Born on March 31
World Backup Day
Save a copy before tomorrow's jokes.
Next: March 31, 2027
Where it comes from
World Backup Day began on 31 March 2011. Ismail Jadun, then a student at Youngstown State University in Ohio, read a discussion on Reddit in which someone who had lost a hard drive wished they had been reminded to back up. With help from a fellow Reddit user he built a website in a week and declared a day for it.
How it's celebrated
Tech sites, schools and companies remind people to copy their photos, documents and messages to a second place, such as an external drive or a cloud service. The organisers want to reach people who have never backed up in their lives.
Did you know
The organisers say a good backup plan is continuous, so World Backup Day is really every day.
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