TheInternationalChildren'sDay(ICD)iscelebratedinnumerouscountries,usually(butnotalways)onJune1eachyear.

　　TheICDhaditsoriginintheWorldConferencefortheWellbeingofChildreninGeneva,Switzerlandin1925.ItisnotclearastowhyJune1waschosenastheICD:onetheoryhasitthattheChineseconsul-generalinSanFrancisco(USA)gatheredanumberofChineseorphanstocelebratetheDragonBoatFestivalin1925,whichhappenedtobeonJune1thatyear,andalsocoincidedwiththeconferenceinGeneva.

　　June1hassincebeenobservedastheICDbynumerouscountries,especiallybyCommunistcountries;intheWesternworldtheICDisusuallycelebratedonotherdaysoftheyear(ifatall),andthereisoftenlittlepublicawarenessaboutthesecelebrations.(SeethesectiononGermanybelowforfurtherdiscussions.)ConsequentlythereissometimesamisperceptionthatJune1astheICDwasaCommunistinvention.Nonetheless,inrecentyearsevensomegroupswithintheUnitedStatesstartedobservingtheICDonJune1.