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6 June 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 June 2022 was a Monday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2022
- The Irish chart song for 2022 was “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 6 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 June 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 June 2022 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 6 June
- 1982 1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
- 1993 Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
- 2017 Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
- 2023 Russo-Ukrainian war: The Kakhovka Dam is destroyed.
- 2024 The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)
Famous people born on 6 June
- Pete Hegseth, American author, political commentator and 29th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1980)
- Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager (born 1979)
- Jason Isaacs, English actor (born 1963)
- Paul Giamatti, American actor and producer (born 1967)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 4 February – RTÉ selected Brooke Scullion to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy in May with the song "That's Rich".
- 24 February – The taoiseach condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine as "an outrageous and moral breach of the most fundamental principles of international law."
- 1 April – Atlantic Technological University, comprising the three institutes of technology in the northern and western regions – Letterkenny IT, Galway-Mayo IT and Sligo IT – formally came into operation, under its president Dr. Orla Flynn.
Life in Ireland in 2022
Taoiseach
Micheál Martin
Petrol (per litre)
€1.92/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.85
Average House
€370,000
Weekly Wage
€620
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