Earth Day was first celebrated in the United States on April 22, ____
Born on April 22, Julian Koenig suggested the name 'Earth Day' because it rhymed with ________
The first Earth Day was also the anniversary of the birth of noted conservationist ____ ____
The original Earth Day happened to fall on the 100th anniversary of the birth of ________ _____, which led many to believe it was a secret Communist plot
April 22 was chosen because of the perceived availability of college students -- the date was after spring break and Easter but before _____
The first Earth Day was largely organized as a response to an ___ ___ blowing out in Santa Barbara, California
The blow out killed over _____ animals on the Pacific coast
Credit for the first Earth Day is often given to _______ ______, a Wisconsin Senator and environmentalist
Organizers estimated that 20,000,000 people participated in the first Earth Day, demanding _____________ ______
Current estimates suggest that ___ _______ people commemorate Earth Day each year
Then mayor of New York ____ _______ shut down Fifth Avenue and made Central Park available for the first Earth Day demonstrators
The first Philadelphia Earth Day had speakers including Senator Edmund Muskie, activist Ralph Nader, and 'Howl' poet _____ ________
Earth Day became an international event starting in ____
One of the major goals of the international event was to set up a ______ _______ Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Mountain climbers from the US, USSR, and China organized a joint climbing of _____ _______ for the first international Earth Day
The climbers also used the opportunity to clear two tons of _______ from the mountain left by previous expeditions
A third major Earth Day was held in 2000 and was the first to be organized using the ________
The 2000 Earth Day featured a large demonstration of several hundred thousand at the ________ ____ in Washington, DC
The focus of Earth Day 2000 was awareness for ______ _______, the subject of 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Earth Day 2016 featured the signing of the _____ _________ by over 120 countries
The 2017 edition of Earth Day was also the date of the _____ ___ _______, which featured demonstrations around the world
Today, approximately ___ countries commemorate Earth Day each April 22
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