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30 facts about red nose days
Since 1985, the UK has been celebrating something called Red Nose Day every 2 years.
If you're from the UK, you've almost certainly heard of it.
If you're from the US or somewhere else in the world, you should read about it!
Red Nose Day is a day to raise money for a charity called Comic Relief and a day to bring a big red nose!
It has become an important day for people in the UK to come together, have fun and raise money for charity.
Here are 30 facts about Red Nose Day so you will know why it exists.
In 1985, Richard Curtis, Jane Tewson and friends came up with the idea of using comedy to raise money for charity, specifically to help change lives in Africa and the UK.
On Christmas Day 1985, "Comic Relief" was released;
The idea behind Red Nose Day is there is a day of the year when people do something silly or funny to raise money for Comic Relief, a nonprofit.
1988 marked the year of the first Red Nose Day, with more than 150 celebrities and comedians participating, 30 million spectators, and a total of $ 19 million (£ 15 million) raised.
This is also the time when the concept of "Red Nose" was born and the first year the Red Nose became the symbol and title of this day.
A second Red Nose Day took place the following year in 1989, with Terry Wogan presiding over.
The Red Nose design for 1989 is the same as for 1988, but with the words "My Nose" embossed to help make a difference from the previous year.
It was not until 1991 that the third Red Nose Day was held, but it still raised over £ 25 million (£ 20 million).
The design of 1991's Red Nose is once again based on the first one, but this year added arms and hands to make it more fun.
The year 1993 marks the year when the Red Tomato Spearhead, this represents the theme of that year, the eradication of poverty.
About 72% of the UK population participated in Red Nose Day in 1993.
10 years since its debut, 1995, is the 5th Red Nose Day, titled "What a day makes a difference", with the aim of seeing how much can be raised in one day and as a result
Red Noses for 1995 changed color and changed from red to yellow or red to pink.
Red Nose Day 1997 with the support of The Spice Girls, the group sold 700,000 copies of their single to raise money for Comic Relief.
The Red Nose design for 1997 was the soft Red Nose.
In 1999, Sainsbury Supermarket partnered with comic relief to sell their Red Noses and raised $ 108 million (£ 84 million).
1999 was the 7th Red Nose Day and marked a record-breaking year for the amount raised only through donations on this day, reaching $ 45 million (£ 35 million).
Glittering red roses!
The next Red Nose Day was held in 2001, for the first time in a millennium and the design for this year's Red Nose is a small Red Nose with a tongue that pops out when you squeeze it.
2003's Red Nose comes with a hair gel!
Twenty years since its debut, 2005 marked the 10th Day of Red Nose Day and this time there was another weird hairstyle in a variety of colors and as a result raised $ 84 million (£ 65 million).
Design your own Red Nose!
2009 was the first Red Nose Day with a choice of noses.
Then, in 2011, they beat their record, raising a massive $ 139 million (£ 108.4 million) charitable foundation.
Dinosaurs are the theme for the 14th Red Nose Day!
2015 marks 30 years since the first Red Nose Day and this year is the 15th day with the largest selection of red noses.
The first Red Nose Day was held in Australia in 1987 in Victoria, but it wasn't until a year later that it was celebrated nationwide.
Red Nose Day to America!
New Zealand hosted its first Red Nose Day event in 1989 and continued in the late 1990s, but the event was halted and not resumed until 2010.
Comic Relief has raised over $ 1.29 billion (£ 1 billion) since its inception in 1985.
Red Nose Day is an important event for the UK and maybe one day it will happen in America as well.
It was a day when everyone could be cheerful, goofy and indulgent, which not only frees each individual, but also allows everyone to laugh together and raise funds for a great cause.
