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Huh interesting. What is the US date based on? And what is the rest of the world’s date based on?
by atonse 5y ago
Huh interesting. What is the US date based on? And what is the rest of the world’s date based on?
- celticninja 5y agoMay 1st is the standard in the rest of the world, US it's sometime in September.
- Zababa 5y agoMany countries have their date based on the International Worker's Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day. The US aren't the only one celebrating it on a different day, Japan does it too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Thanksgiving_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Thanksgiving_Day.
- mcv 5y agoFunny thing about that is that the the international one, on May 1, is ultimately based on a strike in Chicago. So the entire world celebrates Labour Day based on an event in the US, while the US alone uses a different date. And somehow that doesn't even seem that unusual to me; the US often is the first with a new idea, and as soon as others join in, they back down.
- Zababa 5y ago> while the US alone uses a different date As I said in my post, the US aren't alone in that, Japan also uses a different date. Canada also celebrates it on a different day, the same as the US. Ireland celebrates it on the first Monday in May.