At A Glance

3 October 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
3 October 2017 was a Tuesday.
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 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 October 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 October 2017 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 3 October

  • 2009 Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
  • 2022 Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • 2023 Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election
  • 2024 Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India
  • 2024 "Thick of It", a single by British Internet personality and rapper KSI featuring Trippie Redd, is released.

Famous people born on 3 October

  • Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress (born 1988)
  • Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer (born 1981)
  • Lena Headey, British actress (born 1973)
  • ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter (born 1988)

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

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.35/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.55

Average House

€265,000

Weekly Wage

€490

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