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  • First used telescope to explore space

    First used telescope to explore space

    Thomas Harriot used the first telescope and made the first observations, a month later Galileo made his observations and discoveries.
  • Benjamin Franklin / Philadelphia

    Benjamin Franklin / Philadelphia

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
  • Henry David Thoreau published Walden

    Henry David Thoreau published Walden

    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
  • Ecology iis coined Oekologie in German

    Ecology iis coined Oekologie in German

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
  • Acid rain coined

    Acid rain coined

    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
  • Term "smog" coined

    Term "smog" coined

    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
  • Congress Created National Park Service

    Congress Created National Park Service

    US Congress created the National Park Service
  • First object launched into space

    First object launched into space

    V-2 Launched with a vertical velocity and was the first object to acheive making it to space, it was also constructed by germans.
  • First satellite into space

    First satellite into space

    The first object launched into space from the Soviet Union. Sputnik was believed to be a spy craft of some sorts and the U.S. started the space race.
  • Sputnik 2, Dog Orbit

    Sputnik 2, Dog Orbit

    Abord the Sputnik 2 was a dog that was here to make an orbit around the Earth.
  • First Human Being in Space for Earth Orbit

    First Human Being in Space for Earth Orbit

    The first Human Orbit around the Earth by Yuri Gagarin.
  • Solar system mapping

    Solar system mapping

    The first Nasa orbiter probe was sent out into space in this time.
  • Silent Spring Published

    Silent Spring Published

    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
  • First object to orbit moon

    First object to orbit moon

    Luna 10 was the first man mad object to orbit the moon and come back.
  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
  • First Moon Orbit

    First Moon Orbit

    Two Russian tortoises were the first living creatures to be around the moon and back to earth. On the Zond 5.
  • First human orbit around moon

    First human orbit around moon

    A group of humans borded apollo 8 to make the first human orbit around the moon and back
  • Man on the moon

    Man on the moon

    The Soviets set off to put a satellite into space while the U.S. set off for a person on the moon. This is when the U.S. Achieved the mission of putting a man on the moon.
  • First Earth Day

    First Earth Day

    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
  • Protocal on ozone depleting substances started

    Protocal on ozone depleting substances started

    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
  • Kyoto protocol

    Kyoto protocol

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
  • U.S. rejected Kyoto Protocol

    U.S. rejected Kyoto Protocol

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
  • U.S. Cease in participation in Paris agreement.

    U.S. Cease in participation in Paris agreement.

    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
  • U.S. Rejoins Paris agreement

    U.S. Rejoins Paris agreement

    U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation