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[https://www.ehn.org/earth-day-50-years-anniversary by Christina Pazzanese 22/4/20 EHN] | [https://www.ehn.org/earth-day-50-years-anniversary by Christina Pazzanese 22/4/20 EHN] | ||
Denis Hayes was a 25-year-old student at Harvard Kennedy School in 1969 but dropped out after a semester to become a principal organizer of a grass-roots nonprofit that planned a nationwide rally on April 22, 1970, an event they would call Earth Day. | Denis Hayes was a 25-year-old student at Harvard Kennedy School in 1969 but dropped out after a semester to become a principal organizer of a grass-roots nonprofit that planned a nationwide rally on April 22, 1970, an event they would call Earth Day. | ||
=====50 Years Ago - Earth Day 1970 at the Angeles Chapter===== | |||
[https://www.sierraclub.org/angeles/blog/2020/03/50-years-ago-earth-day-1970-angeles-chapter by SIERRA CLUB 26/3/20] | |||
The first Earth Day was celebrated in Washington D.C., 50 years ago, on April 22, 1970. But by then the Angeles Chapter had already been working to preserve the Earth and its wild places for decades. | |||
