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2 March 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 March 2024 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2024
- The Irish chart song for 2024 was “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 March 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 March 2024 was Waning Gibbous.
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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2024 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 8 March – Constitutional referendums on family matters took place on International Women's Day. Voters rejected both Government proposals to change the constitution, with 67.7% voting No in the Family referendum, while 73.9% voted No in the Care referendum.
- 13 May – The New York–Dublin Portal connecting the two cities via video screens was temporarily turned off, following reports that participants were behaving inappropriately.
- 7 June – A series of elections was held: the European Parliament election, local elections, and a Limerick mayoral election.
Life in Ireland in 2024
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.68/L
Loaf of Bread
€2.05
Average House
€440,000
Weekly Wage
€700
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