June is Pride month, and cities across the nation are celebrating the LGBTQ community. Here in Minneapolis, the Interstate 35W Bridge is lit up with rainbow colors—a longtime symbol of gay pride. The rainbow flag first debuted 40 years ago, in 1978, after San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk suggested that designer Gilbert Baker create a flag for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Baker, who died last year, once said he was inspired by rainbows because they’re part of nature, and representative of everyone.
The Twin Cities celebrate Pride
Today in History
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Waitangi Day in New Zealand
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A medieval Moorish gem
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Dark skies over New Mexico
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Mute swans
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Tennis in the park
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Sonoma Coast State Park, California
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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Mount Logan in Yukon, Canada
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Computer science on the page
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World Space Week begins
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World Jellyfish Day
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Salzburg, Austria
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Mount Hood, Oregon
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Turning darkness into light
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Cecropia leaf and lobster claw petals in Mexico
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An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
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D-Day remembered
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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Colorful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Welcome to Scotland s garden
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In the Most Serene Republic
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Two rocks and a heart spot
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Join us in celebrating World Water Day
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival
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