At A Glance

6 May 2020 at a glance

Day of the week
6 May 2020 was a Wednesday.
Irish Chart Song in 2020
The Irish chart song for 2020 was “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd.
Top Film of 2020
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
Star sign
The star sign for 6 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 6 May 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 6 May 2020 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 6 May

  • 1998 Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
  • 1999 The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
  • 2001 During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
  • 2004 The final episode of the television sitcom Friends is aired.
  • 2023 The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.

Famous people born on 6 May

  • George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)
  • Sadie Sandler, American actress (born 2006)
  • Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (1856–1939)
  • Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1915–1985)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2020 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 8 February – The general election took place with a 62.9% turnout.
  • 16 February – Thousands of homes, farms and businesses were without power as a result of Storm Dennis, which brought strong winds to parts of the south and west coasts.
  • 15 April – Agreement was reached between unions and the HSE to allow healthcare staff be redeployed into private nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis.

Life in Ireland in 2020

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.22/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.68

Average House

€310,000

Weekly Wage

€540

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