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Today in History

Oct. 13, 2023Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Sep. 29, 2025Rainbow houses, Houten, Netherlands
May 25, 2025Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia
A light in the coastal darkness
A bevy of buzzers
Jun. 23, 2024Dhaka, Bangladesh
Apr. 7, 2024International Beaver Day
Nov. 23, 2024Fibonacci Day
May 5, 2025Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
Aug. 23, 2023Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
Beauty by the bay
Feb. 10, 2026Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain
Trusty water-shifters
Big Bends birthday bash
Pretty in pink
Nov. 12, 2024Arches National Park, Utah, United States
What are these colourful insects?
Jul. 27, 2025Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
What returned to this city 500 years ago?
Sep. 20, 2024Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA
Nov. 27, 2024Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
Sanctuary among the trees
May 17, 2025A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
Where can you find this cute creature?
A view that’s out of this world
Dad on duty
Dec. 16, 2025Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market
Oct. 21, 2023International Archaeology Day
The origin of Canadas national parks
The butterfly effect