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.