This day is completely dedicated to collect different rocks. To make this day more exciting, you can go on a small adventurous trip to hunt for old fossils and rocks or you can simply do different things with rocks at home. Every year on January 7th, people are encouraged to go and dig in their...
Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind, its power and the possibilities it holds to change our world. In more than 75 countries around the world, wind farms are in operation, generating energy from a clean and renewable...
The summer solstice is the longest day and shortest night of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year. According to the astronomical definition of the seasons, the summer solstice also marks the beginning...
Aphelion Day is the day that the Earth and Sun are at their furthest distance from each other. Every July the Earth is at aphelion, the furthest from the Sun for the year and in January it is at perihelion, the closest to the Sun for the year. The Earth's annual orbit around the Sun will...
The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29. It was established on December 2, 2009 at the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly by the resolution 64/35, which was adopted unanimously. The International Day against Nuclear Tests aims to raise people’s...
December 12th is Poinsettia Day celebrating the beautiful plant we've come to associate with Christmas. The date marks the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American botanist, physician and Minister to Mexico who in 1828 sent cuttings of the plant he'd discovered in Southern Mexico to his home in...
