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April 23·Every year

World Book Day

UNESCO celebration of reading. In the UK, children dress as book characters for school. The date marks Shakespeare's death and Cervantes' burial — literary gravity in one day.

Category: Culture
Observed in: United KingdomofficialIrelandofficialSpainofficialIndiaAustralia

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A man intentionally struck pedestrians with a van on Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, leading to 11 deaths.

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2018A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.