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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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America Wins Independence
ON July 4th, 1776, now celebrated as Independence Day, the United States won the war for freedom and independence from Great Britain. -
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
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Ecology
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
Acid Rain
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
Smog
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US Congress created the National Park Service
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese air service at the Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War lasted almost 2 years, and America lost South Vietnam in the war. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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JFK Assasination
The assassination was in Dallas, Texas in 1963, while he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Park. He was campaigning with crowds of people, and he got shot in his back and neck. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital where he was declared dead. -
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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Moon Landing
America won the worldwide race to be the first man on the moon. Apollo 11 made it to the moon and Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. -
Earth Day
April 22., millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day organized by Gaylord Nelson, former senator of Wisconsin, and Denis Hayes, Harvard graduate student. US Environmental Protection Agency established -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases -
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
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Terrorist Attach on September 11th
ON September 11, 2001, terrorists, the Wahhabi terrorist group Al-Qaeda, attacked America by taking control of planes and targeting them at the North and South WTC. At 8:46 am the North tower was struck and at 9:03 am the South Tower was struck, killing thousands of people, hundreds of firefighters included. The South Tower fell at 9:59 am, 56 minutes after the hit, and the North at 8:56 am, 10 minutes after the hit. A third plane hit the pentagon, and a fourth was crashed by the passengers. -
Barack Obama Becomes President
Barack Obama was elected president in 2009. He was the 44th president of the United States. -
Gay Marriage
In June of 2015, Gay Marriage was legalized in all states of America and required states to honor out-of-state marriage lisences. -
Orlando Shooting
On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured 53 others at a night club in Orlando, Florida. -
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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First Covid-19 Case in the United States
The first Covid-19 case in America was confirmed in Washington from Wuhan. -
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
