April 30·Every year

International Jazz Day

UNESCO observance highlighting jazz as a force for peace and dialogue. The all-star concert rotates cities — from Istanbul to Havana to Osaka. Herbie Hancock is the global ambassador.

Category: Culture
Observed in: United StatesofficialFranceJapanBrazilSouth Africa

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Notable · 2021

A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel.

2021Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.