Holidays 2021-04-23 (a)
The English Language, promoting reading/publishing/copyrights, abstaining from writing for free, cherry cheesecake, lost dogs, talking like Shakespeare, and a popular Dr Who storyline are focused upon today: English Language Day Impossible Astronaut Day International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day National Cherry Cheesecake Day National Lost Dog Awareness Day Talk Like Shakespeare Day World Book Day The Impossible Astronaut was a Dr Who multi-episode storyline; if you see someone with tally marks on them, they could be celebrating. The mysteriously arcane International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day is mostly about writers getting paid for their work rather than doing anything for free. On this date in 1616 William Shakespeare died. (His exact birth date isn't known.) This had triggered days relating to the English language, speaking like Shakespeare, and books/copyrights.