At A Glance
7 April 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 April 2015 was a Tuesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2015
- The Irish chart song for 2015 was “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 April 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 April 2015 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 7 April
- 2011 The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.
- 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.
- 2018 Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the "Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, before being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
- 2018 Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.
- 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.
Famous people born on 7 April
- Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1954)
- Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor (born 1964)
- Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
- James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (1928–2014)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2015 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 18 January – Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, revealed his homosexuality on radio, thus becoming the first openly gay government minister in Ireland.
- 4 February – The ferryboat service from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead in Wales ended after 204 years. The boat from Dublin Port to Holyhead remained in service.
- 13 March – A new political party, Renua, was launched.
Life in Ireland in 2015
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.32/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.50
Average House
€205,000
Weekly Wage
€440
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