Earth Day, was founded by Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California.
Read more about about Earth Day at these links:
http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/earth-day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
http://www.chicagonow.com/tween-us/2014/04/10-facts-about-earth-day/
http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html
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