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3 May 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 May 2017 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2017
- The Irish chart song for 2017 was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 May 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 May 2017 was First Quarter.
On this day: 3 May
- 1999 Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.
- 2000 The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
- 2001 The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
- 2016 Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.
- 2023 Ethnic violence breaks out between the Meitei and the Kuki Zo people in the state of Manipur.
Famous people born on 3 May
- Ella Langley, American singer-songwriter (born 1999)
- Pom Klementieff, French actress (born 1986)
- Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer (born 2001)
- James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1933–2006)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2017 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 20 January – A Women's March took place in Dublin. The march was organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign, Amnesty International Ireland, European Network Against Racism, ROSA, and The Coalition to Repeal the 8th. Events also took place in County Galway and Castlebar, County Mayo.
- 2 February – British Brexit Secretary David Davis told the House of Commons that the UK's relationship with Ireland was one of the most important aspects of Brexit preparations.
- 16 March – Taoiseach Enda Kenny met US President Donald Trump at the White House. The two leaders discussed the election in Northern Ireland and the potential issues concerning the Irish border due to Brexit.
Life in Ireland in 2017
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.35/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.55
Average House
€265,000
Weekly Wage
€490
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