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31 March 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 31 March 2024 was a Sunday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2024
- The Irish chart song for 2024 was “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 31 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 31 March 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 31 March 2024 was Waning Gibbous.
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 2024 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 8 March – Constitutional referendums on family matters took place on International Women's Day. Voters rejected both Government proposals to change the constitution, with 67.7% voting No in the Family referendum, while 73.9% voted No in the Care referendum.
- 13 May – The New York–Dublin Portal connecting the two cities via video screens was temporarily turned off, following reports that participants were behaving inappropriately.
- 7 June – A series of elections was held: the European Parliament election, local elections, and a Limerick mayoral election.
Life in Ireland in 2024
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.68/L
Loaf of Bread
€2.05
Average House
€440,000
Weekly Wage
€700
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