First Day of Autumn Fall Equinox-day when night and day are of equal length. September (9/22/08, 9/22/09, 9/23/10, 9/23/11, 9/22/12, 9/22/13, 9/23/14, 9/23/15, 9/22/16, 9/22/17, 9/23/18, 9/23/19, 9/22/20). 1  Autumnal Equinox. 2  Fall Equinox. 3  Earth's Seasons.
Earth Day Flag created by John McConnell. Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection.hile this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.
Learn how Earth Day became a global environmental event that will include a billion people on April 22. By John Roach, for National Geographic News. PUBLISHED. People at an Earth Day event lift their bicycles in Budapest, Hungary, on April 22, 2012.Photograph by Attila Volgyi, Xinhua/Eyevine/Redux. More than a billion people around the world will celebrate Earth Day on April 22, 2013âthe 43rd anniversary of the annual day of action on the environment.nstead, April 22, 1970, was chosen for the first Earth Day in part because it fell on a Wednesday, the best part of the week to encourage a large turnout for the environmental rallies held across the country, Rogers said.