Facts about International Earth Day

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April 22nd every year the world marks Mother Earth Day.

Do you know how it all began? People behind it?

Earth Day is the largest secular observed day in the world celebrated by more than 1 billion people annually.

Over 193 countries across the world celebrate Earth day.

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In 1969, a catastrophic 3- million-gallon oil spill off California’s coast sparked the Day Movement.

The first Earth Day was celebrated on 22nd April 1970.

April 22nd was originally chosen to get more college students involved in the earth movement.

Months after the first Earth Day, former USA president Richard Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency.

Earth Day went International in 1990, mobilizing over 200 million people in 141 countries.

In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly established April 22 as International Mother Earth Day.

HAPPY MOTHER EARTH DAY!

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