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9 August 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 August 2015 was a Sunday.
- 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 9 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 August 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 August 2015 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 9 August
- 1979 Female workers of YH Trading in South Korea hold a sit-in protest in response to the company's unilateral shutdown.
- 1993 The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- 1999 Russian president Boris Yeltsin fires his prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
- 2012 Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate an NFL game.
- 2021 The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.
Famous people born on 9 August
- Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, activist and writer (born 1968)
- Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (1963–2012)
- Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer (born 1957)
- Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor (born 1990)
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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