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4 August 2019 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 August 2019 was a Sunday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2019
- The Irish chart song for 2019 was “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi.
- Top Film of 2019
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 August 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 August 2019 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 4 August
- 1987 The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to give equal time to opposing views.
- 1995 Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence begins.
- 2007 NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is launched.
- 2018 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border, concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign.
- 2018 Crisis in Venezuela: Seven people are injured when two drones detonate explosives on Avenida Bolívar, Caracas while president Nicolás Maduro is giving a speech to the Venezuelan National Guard.
Famous people born on 4 August
- Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1961)
- Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1955)
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Duchess of Sussex, American member of British royal family, media personality and actress (born 1981)
- Cole Sprouse, American actor (born 1992)
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Events of 2019 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Technological University Dublin was established by the amalgamation of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Institute of Technology Tallaght, and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown.
- 2 February – The chairman of the National Children's Hospital Development board Tom Costello resigned following the controversy over the spiralling costs of the project.
- 10 March – 39-year-old Micheál Ryan was among the 157 people who were on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed while en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.
Life in Ireland in 2019
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
Petrol (per litre)
€1.45/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.65
Average House
€320,000
Weekly Wage
€550
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