TNPSC Thervupettagam

Friendship Day – August 05

August 6 , 2018 2303 days 1070 0
  • The first International Friendship Day was proposed in 1958 in Paraguay.
  • After the World Friendship Crusade proposed July 30, 1958 as the first Friendship Day, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared this date as the official day of celebrations.
  • Following the success of the day in the US, Nane Annan, the wife of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, declared Winnie the Pooh as the global Ambassador of Friendship at the UN in 1998.
  • Friendship day celebrations actually take place on different dates across different countries.
  • But nowadays, it is celebrated on the first Sunday of August, including India and the US.
  • Friendship Day in India is celebrated on the first Sunday in the month of August.
  • This year it falls on August 5.

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