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26 October 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 26 October 2011 was a Wednesday.
- 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 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 26 October 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 26 October 2011 was New Moon.
On this day: 26 October
- 1999 The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
- 2000 A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
- 2001 The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2004 Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
- 2012 Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.
Famous people born on 26 October
- Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1973)
- Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States (born 1947)
- Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer (born 1945)
- Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer, and former model (born 1972)
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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