Kiss Your Mate Day – 28 April

Kiss Your Mate Day is celebrated on April 28 annually. It is a day that is strictly classified with lip contact. Have you been so romantical...

Kiss Your Mate Day is celebrated on April 28 annually. It is a day that is strictly classified with lip contact. Have you been so romantically lost while kissing, that you accidentally bit your partner’s lips? Feel no remorse as that tells how romantically connected you are to them. Kissing is known around the world, for it is found among people of all colors, ages, and religions. And different kissing styles abound for lovers’ experimentation. If you love kissing your partner, you will love this day.

1500 B.C.

Earliest Reference to Kissing

Kissing is mentioned in the "Vedas" — a scripture that informed Hinduism and Buddhism.

370 B.C.

Persian Custom of Kissing

Xenophon writes about the Persian custom of kissing on the lips upon departure.

326 B.C.

Spread of Kissing

Kissing spreads from India to Europe on Alexander the Great's conquest of parts of northern India.

1439 A.D.

Ban on Kissing in England

King Henry VI bans kissing to check the spread of the plague.

1896

First Kiss on Film

A kiss scene between May Irwin and John Rice is recorded.