International Left-Handers Day was first celebrated 48 years ago, when Left Handers International created the holiday. The day aims to raise awareness about how difficult it is to live in a world designed almost entirely for right-handed people: school desks, kitchen utensils, doorknobs and notebooks. Everything is a challenge for them.
Dean RR. Campbell, founder of the organisation, adopted the number 13 because of its bad reputation for superstitions. In this way he wanted to show his fight against prejudice. Although it is a day of global importance, only in the United Kingdom are regional events held to commemorate it.
It is estimated that 1 in 10 people in the world is left-handed. That is, 10% of the global population uses the left side of their body to perform daily activities such as writing, drawing, playing sports, opening doors, handling instruments, among many others.
Which famous people are left-handed?
In the world of football there have been some who have or had a privileged left leg, as is the case of:
- Lionel Messi
- Diego Armando Maradona
- Rivaldo
- Hugo Sanchez
Other very prominent left-handed athletes such as:
- Rafael Nadal.
- Oscar de la Hoya.
- John McEnroe.
- Fernando Valenzuela.
Left-handed musicians:
- Gustavo Cerati
- Paul McCartney
- Charly García
- Jimi Hendrix
Other world-famous people are:
- Adolf Hitler
- Gandhi
- Aristotle
- Napoleon Bonaparte
8 gifts for left-handed people
To celebrate this International Left-Handed Day, there are some interesting options that will be well received by those who are more comfortable with left-handedness:
