At A Glance

27 June 2009 at a glance

Day of the week
27 June 2009 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 2009
The Irish chart song for 2009 was “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga.
Top Film of 2009
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2009 was Avatar.
Star sign
The star sign for 27 June is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 June 2009 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 June 2009 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 27 June

  • 1995 Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • 2007 Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
  • 2008 In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
  • 2013 NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
  • 2017 A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.

Famous people born on 27 June

  • Tobey Maguire, American actor (born 1975)
  • Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (1880–1968)
  • H.E.R., American singer-songwriter (born 1997)
  • J. J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1966)

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Events of 2009 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2009 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 2 February – extreme weather across the country disrupted transport services, including flights, and bus routes.
  • 27 February – the Bank of Ireland robbery took place.
  • 27 April – four people were tested after swine flu broke out from Mexico.

Life in Ireland in 2009

Taoiseach

Brian Cowen

Petrol (per litre)

€1.05/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.40

Average House

€225,000

Weekly Wage

€430

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