Enviormental Timeline By lulutio711 Jul 16, 1798 Public H"ealth Service Act Sep 19, 1905 Establishment of National Forests Sep 19, 1918 Migratory Bird Act Jun 8, 1940 Bald Eagle Protection Act Sep 19, 1947 Everglades National Park Sep 19, 1962 Silent Spring published Sep 19, 1963 Clean Air Act Sep 19, 1964 wilderness ACT Sep 19, 1964 DDT banned Sep 19, 1966 Endangered Species Preservation Act Sep 19, 1969 Endangered species conservation Act Sep 19, 1969 National Environmental policy Act Apr 22, 1970 First Earth Day Dec 3, 1970 EPA formed Sep 19, 1972 Clean Water Act Sep 19, 1972 U.N Environment program created Sep 19, 1973 Convection on the international Trade in Endangered species Sep 19, 1973 Endangered Species Act Sep 19, 1974 OPEC Oil embargo Sep 19, 1976 Resource conservation and recovery ACT Oct 19, 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act Sep 19, 1977 Alternative Energy institute Mar 28, 1979 three mile island accident Dec 19, 1984 Union Carbide Plant Explosion Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion Mar 23, 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill Sep 19, 1990 Clean Air Act reauthorized Sep 19, 1992 First U.N Earth Summit Control ACT Sep 19, 1994 International conference on population and development Oct 28, 1995 World Food Summit Dec 19, 1997 Kyoto protocol Sep 21, 1998 Love Canal Disaster