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28 April 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 April 2022 was a Thursday.
- 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 28 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 April 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 April 2022 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 28 April
- 1975 General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closes in on victory.
- 1983 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
- 1991 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.
- 1994 Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
- 1996 Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
Famous people born on 28 April
- Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer (born 1974)
- Jessica Alba, American model and actress (born 1981)
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian actress and model (born 1987)
- Mary McDonnell, American actress (born 1952)
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
Micheál Martin
Petrol (per litre)
€1.92/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.85
Average House
€370,000
Weekly Wage
€620
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