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20 April 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 April 2011 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2011
- The Irish chart song for 2011 was “Someone Like You” by Adele.
- Top Film of 2011
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 April 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 April 2011 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 20 April
- 1972 Apollo program: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the Moon.
- 1985 University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights.
- 2008 Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
- 2020 For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
- 2023 SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes four minutes into flight.
Famous people born on 20 April
- Alexander Zverev, German tennis player (born 1997)
- Jessica Lange, American actress (born 1949)
- Andy Serkis, English actor and director (born 1964)
- Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France, Emperor of French Second Empire (1808–1873)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2011 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 25 January – Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin was elected party leader.
- 25 February – A general election was held. There were party reverses and gains on a historic scale with support for the outgoing government parties Fianna Fáil and the Green Party collapsing.
- 9 March – The members of the 31st Dáil convened for the first time and elected Enda Kenny as Taoiseach by a vote of 117–27.
Life in Ireland in 2011
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.48/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.40
Average House
€175,000
Weekly Wage
€408
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