At A Glance

7 June 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
7 June 2019 was a Friday.
Irish Chart Song in 2019
The Irish chart song for 2019 was “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi.
Top Film of 2019
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
Star sign
The star sign for 7 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 June 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 June 2019 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 7 June

  • 1975 Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
  • 1977 Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
  • 1981 The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
  • 1991 Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
  • 2000 The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.

Famous people born on 7 June

  • Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (1958–2016)
  • Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor (born 1952)
  • Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor (born 1940)
  • Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (1917–1995)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2019 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – Technological University Dublin was established by the amalgamation of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Institute of Technology Tallaght, and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown.
  • 2 February – The chairman of the National Children's Hospital Development board Tom Costello resigned following the controversy over the spiralling costs of the project.
  • 10 March – 39-year-old Micheál Ryan was among the 157 people who were on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed while en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.

Life in Ireland in 2019

Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar

Petrol (per litre)

€1.45/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.65

Average House

€320,000

Weekly Wage

€550

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