Earth Day falls on April 22 every year, the USA Today website reports today (April 21, 2024).
This year, it falls on a Monday and shares the date with the start of the Jewish holiday, Passover.
Earth Day has been celebrated for over 50 years, but is not federally recognized.
The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 when 20 million people went to inaugural events at schools, universities, and other public areas around the country, according to the Library of Congress website.
Senator Gaylord Nelson advocated for Earth Day and called on students to fight for environmental causes and oppose environmental degradation with he same energy that they displayed in opposing the Vietmam War, states the Library.
Then, the Library adds, in July of 1970 , the Environmental Protection Agency was created after the public demanded cleaner water, air, and land as more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.
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