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Community service - volunteers picking up garbage in a park during a spring cleanup. Environmentalism
A Timeline of Environmental History
Earth Day. Environmentalism. Girl writes on globe and participate in the 2008 Earth Day event at Seoul City Hall on April 20, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. UN Earth Day, vernal equinox, environmental movement, sustainability
Celebrate Earth Day
President Richard M. Nixon smiles and gives the victory sign as he boards the White House helicopter after his resignation on August 9, 1974 in Washington, D.C.
Timeline of the 1970s
A scary old jack-o-lantern on black. Halloween pumpkin, trick or treat. Halloween holiday
Happy Halloween
A group of diverse individuals, who represent various occupations, stand with their arms raised in the air. labor day; laborers; construction worker; teacher; nurse; doctor; assistant; office staff; blue collar; workforce
Why Is Labor Day Celebrated in September?
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U.S. Supreme Court, 1894: Justices Gray, Jackson, Field, Shiras, Harlan, Brewer, White and Chief Justice Fuller.
Why Are There Nine Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?
B-52G with cruise missiles, USAF, short range attack missiles SRAMs; guided missile
11 of the World’s Most Famous Warplanes
Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.
7 Deadliest Weapons in History
Thumbnail for flags that look alike quiz Russia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway
Flags That Look Alike
US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.
Timeline of the 2000s
Berries and leaves of the bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) plant. Poisonous plant
7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World

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News •

Bronx Zoo welcomes American bison calf • May 3, 2025, 2:12 AM ET (CBS)
4th annual "Broadway Celebrates Earth Day" concert held in Times Square • Apr. 27, 2025, 4:41 AM ET (CBS)
A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day • Apr. 22, 2025, 4:20 PM ET (AP)
Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day • Apr. 22, 2025, 7:02 AM ET (AP)
Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate change • Apr. 22, 2025, 6:58 AM ET (AP)

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