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24 August 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 August 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 24 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 August 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 August 2023 was First Quarter.
On this day: 24 August
- 2014 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.
- 2016 Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the European Southern Observatory.
- 2017 The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space.
- 2020 Erin O'Toole is elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- 2023 Japan officially begins discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking international concerns and condemnation.
Famous people born on 24 August
- Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary (born 1997)
- Chad Michael Murray, American actor, model, and author (born 1981)
- Jared Harris, English actor (born 1961)
- Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter and video game designer (born 1963)
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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