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24 April 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 April 2013 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2013
- The Irish chart song for 2013 was “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell.
- Top Film of 2013
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 24 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 April 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 April 2013 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 24 April
- 1990 STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 1994 A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport. All 25 people on board survive.
- 2004 The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
- 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
- 2011 WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.
Famous people born on 24 April
- Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1934)
- Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, talk show host (born 1982)
- Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer (born 1942)
- Jack Quaid, American actor (born 1992)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2013 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 15 January – The Food Safety Authority of Ireland confirmed the presence of horse DNA in beef burger products on sale in supermarkets. At least ten million burgers were withdrawn from sale.
- 5 February – A report into Ireland's Magdalene asylums found "significant" state collusion in the admission of thousands of "fallen women" into the institutions where they were abused and worked for nothing in conditions of slavery before they were shut down nearly two decades ago.
- 18 March – President Higgins departed from Baldonnel Aerodrome for a three-day visit to Rome, accompanied by his wife Sabina and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, to attend the inauguration of Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis.
Life in Ireland in 2013
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.55/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.45
Average House
€170,000
Weekly Wage
€405
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