🎉 Children's Day in Korea
Where: Seoul, Korea
Nearby on the globe: Myeongdong Cathedral → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: May 5
May 5: Children's Day in Korea. Today is Children's Day in Korea. In the 1920s, Bang Jeong-hwan and others started a children's day so that young people would be treated with respect. Since 1946 it has been held on May 5, and today it is a holiday for families to play together.
✨ More events on this day
- 1891 🎨 Carnegie Hall in New York City held its grand opening concert, with composer Tchaikovsky as a guest conductor on the very first nights.
- 1961 🚀 Astronaut Alan Shepard rode the Freedom 7 capsule on a 15-minute flight, becoming the first American to travel into space.
- 1973 🏅 The racehorse Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in 1 minute 59.4 seconds, a record time that no horse has beaten since.
🧠 Question of the day
Who helped start Children's Day in Korea?
- Bang Jeong-hwan
- King Sejong
- Yi Sun-sin
Show the answer
Answer: Bang Jeong-hwan
Questions
What happened on May 5?
May 5: Children's Day in Korea. It happened in Seoul, Korea.
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Source: ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/어린이날