At A Glance

25 April 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
25 April 2011 was a Monday.
Irish Chart Song in 2011
The Irish chart song for 2011 was “Someone Like You” by Adele.
Top Film of 2011
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 April is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 April 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 April 2011 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 25 April

  • 2004 The March for Women's Lives brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
  • 2005 The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
  • 2005 Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.
  • 2007 Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
  • 2014 The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.

Famous people born on 25 April

  • Al Pacino, American actor and director (born 1940)
  • Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer (born 1969)
  • Sara Paxton, American actress (born 1988)
  • Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (1599–1658)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2011 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 25 January – Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin was elected party leader.
  • 25 February – A general election was held. There were party reverses and gains on a historic scale with support for the outgoing government parties Fianna Fáil and the Green Party collapsing.
  • 9 March – The members of the 31st Dáil convened for the first time and elected Enda Kenny as Taoiseach by a vote of 117–27.

Life in Ireland in 2011

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

Petrol (per litre)

€1.48/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.40

Average House

€175,000

Weekly Wage

€408

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