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26 August 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 26 August 2011 was a Friday.
- 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 26 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 26 August 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 26 August 2011 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 26 August
- 1977 The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.
- 1978 Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
- 1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
- 2011 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
- 2014 The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
Famous people born on 26 August
- Macaulay Culkin, American actor (born 1980)
- Keke Palmer, American actress and singer (born 1993)
- Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (1910–1997)
- Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
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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