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Gulf of America Day is an official commemoration day observed in the United States on February 9. The name of the Gulf of Mexico was changed to the "Gulf of America" through Presidential Executive Order No. 14172, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025. Along with this change, February 9 was declared Gulf of America Day. History and Presidential Proclamation As part of its policy to "rebuild American heritage," the Trump administration instructed the U.S. Department of the Int

Deepwater Horizon is a semi-submersible oil drilling platform owned by Transocean and operated by British Petroleum (BP). On 20 April 2010, during drilling operations at the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, a violent explosion occurred, resulting in the destruction of most of the platform and the deaths of 11 workers. In the days following the explosion, uncontrolled leakage of crude oil from the seafloor became the largest marine environmental disaster in history. The leak was not stopped un