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22 December 2021 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 December 2021 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2021
- The Irish chart song for 2021 was “Stay” by The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber.
- Top Film of 2021
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 December 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 December 2021 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 22 December
- 2008 An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
- 2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
- 2016 A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
- 2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.
- 2018 The 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown, the second-longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.
Famous people born on 22 December
- Ralph Fiennes, English actor (born 1962)
- Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (1960–1988)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (1887–1920)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2021 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 20 January – Taoiseach Micheál Martin congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States.
- 9 April – President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid tributes to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh following his death in Windsor Castle.
- 15 May – Several thousand people attended a protest in support of Palestine in Dublin city centre, amid rising tensions and violence in Gaza.
Life in Ireland in 2021
Taoiseach
Micheál Martin
Petrol (per litre)
€1.42/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.72
Average House
€330,000
Weekly Wage
€570
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