Children's Day That Divides Peoples of the World

Today is June 1st, Children's Day in 51 different states of the world, including Kosovo and Albania, writes Periscopi.

Child's day is celebrated in dozens of other days in various parts of the world. For example, the United States of America is celebrated on the second Saturday of June. This year, Americans will hold that date on June 10th. In Germany this day is celebrated every year on September 20.

While 25 other countries of the world, including France, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia and Switzerland, celebrate Children's Day on November 20th.

Children's Day began to be celebrated on the second Saturday of June 1857 by Dr. Charles Leonard, pastor of the University Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Mr. Leonard was said to have a special dedication for the children. The first name of this day was the Day of Roses [Rose Day], and then it was known as Flowers Day, to become later as the Children's Day.

The first country that had declared it a national vacation this day was the Turkish Republic in 1929, writes Periscopi. There has always been a need for an excuse for this day, and this has proved the father of the Turkish nation, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, but the reason for this day still remains unclear. /Periscopi