At A Glance

7 March 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
7 March 2023 was a Tuesday.
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 7 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 March 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 March 2023 was Full Moon.

On this day: 7 March

  • 1965 Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
  • 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
  • 1989 Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
  • 2007 Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
  • 2024 Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member.

Famous people born on 7 March

  • Bret Easton Ellis, American author and screenwriter (born 1964)
  • Rachel Weisz, English actress (born 1970)
  • Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer (born 1944)
  • Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer (born 1956)

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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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