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Children's Day

American  

noun

  1. the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.


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In 1983, US president Ronald Reagan declared the anniversary of his disappearance National Missing Children's Day.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

In Nigeria, trumpeters play fun tunes on Children's Day on Monday in Lagos.

From BBC May 30, 2024

Kakar made the comment in a televised speech on World Children’s Day, which he said made him think of children in Gaza.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

He added that celebrations for other holidays, like Children’s Day or Mother’s Day, have been common at the shelter, but not for Father’s Day.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2023

"Children's Day" is a school holiday, and the children dress in the old picturesque Danish costumes; they then go about the town and market-places begging alms for the sanatoriums in their collecting-boxes.

From Denmark by M. Pearson Thomson

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