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20 September 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 September 2023 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2023
- The Irish chart song for 2023 was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 September 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 September 2023 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 20 September
- 1988 Margaret Thatcher delivers the Bruges speech, in which she articulates her opposition to further European integration.
- 1990 South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
- 2000 The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
- 2011 The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
- 2019 Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
Famous people born on 20 September
- Jon Bernthal, American actor (born 1976)
- George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1948)
- Asia Argento, Italian actress (born 1975)
- Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist (born 1988)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2023 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 9 February – An Coimisiún Toghcháin (the Irish electoral commission) was established under the Electoral Reform Act 2022 to oversee elections in Ireland.
- 23 April – An incorporeal Cabinet meeting agreed to send an Emergency Consular Assistance Team to Sudan, via Djibouti – some of them leaving on the night – on a mission to evacuate 150 Irish people and their families from the armed conflict there.
- 6 May – Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar, respectively, became the first Irish president and taoiseach in history to attend the coronation of a British monarch, at Westminster Abbey in London.
Life in Ireland in 2023
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.75/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.98
Average House
€410,000
Weekly Wage
€665
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