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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Chhath Puja
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Finnish Independence Day
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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International Day of Light
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Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
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Gandhi Jayanti
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Red deer, Canada
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Red deer stag in De Hoge Veluwe National Park, Netherlands
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Pacific Park, Santa Monica State Beach, California, United States
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Polar bear in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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A hammock in Central Florida, USA
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Amethyst laccaria mushrooms, Seabeck, Washington, United States
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The Bahamas
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The pillar of democracy
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European beech forest, Belgium
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Apples ready for harvest, Minnesota, United States
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The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France
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Huntington Beach Pier, California, USA
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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This snow will never melt
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Creating a better world
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