First Children's Day
Monday, 23rd October 1961
The day chosen for the celebration was Monday 23 October. The date was in keeping with the United Nation's Children's Day which fell on 22 October but since it was a Sunday, the celebration was held the following day, on Monday 23. The Ministry of Education estimated 37,000 school children in Singapore would be celebrating Children's Day for the first time that year. Children's Day was marked as a school holiday.