International Darwin Day 2026 – February 12 International Darwin Day is observed annually across the world on February 12 to commemorate the birth of Charles Robert Darwin, the British naturalist and geologist who proposed the ‘Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection’.
Background:
Origin: International Darwin Day was first championed by three passionate supporters: Dr. Robert Stephens, Professor Massimo Pigliucci, and Amanda Chesworth.
Initial Celebration: In 1995, Dr. Robert Stephens led efforts to celebrate Darwin’s legacy in Silicon Valley, the United States of America (USA).
Background:
Origin: International Darwin Day was first championed by three passionate supporters: Dr. Robert Stephens, Professor Massimo Pigliucci, and Amanda Chesworth.
Initial Celebration: In 1995, Dr. Robert Stephens led efforts to celebrate Darwin’s legacy in Silicon Valley, the United States of America (USA).
- In 1997, Professor Massimo Pigliucci organised the first Darwin Day events at the University of Tennessee, the USA.
Formalisation: In 2000, Amanda Chesworth joined Robert Stephens to formalise the Darwin Day program in New Mexico, USA.
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- By 2002, the initiative evolved into the Darwin Day Celebration, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation based in California, the USA.
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