March 27·Every year

World Theatre Day

Started by the International Theatre Institute in 1961. Each year a different playwright writes the international message — past ones include Pinter, Soyinka, and Dario Fo.

Category: Culture
Observed in: France

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Notable · 2023

Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

2023Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
2023Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
2020North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.