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31 July 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 31 July 2023 was a Monday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2023
- The Irish chart song for 2023 was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 31 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 31 July 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 31 July 2023 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 31 July
- 1992 The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
- 1992 Space Shuttle program: Atlantis is launched on STS-46 to deploy the European Retrievable Carrier and the Tethered Satellite System.
- 2006 Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
- 2007 Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
- 2012 Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
Famous people born on 31 July
- J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer (born 1965)
- Mark Cuban, American businessman and television personality (born 1958)
- Emilia Fox, English actress (born 1974)
- Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer (born 1962)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2023 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 9 February – An Coimisiún Toghcháin (the Irish electoral commission) was established under the Electoral Reform Act 2022 to oversee elections in Ireland.
- 23 April – An incorporeal Cabinet meeting agreed to send an Emergency Consular Assistance Team to Sudan, via Djibouti – some of them leaving on the night – on a mission to evacuate 150 Irish people and their families from the armed conflict there.
- 6 May – Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar, respectively, became the first Irish president and taoiseach in history to attend the coronation of a British monarch, at Westminster Abbey in London.
Life in Ireland in 2023
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.75/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.98
Average House
€410,000
Weekly Wage
€665
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