At A Glance

30 March 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
30 March 2013 was a Saturday.
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 30 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 March 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 March 2013 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 30 March

  • 2006 Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia.
  • 2008 Drolma Kyi arrested by Chinese authorities.
  • 2011 Min Aung Hlaing is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces.
  • 2017 SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
  • 2019 Pope Francis visits Morocco.

Famous people born on 30 March

  • Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
  • Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1968)
  • Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)
  • Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (1853–1890)

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 At least ten million burgers were withdrawn from sale.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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