Important dates in US History By 100615 1750 Industrial revolution starts 1769 Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. Jul 4, 1776 US Declares it's independence Jan 14, 1784 American Revoultion Ends Jan 7, 1789 First US Elction Feb 4, 1789 Us Elect's George Washington as President 1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden 1866 The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1872 The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain Jul 28, 1914 World war 1 starts 1916 US Congress created the National Park Service Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 starts Apr 12, 1945 FDR"s Assassination day 1962 Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring Aug 28, 1963 MLK Deliver's his I have a dream speech 1968 The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise 1970 First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established 1989 Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force 1997 The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide 2001 U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol Jun 1, 2017 U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation 2020 Covid 19 starts 2021 U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
