World Oceans Day
The ocean generates 50% of the world's oxygen and absorbs 30% of its carbon dioxide. Coastal cleanup events run from the Philippines to Portugal.
- Category
- Awareness
- Observed in
Philippines
Indonesia
Australia
Portugal
Japan
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2009
Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.- 2023Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.
- 2007Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
- 2007Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station.