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24 May 2021 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 May 2021 was a Monday.
- 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 24 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 May 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 May 2021 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 24 May
- 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
- 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
- 2002 Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
- 2014 A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
- 2019 Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
Famous people born on 24 May
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
- Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)
- Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman (born 1945)
- Alfred Molina, English actor (born 1953)
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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