Earth Day and Peace Day

Earth Day takes place on April 22 every year. It all started in 1970 when 20,000,000
people all over the USA rushed to celebrate the first ever holiday celebrating and rallying people to do their best for the environment.

Peace Day was started in 1981 when the United nations General Assembly passed a resolution stating that there should be an day of no fighting and peace recognized all over the world. Finally in 2001 The UN General Assembly announced that starting that year September 21 of each year would officially be the International Day of Peace.

"Declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honor a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day...

“Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate, in an appropriate manner, the International Day of Peace, including through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in the establishment of the global ceasefire.”