🎉 UN Chinese Language Day
Where: United Nations Headquarters, New York
Nearby on the globe: Chrysler Building → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: April 20
April 20: UN Chinese Language Day. Today is UN Chinese Language Day. Chinese is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. The date was chosen to honor Cangjie, the legendary figure said to have invented Chinese characters.
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- 1861 🧭 Balloonist Thaddeus Lowe drifted about 900 miles from Cincinnati to South Carolina in his hot-air balloon in just nine hours, a record journey.
- 1862 🔬 Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard finished an experiment showing that germs do not simply appear from nothing, an idea called spontaneous generation.
- 2008 🏅 Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300 in Japan, becoming the first woman in history to win an IndyCar race.
🧠 Question of the day
Who is said to have invented Chinese characters?
- Cangjie
- Confucius
- Marco Polo
Show the answer
Answer: Cangjie
Questions
What happened on April 20?
April 20: UN Chinese Language Day. It happened in United Nations Headquarters, New York.
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