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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Saint Dwynwen s Day
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Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
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Fibonacci Day
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A rock in a wild place
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Siblings Day
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Groundhog Day
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Spotted Lake emerges
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Dressed for winter fun
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Birds of a feather
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Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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International Womens Day
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Cappadocia, Türkiye
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Snow buntings take flight
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Behold the blood moon
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Fall colors below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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National Trails Day
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A Great view from above
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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A swim in the sky
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