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May 1, 2024 · Apr. 27, 2024, 2:47 AM ET (CBS) Celebrate Arbor Day at the Minnesota Zoo. Arbor Day, holiday observed in many countries by planting trees. It was first proposed in the 19th century by J. Sterling Morton, an American journalist and politician, who famously wrote, “Other holidays repose upon the past; Arbor Day proposes for the future.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 8, 2024 · Earth Day, annual celebration honoring the achievements of the environmental movement and raising awareness of the importance of long-term ecological sustainability. It is celebrated on either April 22 or the day the vernal equinox occurs. Learn more about Earth Day, including its history.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) [1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.
May 6, 2024 · The first attempt at a Holocaust remembrance day was a 1948 decision by the Israeli chief rabbinate that the 10th of Tevet—an early winter fast day commemorating the beginning of the siege that led to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 bce —would be the day to recite the memorial Kaddish.
- Michael Berenbaum
2 days ago · The name "Wikimedia", a compound of wiki and media, was coined by American author Sheldon Rampton in a post to the English Wikipedia mailing list in March 2003, three months after Wiktionary became the second wiki-based project hosted on the original server.
May 20, 2024 · April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 270 days remain until the end of the year.
May 9, 2024 · A year later, on 18 April 1951, representatives from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the Treaty of Paris and established the European Coal and Steel...
