International Olympic Day 2023: 23 June

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Category : Important Days Published on: June 26 2023

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Every year on June 23, the world commemorates International Olympic Day.
This day is celebrated by people all across the world.
The International Olympic Committee was founded on June 23, 1894, in Sorbonne, Paris, and the International Olympic Committee granted permission to mark International Olympic Day annually.
The theme of this year's Olympic Day is 'Let's Move' which aims to inspire people around the world to make time for daily physical activity.
The first ever Olympic Day was celebrated on 23 June 1948.
In the 1978 edition of the Olympic Charter, the IOC recommended for the first time that all NOCs organise an Olympic Day to promote the Olympic Movement

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