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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
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Slavery Was Abolished
Slavery was abolished by president Abraham Lincoln. -
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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World War I Begins
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by Bosnian and Serbian man Gavrilo Princip. The war persisted until November 11, 1918. -
US Congress created the National Park Service
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Flu Pandemic
Influenza was first noticed in the U.S Military, but overtook the world as a pandemic. It still exists today, but is not as difficult to recover, and a lot of modern medicine has been made. -
Womens Suffrage
Women gained voting rights after the 19th amendment was passed. -
World War II Begins
World War II began with the invasion of Poland led by Germany and the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
United States military dropped an atomic bomb on Japan to end war with them. Radioactivity still lingers in Hiroshima to this day -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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John F Kennedy Assassination
United States president John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas Texas while in a Motorcade. He died at 46. -
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
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War Between Iran and Iraq
Iran and Iraq went to war with each other when Iran invaded Iraq. The war eventually ended in a stalemate after 8 years. -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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Amazon.com Was Born
Amazon.com was launched by Jeff Bezos. This made online shopping a whole new market, and Bezos is now one of the richest men. -
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
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U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
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September 11 Terrorist Attack
Terrorist group al-Qaeda launched 2 planes into the World Trade Center twin towers, one into the pentagon, and one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers overthrew the terrorist. -
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
