🎨 European Day of Languages
Where: Strasbourg (Council of Europe), France
📅 On This Day: September 26
September 26: European Day of Languages. 26 September is the European Day of Languages. The Council of Europe created it at the end of the European Year of Languages in 2001. On this day people try learning greetings in new languages and share the fun of making friends with neighbours who speak differently.
✨ More events on this day
- 1849 🔬 Scientist Ivan Pavlov was born in 1849; he won a Nobel Prize for studying digestion and is famous for his experiments with dogs that learned to expect food.
- 1905 🔬 Albert Einstein published his paper on special relativity in 1905, showing that time and space can stretch for things moving close to the speed of light.
- 1927 💡 Doctor Robert Cade was born in 1927; he helped invent the sports drink Gatorade, first made for the University of Florida's football team, the Gators.
🧠 Question of the day
What do people try on this day?
- A running race
- Greetings in new languages
- Standing on their heads
Show the answer
Answer: Greetings in new languages
🎂 Landmarks that opened on September 26
Questions
What happened on September 26?
September 26: European Day of Languages. It happened in Strasbourg (Council of Europe), France.
Which landmarks opened on September 26?
Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque (opened 1958).
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.
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