Earth Day Apr 22, 2026

Earth Day

Earth Day didn"t knock gently. It kicked the door wide open. In 1970, oil‑soaked beaches, burning rivers, and toxic air mobilized millions into street protests. When looking away was no longer an option, conservation was forced onto political agendas, sparking landmark environmental laws and flipping planet‑care from fringe concern to global priority. Every April 22, over 190 countries pause, reflect, and reassess.

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Today in History

Apr 22, 2018Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
Apr 22, 2019Meet our fuzzy Earth Day mascot
Apr 22, 202050 years of Earth Day
Apr 22, 2021Gazing down on planet Earth
Apr 22, 2023Earth Day and National Park Week
Apr 22, 2024Earth Day
Apr 22, 2025Earth Day

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Dec 13, 2020The view will stop you in your tracks
May 10, 2025Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota
Sep 6, 2025National Hummingbird Day
Oct 9, 2022Earth Science Week
Jun 4, 2020A bridge too Fawr
Feb 26, 2022Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Apr 13, 2021Ruins of a royal temple
May 24, 2020Let s get lost
Aug 31, 2026Building detail of Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Apr 3, 2019Dark skies over New Mexico
Sep 28, 2021The snows of Fuji
Feb 3, 2025Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
Jun 23, 2022Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dec 3, 2020A Carpathian Christmas celebration
Jan 21, 2020Observing a squirrelly day
Jun 11, 2022Misool Island, Indonesia
Jul 3, 2019Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
Apr 22, 2024Earth Day
Jul 16, 2020Summertime in Alaska
Aug 31, 2022Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
Jan 3, 2022Lick Observatory
Aug 16, 2018Keep your hands inside the ride at all times…
Apr 15, 2019Celebrating World Art Day
Dec 26, 2022Boxing Day in East Yorkshire, England
Jul 15, 2023Castelmezzano, Italy
Jan 4, 2021Sparkling ice diamonds on a black sandy beach
Nov 14, 2020Decorating for Diwali
Nov 15, 2018‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
Sep 9, 2018Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
Jan 22, 2021Cold? What cold?