# World AIDS Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-aids-day/139870>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-aids-day/139870 "2002-12-02T02:04:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-aids-day/139870/1 "2002-12-02T02:04:27Z")

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My mom tells me tomorrow, 2 December, is World AIDS Day. What exactly is this celebrating? If anything. . .

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-aids-day/139870/2 "2002-12-02T04:55:31Z")

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Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. It’s 11:55 by my watch so it’ll be 12/01/2002 for another 5 minutes. Hurry, go put on your ribbon!

World AIDS Day has always been on the first day of December since it was first observed in 1988. It’s not a celebration, it’s just a day to acknowledge & remember.

[Read all about it.](http://www.avert.org/worldaid.htm)