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 Gaylord Nelson, the then-senator of Wisconsin, USA, 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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Giants of the Southern Ocean
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Milky Way over Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park
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Celebrating Guru Nanak Gurpurab
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA
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‘Only one Earth’
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Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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The festival of joy and happiness
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Twinkle twinkle, little bugs
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Where history comes alive
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Bungle beehives
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Kickoff in Qatar
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You otter check this out
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Starry, starry night
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King of the jungle? Nope
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Blood moon
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Happy Holi!
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Old barn and canola field, Palouse region, Idaho
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Our forgotten forests
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Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
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A glowing square of squares
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We’ve identified these ‘flying objects’
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103 years of Zion
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The road less taken?
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We’ve made it to Halfway Day!
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Grandparents Day
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Maharashtra Day
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Heaven meets Earth!
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Hangin around
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Celebrating the tropics
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Want to hang about?