🎨 International Literacy Day
Where: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
Nearby on the globe: Tour Montparnasse → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: September 8
September 8: International Literacy Day. 8 September is International Literacy Day, chosen by UNESCO. It was declared in 1966 and has been held every year since 1967, calling on everyone to help all people learn to read and write. Being able to read opens the door to the worlds inside books and to new dreams.
✨ More events on this day
- 1888 💡 Spanish engineer Isaac Peral launched and tested his submarine in 1888, the first successful submarine powered entirely by electric batteries.
- 1966 🎨 The science fiction TV series 'Star Trek' first aired in 1966, sending the starship Enterprise 'to boldly go where no man has gone before'.
- 2016 🚀 NASA launched OSIRIS-REx in 2016; it scooped up rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu and brought the sample back to Earth in 2023.
🧠 Question of the day
Which organisation set up Literacy Day?
- FIFA
- NASA
- UNESCO
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Answer: UNESCO
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What happened on September 8?
September 8: International Literacy Day. It happened in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.
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