At A Glance

23 November 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
23 November 2019 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 2019
The Irish chart song for 2019 was “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi.
Top Film of 2019
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
Star sign
The star sign for 23 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 November 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 November 2019 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 23 November

  • 2004 The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
  • 2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
  • 2011 Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
  • 2015 Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
  • 2018 Founders of Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana issue an apology following a series of offensive advertisements on social media promoting a fashion show in Shanghai, China, which was canceled.

Famous people born on 23 November

  • Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1992)
  • Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer (born 1966)
  • Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1962)
  • Chuck Schumer, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2019 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – Technological University Dublin was established by the amalgamation of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Institute of Technology Tallaght, and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown.
  • 2 February – The chairman of the National Children's Hospital Development board Tom Costello resigned following the controversy over the spiralling costs of the project.
  • 10 March – 39-year-old Micheál Ryan was among the 157 people who were on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed while en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.

Life in Ireland in 2019

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.45/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.65

Average House

€320,000

Weekly Wage

€550

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