At A Glance

26 October 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
26 October 2021 was a Tuesday.
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 26 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 26 October 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 26 October 2021 was Waning Gibbous.

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 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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