World Emoji Day
Emojis originated in 1999 at NTT DoCoMo in Japan. Now Unicode governs over 3,600 of them. The most used worldwide is the face with tears of joy.
- Category
- Pop culture
- Observed in
Japan
South Korea
United Kingdom
Brazil
India
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.- 2015At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
- 2014Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
- 2014A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.