April 23. English Language Day

  English Language Day is celebrated on 23 April.

23 April was chosen by the United Nations because it is the date "traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare". Shakespeare has been called the greatest writer in the English language. His plays continue to be published, performed in theaters and seen in films almost 400 years after his death.

The United Nations celebrated its first English Language Day on April 23, 2010.

 English is one of the two working languages of the UN Secretariat and one of the organization’s six official languages.

Many people consider English as the unofficial “world language” because it is so widely used. English is the main language of business and aviation. It is the most widely used language on the Internet and social media. The other five languages are Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.