It is World Emoji Day! July 17, 2020
This sounds like a fun day!
back to the 1960s, when Russian novelist and professor Vladimir Nabokov stated in an interview with The New York Times "I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile — some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket.
Numerous claims have been made to who invented the first emoji. Those making the claims drew inspiration from many sources, including pictograms and symbols, smileys and digital interpretations of language. Some of the precursors to the emoji can include theories by both Vladimir Nabokov and Scott Fahlman. One of the more notable claims was by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji#The_origin_of_Emoji_pictograms_(1990s)
Smile Emoji with Hearts
Drunk Emoji
Slightly Smiling Emoji
Emoji Love Heart Sticker