print email comment close Today in History: Earth Day URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr22.html Description: A brief history of Earth Day, "first observed in Spring of 1970." Features links to Library of Congress sites about related issues and people. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Extra Keywords environment Library of Congress Subject Headings: Earth Day LII classic content Special days LII Database Information: Record 10114 created by Carol Terry on 03/22/2003 Last modification on 04/15/2004 Published: 03/22/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10114