Who invented Día del Amigo and why is it on 20 July?
Enrique Febbraro, a teacher and dentist from Buenos Aires, proposed it in 1969 on the day man reached the Moon: watching television, he thought that all humanity was friends that day, and wrote letters to many countries proposing a day for friendship. Over the years the idea took hold in Argentina.
The dentist and the Moon
The idea was born in 1969, on the day man reached the Moon. Enrique Febbraro, a teacher and dentist from Buenos Aires, was watching television and thought: today all humanity is friends. He wrote letters to many countries proposing a day to celebrate friendship. Over the years the idea took hold in Argentina.
- The Día del Amigo was proposed in 1969, on the day of the Moon landing, by Enrique Febbraro, a Buenos Aires teacher and dentist, who wrote letters to many countries with the idea.
La idea nació en 1969, el día que el hombre llegó a la Luna.The idea was born in 1969, the day man reached the Moon.
Pensó: "Hoy toda la humanidad es amiga".He thought: "Today all humanity is friends."
Con los años, la idea tuvo mucho éxito en Argentina.Over the years, the idea became very successful in Argentina.
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