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-Wisconsin senator, 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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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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The envy of postcards and snow globes
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Copper Falls State Park, Wisconsin
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Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, United States
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Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
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Diwali
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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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Giant panda, Chengdu, China
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Banff National Park, Alberta
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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Poinsettia Day
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World Population Day
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Chasing summer in the art world
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World Wildlife Day
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Milwaukee City Hall, Wisconsin, United States
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Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy
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Marseille welcomes to Olympic torch
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Paradise Cave, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
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World Hello Day
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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World Theatre Day
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The road less taken?
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International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
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