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5 July 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 July 2023 was a Wednesday.
- 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 5 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 July 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 July 2023 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 5 July
- 2012 The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
- 2016 The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
- 2022 British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
- 2023 The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.
- 2024 Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election.
Famous people born on 5 July
- Sombr, American singer and songwriter (born 2005)
- Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player (born 1994)
- Edie Falco, American actress (born 1963)
- Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor[citation needed] (born 1987)
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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