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31 December 2021 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 31 December 2021 was a Friday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2021
- The Irish chart song for 2021 was “Stay” by The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber.
- Top Film of 2021
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 31 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 31 December 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 31 December 2021 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 31 December
- 2009 Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
- 2011 NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
- 2015 A fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located near the Burj Khalifa, two hours before the fireworks display is due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.
- 2019 The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Famous people born on 31 December
- Val Kilmer, American actor (1959–2025)
- Sophia Laforteza, Filipino-American singer (born 2002)
- Alex Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1941)
- Charles Edward Stuart, Scottish claimant to the throne of England (1720–1788)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2021 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 20 January – Taoiseach Micheál Martin congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States.
- 9 April – President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid tributes to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh following his death in Windsor Castle.
- 15 May – Several thousand people attended a protest in support of Palestine in Dublin city centre, amid rising tensions and violence in Gaza.
Life in Ireland in 2021
Taoiseach
Micheál Martin
Petrol (per litre)
€1.42/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.72
Average House
€330,000
Weekly Wage
€570
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