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Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon, Died (1914)

President Roosevelt Dedicated Great Smoky National Park (1940)

Wilderness Act passed (1964)

Fort Bragg, Home of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, Established (1918)

UNESCO Established First World Heritage Sites (1978)

Alcide d’Orbigny, French Naturalist, Born (1802)

Edward Birge, Father of Limnology, born (1851)

UN Millennium Declaration ratified (2000)

First “Bug” Found in Computer (1945)

Henry Hardtner, Father of Southern Forestry, Born (1870)

World Wildlife Fund Began Operations (1961)

Canyonlands National Park Established (1964)

Walter Reed born (1851)

Marc Reisner, Author of Cadillac Desert (1948)

Darwin reaches the Galapagos Islands (1835)

Ed Begley Jr., Environmental Advocate, born (1949)

Edgar Wayburn, Wilderness Advocate, Born (1906)

Grey Owl, Pioneering Conservationist in Canada, Born (1888)

Urmas Tartes, Estonian Nature Photographer, born (1963)

AAAS Founded (1848)

Assateague Island National Seashore Created (1965)

Peace Corps becomes law (1961)

Rose Selected as U.S. National Flower (1986)

President Kennedy Dedicated Pinchot Institute (1963)

Pope Francis Addressed the UN on the Environment (2015)

Johnny Appleseed Born (1774)

“Silent Spring” Published (1962)

National Public Lands Day

Steinhart Aquarium opens (1923)

Hoover Dam Dedicated (1935)

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