At A Glance

27 December 2022 at a glance

Day of the week
27 December 2022 was a Tuesday.
Irish Chart Song in 2022
The Irish chart song for 2022 was “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals.
Top Film of 2022
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
Star sign
The star sign for 27 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 December 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 December 2022 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 27 December

  • 1999 Burger King and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order a recall of plastic Poké Ball containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.
  • 2004 Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
  • 2008 Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.
  • 2009 Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
  • 2025 An estimated €30 million were stolen from a Sparkasse bank in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Famous people born on 27 December

  • Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter (born 1988)
  • Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor (born 1995)
  • Olivia Cooke, English actress (born 1993)
  • Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer (born 1965)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2022 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 February – RTÉ selected Brooke Scullion to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy in May with the song "That's Rich".
  • 24 February – The taoiseach condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine as "an outrageous and moral breach of the most fundamental principles of international law."
  • 1 April – Atlantic Technological University, comprising the three institutes of technology in the northern and western regions – Letterkenny IT, Galway-Mayo IT and Sligo IT – formally came into operation, under its president Dr. Orla Flynn.

Life in Ireland in 2022

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.92/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.85

Average House

€370,000

Weekly Wage

€620

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