At A Glance
31 August 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 31 August 2015 was a Monday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2015
- The Irish chart song for 2015 was “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 31 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 31 August 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 31 August 2015 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 31 August
- 1993 Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
- 1994 Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.
- 1996 Saddam Hussein's troops seize Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
- 2006 Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
- 2016 Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
Famous people born on 31 August
- Richard Gere, American actor and producer (born 1949)
- Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (born 1985)
- Jalen Brunson, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Caligula, Roman emperor (born 12)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2015 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 18 January – Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, revealed his homosexuality on radio, thus becoming the first openly gay government minister in Ireland.
- 4 February – The ferryboat service from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead in Wales ended after 204 years. The boat from Dublin Port to Holyhead remained in service.
- 13 March – A new political party, Renua, was launched.
Life in Ireland in 2015
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.32/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.50
Average House
€205,000
Weekly Wage
€440
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