What is the day today?
Pi Day!
Pi Day is an unofficial holiday commemorating the mathematical constant ? (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (or 3/14 in month/day date format), since 3, 1 and 4 are the three most significant digits of ? in the decimal form. In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day.
Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (or 22/7 in day/month date format), since the fraction 22/7 is a common approximation of ?.
The earliest known official or large-scale celebration of Pi Day was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988 at the San Francisco Exploratorium, where Shaw worked as a physicist, with staff and public marching around one of its circular spaces, then consuming fruit pies.
commemorating [ kəˈmem.ə.reɪt ] празднование;
significant [ sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt ] значительный, значимый;
decimal [ ˈdes.ɪ.məl ] десятичный;
Approximation [ əˌprɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən ] приближение;
large-scale [ lɑːdʒ ][ skeɪl ] крупномасштабных;
spaces [ speɪs ] пробелы, пространства.