important dates

By lanaef
  • Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

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

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

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

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

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

    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • US Congress created the National Park Service

    US Congress created the National Park Service

  • Ended Segregation in The Armed Forces

    Ended Segregation in The Armed Forces

    Harry Truman ended segregation in the armed forces
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Ended racial segregation on schools
  • Emmett Till was Murdered

    Emmett Till was Murdered

    Emmett Till was murdered by two white men for allegedly whistling at a white woman
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman, going to jail for it. Causing a year long boycott of the bussing system.
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    A group of black students were blocked from entering a high school that they were attending, they were chased through the streets and brutally attacked. They even needed troops to help escort them around.
  • Greensboro Sit-In

    Greensboro Sit-In

    A group of activists with 4 african american people walked into a restaurant to protest segregation and asked to be served. People were yelling and calling the cops and they all went to jail.
  • Ruby Bridges

    Ruby Bridges

    A six-year old had to be escorted into an elementary school because of the protests and violence because they desegregated
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Through 1961, groups of people protested bus segregation, they also attempted to use "Whites Only" restrooms and counters. They were met with horrific violence.
  • Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    Over 250,000 protesters gathered to march for jobs and freedom, This is also where MLK gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    Around 600 civil rights protesters walked to Selma, Alabama to protest voter suppression. Local police blocked and viciously attacked them.
  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

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

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

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

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

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

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

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

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

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