At A Glance

31 March 2018 at a glance

Day of the week
31 March 2018 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 2018
The Irish chart song for 2018 was “Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B.
Top Film of 2018
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
Star sign
The star sign for 31 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 31 March 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 31 March 2018 was Full Moon.

On this day: 31 March

  • 1998 Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
  • 2005 The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by astronomer Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.
  • 2016 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a yearlong mission at the International Space Station.
  • 2018 Start of the 2018 Armenian revolution.
  • 2023 A historic tornado outbreak occurs in the American Midwest and South.

Famous people born on 31 March

  • Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor (born 1971)
  • Christopher Walken, American actor (born 1943)
  • Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter (born 1955)
  • Rhea Perlman, American actress (born 1948)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2018 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 28 February – Met Éireann issued a red weather warning, its most severe alert, for all of Munster and Leinster as the Beast from the East weather event arrived.
  • 26 April – CervicalCheck cancer scandal: The Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed that 206 women developed cervical cancer after having a misdiagnosed smear in the free national screening programme.
  • 8 May – Ryan O'Shaughnessy takes Ireland to its first Eurovision final since 2013, with the song "Together".
More events of 2018 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 2018

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.48/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.60

Average House

€295,000

Weekly Wage

€520

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