Today is Earth Day—a day dedicated to celebrating the planet we call home and raising awareness of environmental problems. The seeds of this day were planted back in 1969 when Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin witnessed events like the Cuyahoga River catching fire and the Santa Barbara oil spill and decided that the world needed an environmental initiative. A year later, the first Earth Day event was held. Now, it has grown into an annual event with more than a billion people in over 193 countries taking part.
Earth Day
Today in History
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Everyone s watching the Perseids
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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It’s Endangered Species Day
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A day to take a moment
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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International Day of Peace
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World Childrens Day
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Gone ‘lightseeing’ in Berlin
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A wonderland in winter
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Meandering through Patagonia
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Florentine garden brings generations together
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Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Presidents Day in America’s front yard
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Impala in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
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Engineering an artificial harbor in Normandy
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Snow aglow in central Japan
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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Cold? What cold?
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International Whale Shark Day
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Cinco de Mayo
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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World Bicycle Day
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Next stop, Tofino
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Tesla, the visionary
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Merry Christmas!
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Red skies at Ruby Beach
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Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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