At A Glance

9 April 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
9 April 2019 was a Tuesday.
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 9 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 9 April 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 9 April 2019 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 9 April

  • 2003 Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
  • 2009 In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
  • 2014 A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
  • 2020 Soyuz MS-16 is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the Expedition 62/63 crew to the International Space Station.
  • 2021 Soyuz MS-18 is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying three members of the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station.

Famous people born on 9 April

  • Kristen Stewart, American actress (born 1990)
  • Elle Fanning, American actress (born 1998)
  • Dennis Quaid, American actor (born 1954)
  • Joey Pollari, American actor (born 1994)

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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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