Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 4ú lá de mí Aibreán, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.
I 1970 chuaigh an ráta den táirgeadh tionsclaíoch I rith na 60dí suas chuig 500 milliúin punt agus de bharr sin bhí níos mó ná 50 míle post ann d’fhir agus mná.
I 1986 bhí na múinteoirí ar buille leis an Aire Oideachas Paddy Cooney de bharr gur tháinig an nuacht amach go mbeadh daoine ón phobal chun teacht isteach agus stiúir a dhéanamh ar na scrúdaithe.
I 1998 tháinig an nuacht amach gur chuaigh ceithre dhalta ó bhunscoil CBS I Durlas chuigh craobh na hÉireann den chomhar creidmheasa tráth na gceist. Bhí Morgan Gleeson, Thomas Slattery, Arthur Griffin agus James Kenehan san fhoireann.
I 2005 bhí a lán siamsaíocht ar siúil timpeall an chontae cosúil le Liam Clancy, Dublin City Ramblers agus Bagatelle ag canadh I roinnt ionaid timpeall an chontae.
Sin Simon & Garfunkle le Bridge Over Troubled Water – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1970.
Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1987 chuaigh albam U2 The Joshua Tree chuig uimhir a 7 ar an Billboard 200. Chuaigh sé chuig uimhir a haon tar éis trí sheachtain agus fuair sé stádas diamant I Meiriceá, mar dhíol siad níos mó ná 10 milliúin cóip.
I 1999 tháinig an nuacht amach gur shroich an dara halbam de The Corrs, Talk On Corners, uimhir a haon sna cairteacha don deichiú huair ónar tháinig sé amach.
Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Graham Norton in Éirinn I 1963 agus rugadh aisteoir Robert Downey Jr I Nua Eabhrac ar an lá seo I 1965 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sé.
Beidh mé ar ais libh an tseachtain seo chugainn le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.
Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 4th of April, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh
In 1970: The annual rate of industrial production during the 1960’s increased by more than £500,000,000 which created 50,000 new jobs for men and women
In 1986: Education minister paddy cooney aroused the fury of striking teachers when he announced that he would hire members of the public to supervise and mark that years school examinations.
In 1998- Thurles C.B.S. Primary School made a piece of history when four of its pupils became the first ever team from town to reach the A11-Ireland final of the Credit Union Schools Quiz the team was made of Morgan Gleeson, Thomas Slattery, Arthur Griffin and James Kenehan.
In 2005 – Entertainment in the county was plentiful, with Liam Clancy, Dublin City Ramblers and Bagatelle appearing in venues across Tipperary.
That was Simon and Garfunkel with Bridge Over Troubled Water – the biggest song on this day in 1970.
Onto music news on this day in 1987, U2’s fifth album, The Joshua Tree, debuted at No.7 on the Billboard 200, making it the highest first-week entry in seven years. It took another three weeks to reach No.1 and eventually achieved diamond status in America, selling over ten million copies.
In 1999, Irish folk-pop band The Corrs saw their second album, Talk On Corners – the top-selling UK album of 1998 – reach No.1 on the UK albums chart for the tenth time since its release two years earlier.
And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – Graham Norton in Ireland in 1963 and actor Robert Downey Jr was born in New York City on this say in 1965 – and these are some of the things he has done.
I’ll be back with you next week with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
