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5 March 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 March 2023 was a Sunday.
- 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 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 March 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 March 2023 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 5 March
- 1982 Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.
- 2018 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.
- 2021 Pope Francis begins a historic visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2023 The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.
- 2023 A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day.
Famous people born on 5 March
- Eva Mendes, American model and actress (born 1974)
- Madison Beer, American singer-songwriter (born 1999)
- Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer, and television personality (born 1974)
- Henry II of England (1133–1189)
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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