October 3·Every year

World Smile Day

Created by Harvey Ball, the designer of the original smiley face, who felt his creation had become too commercialised. First Friday of October; the ask is simple — do an act of kindness.

Category: Silly
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Notable · 2013

A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360 deaths.

2024Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India
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