Children’s Days in August
How do you celebrate your Children’s Day? The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty, sets out a number of children’s rights including the right to life, to health, to education and to play, as well as the right to family life, to be protected from violence, to not be discriminated, and to have their views heard. The officially recognized date of Children’s Day varies from country to country. On this page, you’ll find Children’s Day dates. 
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August 2025
Monday 4 August - National Children's Day in Tuvalu (Spend on the first Monday of August)
Sunday 10 August - Children's Day in Chile (Celebrated on the Sunday of the first full week of August)
Monday 11 August - Sons and Daughters Day in Germany (The Der Tag der Söhne und Töchter a family holiday and a good time to spend time together)
Sunday 17 August - Children's Day in Argentina and Peru (celebrated on the third Sunday in August)
Saturday 30 August - Family Day in Hamburg (Celebrated on the last Saturday in August)
September 2025
Sunday 7 September - World Day of Destruction of a Military Toy (The 1987 idea of the World Association for Orphans and Children without Parental Care has been celebrated since 1988)
Tuesday 9 September - Children's Day in Costa Rica (Día del Nińo); International Day to Protect Education from Attack
Wednesday 10 September - Children's Day in Honduras (Dia del Niño)
Saturday 20 September - Universal Children's Day in Germany; Steinau Puppetry Festival; World Children's Day in Thuringia, Germany (an official holiday since 2019); World Children's Day in Mainz (Starts on Saturday of the third full week of September)
Sunday 21 September - World Children's Festival in Planten un Blomen (takes place on the third Sunday in September)
Sunday 28 September - National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography in Philippines; International Daughters' Day (Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September)
October 2025
Thursday 2 October - Worldwide Day of Play (is an annual event designed to encourage children and parents to turn off the television and play together, especially outdoors)
Friday 3 October - Children's Day in Singapore (celebrated on the first Friday of October)
Monday 6 October - Child Health Day in US (on the first Monday in October. Each child deserves to be the healthiest he or she can be)
Sunday 12 October - Children's Day in Brazil (Nossa Senhora Aparecida)
Wednesday 15 October - Memorial Day for the loss of a child during pregnancy or a newborn (noted in Ohio, USA, Canada, France, Britain and Italy); Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Thursday 23 October - National Red Ribbon Week in USA (is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation reaching millions of young people); Global Day of Action for Child Survival
Tuesday 28 October - Grandchildren and grandparents Day in Russia (a holiday for the whole family)
Thursday 30 October - Mischief Night (United States and Canada) - Beggars Night (certain regions of the United States)
November 2025
Sunday 2 November - Children's Day in South Africa (Celebrated on the first Saturday in November)
Friday 14 November - Bal Diwas in India (celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru. Children's Day)
Tuesday 18 November - European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (held since 2015 under the auspices of the Council of Europe)
Wednesday 19 November - World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; National Day for the Prevention of Abuse Against Children and Adolescents in Argentina
Thursday 20 November - Children's Day in Pakistan; National Child Day in Canada; Universal Children’s Day
December 2025
Saturday 6 December - St Nicholas Day (International. The St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoesl)
Thursday 25 December - Children's Day in Cameroon (also Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo); Christmas Day
January 2026
Thursday 1 January - Global Family Day (is grew out of the UN Millennium Day celebration, which included the distribution of the 1996 children's book One Day at a Time)
Tuesday 6 January - World War Orphans Day (was initiated by the French organisation, SOS Enfants en Detresses)
Saturday 10 January - Children's Day or Wan Dek Haeng Chat in Thailand (It is celebrated on the second Saturday of January)
February 2026
Thursday 12 February - Red Hand Day (United Nations)
Sunday 22 February - Stork Day in Haslach im Kinzigtal (When the streets become a children's paradise)
March 2026
Sunday 1 March - Children's Day in New Zealand (celebrated on the first Sunday in March); Youth Art Month in USA; International Children’s Day of Broadcasting
Sunday 15 March - The Heidelberg Summer Day procession (a spectacle at the turn of the seasons)
Friday 20 March - World Fairy Tale Day (arose on the initiative of Sweden in 1991)
Sunday 29 March - National Day of Girls and Boys Victims of Forced Disappearance in El Salvador (Día Nacional de las Niñas y los Niños Víctimas de la Desaparición Forzada)
Monday 30 March - School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (DENIP in countries with Southern Hemisphere school calendars. Founded in 1964)
April 2026
Thursday 2 April - National Children's Book Day in Thailand (Adopted 22 February 2005); International Children’s Book Day
Saturday 25 April - Parental Alienation Awareness Day (Parental alienation is a problem that most people don't know about. It is child abuse and needs to be stopped.); Children's Day in Colombia (celebrated on the last Saturday of April)
Monday 27 April - National Children’s Book Week in USA (Starts on the last Monday of April); National Burn Prevention Day for Children and Adolescents in Mexico
Thursday 30 April - Child's Day in Mexico; Children's Day in Mexico (Día del Niño); Day of Nonviolent Education
May 2026
Tuesday 5 May - Children's Day in Japan and South Korea (Tango no sekku, also known as Ayame no hi )
Thursday 7 May - National Child and Youth Mental Health Day in Canada; National Bike to School Day in USA (Held on Wednesday the first full week of May)
Monday 25 May - National Missing Children's Day in United States (and its related observances: - International Missing Children's Day); Children's Day in Hungary (celebrated on the last Sunday in May); Early Education Day in Peru
June 2026
Monday 1 June - The Day of Protection of Children Rights in Armenia; Child's day in China; Mother and Child Day in Mongolia; Children's Media Festival - Goldener Spatz
Saturday 6 June - Korean Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea)
Monday 8 June - Children's Day in Haiti (Held on the second Sunday in June)
Sunday 14 June - World Doll Day (Every year on the second Saturday in June)
Tuesday 16 June - International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity)
Monday 29 June - Grandchildren's Day in New Jersey, USA (celebrated from 2014 on the last Sunday of June)
July 2026
Monday 20 July - Children's Day in Venezuela (Held on the third Sunday of July)
Thursday 23 July - Children's Day in Indonesia (since 1984)
Ohio Military Family Month
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World Breastfeeding Week
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Transfiguration of Jesus
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Emancipation Day in Kentucky
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
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Victory Day in Rhode Island
Rhode Island celebrates Victory Day on the Second Monday in August.
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International Youth Day
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International Left-handers Day
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Statehood Day in Hawaii
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Bennington Battle Day in Vermont
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Brothers and Sisters’ Day in Ohio
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Elvis Aaron Presley Day
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International Homeless Animals’ Day
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National Airborne Day
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World Humanitarian Day
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Black Ribbon Day
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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
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Ukrainian Independence Day in Minnesota
STATE of MINNESOTA. Proclamation:
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Women’s Equality Day
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Day in Texas
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International Day against Nuclear Tests
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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
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