2018 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 28 February – Met Éireann issued a red weather warning, its most severe alert, for all of Munster and Leinster as the Beast from the East weather event arrived.
  • 26 April – CervicalCheck cancer scandal: The Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed that 206 women developed cervical cancer after having a misdiagnosed smear in the free national screening programme.
  • 8 May – Ryan O'Shaughnessy takes Ireland to its first Eurovision final since 2013, with the song "Together".

Life in Ireland in 2018

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.48/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.60

Average House

€295,000

Weekly Wage

€520

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