When is Boys' Day?

International Boys' Day is on March 9th. Boys' Day in Japan is May 5th. Tsinghua University Boys' Day 165438+ 10/2.

As early as 19 10, at the international socialist conference held in Copenhagen, it was decided to set up a boys' day to commemorate the outstanding achievements of the boys' movement. But there is no exact date.

19 1 1 year, Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland set the boys' day as March 19. More than one million people attended the meeting that day. On March 25th, a tragedy happened in new york. More than 65,438+040 people, mainly Italian and Jewish immigrants, were killed in the fire. This incident has brought great pressure to the American government, and the disaster caused by the bad working environment can not be ignored.

After this incident, the idea of International Boys' Day began to surface.

On the last Sunday of February, Russian boys celebrated their first festival in a peace movement on the eve of World War I. 19 17, more than 2 million Russian soldiers were killed in the war, and Russian boys once again chose to strike for bread and peace on the last Sunday of February. This historic Sunday is February 23rd of the Roman calendar, and the Gregorian calendar used in other countries is March 9th.

Elsewhere in Europe, in the following years, boys always held a rally around March 9 to express their determination to unite against the war. Generally speaking, March 9 was formed in the struggle of teenagers in various countries for equality, justice, peace and development.

South Africa's International Boys' Day is different from other countries in the world. It is scheduled for August 9. On August 9th, 1956, hundreds of black boys demonstrated in Pretoria to protest against the "pass law" of apartheid. Later, the new South African government designated this day as "Boys' Day" to commemorate South African boys' contribution to equality.