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Today in History

Aug. 1, 2025Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Aug. 17, 2024International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
The other great barrier reef
Feb. 2, 2025Groundhog Day
Jun. 13, 2025Canadian Grand Prix 2025
May 8, 2025World Donkey Day
Jan. 30, 2026Winterlude begins
Dec. 19, 2025Bormio, Lombardy, Italy
Why are blackbirds tied to winter?
Jan. 6, 2026Nuuk, Greenland
Feb. 23, 2026Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Stunning symmetry
Sep. 14, 2024Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
King of the jungle? Nope
Nov. 28, 2024Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia
Nov. 15, 2025Irohazaka Road in autumn, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Remembering D-Day
May 12, 2024Mothers Day
Sep. 26, 2024Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
Aug. 25, 2023Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grizzly bear and cub
Sep. 2, 2025Camel thorn trees, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
Where two continents meet
Aug. 18, 2025Avalanche Lake Trail at Adirondack High Peaks, New York, United States
Aug. 30, 2025International Whale Shark Day
As curious about you as you are about them
Dec. 22, 2023Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jun. 25, 2024Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Butterfly, fly away
Happy Canada Day!