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World Emoji Day
July 17
We use emojis every day and there is also a day to celebrate the use of emojis! Why July 17th? Well that is the date famously displayed on the Calendar Emoji.
The word emoji was coined in Japan in the 1990s and comes from two Japanese words, e = picture and moji = character. For more information and activities relating to emojis try these websites:
More information about World Emoji Day
Emoji activities free to download