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4 December 2018 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 December 2018 was a Tuesday.
- 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 4 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 December 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 December 2018 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 4 December
- 1991 Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
- 1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
- 1998 The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
- 2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
- 2017 The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 1,140 square kilometers (440 sq mi) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Famous people born on 4 December
- Marisa Tomei, American actress (born 1964)
- Jelly Roll, American singer and rapper (born 1984)
- Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, actor, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records (born 1969)
- Jeff Bridges, American actor (born 1949)
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".
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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