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0 pointsmcv4y ago0 comments

It's like Labour Day. The whole world agrees, except the US, which has a different date for it.

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atonse4y ago· 3 in thread

Huh interesting. What is the US date based on? And what is the rest of the world’s date based on?

Many countries have their date based on the International Worker's 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.

mcvOP4y ago

Funny 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.

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celticninja4y ago

May 1st is the standard in the rest of the world, US it's sometime in September.

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