UN
Day
Global
Day of Parents
Helen
Keller Day
In 1971, the Board of Directors of Lions Clubs International declared
that henceforth June 1 would be remembered as "Helen Keller
Day." Lions around the world implement sight-related service
projects on Helen Keller Day.
Born Helen
Adams Keller on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA, the
child developed a fever at 18 months of age. Afterwards, Keller
was blind, deaf, and mute.
International Children's Day
Children's
Day is recognized on various days in many places around the world,
to honor children globally. It was first proclaimed by the World
Conference for the Well-being of Children in 1925 and then established
universally in 1954 to protect an "appropriate" day.
International Day for Protection of Children, observed in many
countries as Children's Day on June 1 since 1950, was established
by the Women's International Democratic Federation on its congress
in Moscow (22 November 1949). Major global variants include a
Universal Children's Day on November 20, by United Nations recommendation.
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