At A Glance

23 March 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
23 March 2023 was a Thursday.
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 23 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 March 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 March 2023 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 23 March

  • 2018 President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
  • 2019 The Kazakh capital of Astana is renamed to Nur-Sultan.
  • 2019 The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
  • 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19.
  • 2021 A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days.

Famous people born on 23 March

  • G. D. Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (1893–1974)
  • Keri Russell, American actress (born 1976)
  • Michelle Monaghan, American actress (born 1976)
  • Perez Hilton, American blogger (born 1978)

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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