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 1970 dúirt oideachasóirí agus oibrí sóisialta sa chontae go raibh ólachán faoi aois fadhb mór agus go raibh sé ag fás.
I 1986 cheannaigh Dunnes Stores suíomh a raibh sé acra in Inis an áit a raibh an pictiúrlann Gaiety.
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 1970: Educationalists and social workers in various parts of the county said the underage drinking problem is quite big and is growing.
In 1986: Dunnes stores purchased a six acre site adjacent to Ennis town centre with the derelict gaiety cinema in o connell street.
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.
