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28 July 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 July 2013 was a Sunday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2013
- The Irish chart song for 2013 was “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell.
- Top Film of 2013
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 28 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 July 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 July 2013 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 28 July
- 2001 Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
- 2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
- 2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
- 2017 Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
- 2018 Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Famous people born on 28 July
- Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor (1941–2026)
- Harry Kane, English footballer (born 1993)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (1929–1994)
- Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (1958–1981)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2013 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 15 January – The Food Safety Authority of Ireland confirmed the presence of horse DNA in beef burger products on sale in supermarkets. At least ten million burgers were withdrawn from sale.
- 5 February – A report into Ireland's Magdalene asylums found "significant" state collusion in the admission of thousands of "fallen women" into the institutions where they were abused and worked for nothing in conditions of slavery before they were shut down nearly two decades ago.
- 18 March – President Higgins departed from Baldonnel Aerodrome for a three-day visit to Rome, accompanied by his wife Sabina and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, to attend the inauguration of Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis.
Life in Ireland in 2013
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.55/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.45
Average House
€170,000
Weekly Wage
€405
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