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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Fly me to the moon
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The 80th anniversary of D-Day
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Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California
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Ruins of a royal temple
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Black History Month
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World Lion Day
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World Octopus Day
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Castelmezzano, Italy
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The Big Blue of the Sierra
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Chocolate Hills
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Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
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FOR FOREST by Klaus Littmann
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International Beaver Day
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Summer solstice
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Everest s shadow on the Himalayas
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National Rivers Month
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Arbor Day
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Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, US-Canada border
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Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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The Great Glen
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Masai giraffes in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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Male hooded merganser, Oregon
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Presidents Day
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Struck by Southwestern beauty
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