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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Polar bear capital of the world
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Take the Stairs Day
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Molokini Crater, Maui, Hawaii
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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The city of Osaka at night, Japan
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First day of summer
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Daylight saving time begins
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Freeloaders of the avian world
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Kochia, Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
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Ode to the sun
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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Watson Lake in Granite Dells, Arizona
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Blooming sunflowers
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A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
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Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
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Borrego Badlands
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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Summer solstice
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Where can you find a red fox?
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Saskatchewan s spookier side
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St. Patricks Day
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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Patriot Day
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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A river runs through rice fields
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Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland