From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   Sorry, I missed this one. Been busy. Every day is Book Day around here.   
   Trying to read some of them, get rid of others.   
   Anybody have any Book Day experiences to relate?   
      
   (Crystal):   
   "...organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and   
   copyright...began in 1995, beveloping a previously celebrated Day of the   
   Book (Dia del llibre) in Catalonia, held on this day, which is also the   
   feast day of St.George."   
      
   (Yes, I looked it up, Sant Jordi is the patron saint of Catalonia.)   
      
   "In the UK and Ireland a related event is held in early March."   
      
   Now it gets confusing:   
      
   "A second initiative was introduced in 2010, when each of the UN's   
   official languages was given its special day. This date was chosen for   
   English because it was the traditional birthday...and deathday...of   
   Shakespeare in the New Style calendar introduced into England in 1652."   
      
   (These old style/new style calendar shifts always confuse me. I guess   
   that would be why Wikipedia says that W.S. was born/died on 23 April?   
   I believe the death date is actually documented, the birth only inferred   
   from his baptism on the 26th.)   
      
   "However, a linguistically more motivated English Language Day is   
   celebrated later in the year (13 October)".   
      
   We'll see about that.   
      
   "An alternative would be to celebrate Spanish Language Day instead, for   
   this date was also the one chosen by the UN in honour of Cervantes,   
   whose birthday was close by, 22 April."   
      
   Wait! I think that should be "deathday" of Cervantes.   
   Wikipedia: "29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS"   
      
   That's just the first half of the page. Continuing:   
      
   "In 2009 the Shakespeare Theater in Chicago introduced a Talk Like   
   Shakespeare Day...."   
      
   No. Enough.   
      
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