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7 October 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 October 2023 was a Saturday.
- 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 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 October 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 October 2023 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 7 October
- 2002 The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
- 2007 The battle of Mirali begins in which the Pakistan Armed Forces and Taliban militias clash for four days.
- 2008 Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
- 2008 Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, injuring 112.
- 2022 Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Famous people born on 7 October
- Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia (born 1952)
- Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor (born 1979)
- Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer (born 1959)
- John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1951)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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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