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International Lefthanders Day
Sign in to saveAlso known as Euueuejrkhe, International Left Handers Day
world day
Key facts
- Date
- 13 August
- Next time
- 13 August 2026 ( 2026-08-13 )
- Frequency
- annual
- Started by
- Dean R. Campbell, Left-handers Club
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- world day
- Named after
- left-handedness
- Country
- Internationality
- Main subject
- left-handedness
- Official website
- lefthandersday.com
- Image
- Lefthandersday.jpg
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- Commons category
- International Lefthanders Day
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- August 13
- inception
- 1976-08-13
- hashtag
- JourneeMondialeDesGauchers
- native label
- International Lefthanders Day
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Encyclopedic overview
International Left Handers Day is an international day observed annually on August 13 to celebrate the uniqueness and differences of left-handed individuals. The day was first observed in 1976 by Dean R. Campbell, founder of the Left-handers Club. This day was established to raise awareness about the challenges and experiences faced by left-handed individuals in a predominantly right-handed world.
The holiday celebrates left-handed people's uniqueness and differences, a subset of humanity comprising seven to ten percent of the world's population. The day also spreads awareness on issues faced by left-handers, e.g. the importance of the special needs for left-handed children, and the likelihood for left-handers to develop schizophrenia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “International Lefthanders Day” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.