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Christmas is a day most people like celebrate and spend time with their family. Most people also give and receive gifts from friends family and ect. -
New Years day is the first day of the new year -
Mayflower pilgrims in Massachusetts sat down for a three-day meal with the Wampanoag. Early illustrations of the first Thanksgiving show a friendly meal between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621. -
Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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On July 4th, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. The actually Independence day was on July 2nd but got changed to the 4th for the actual independence of America. -
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States armed forces. -
Presidents Day is celebrated on the birthday of the first president of the US George Washington. -
The violent clashes between labor and police during the Haymarket Riot in 1886, when thousands of workers in Chicago took to the streets to demand an eight-hour workday. -
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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Agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages and maintains several hundred national parks, monuments, historical sites, and other designated properties of the federal government.
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Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. -
The book was published on September 27, 1962, documenting the adverse environmental effects caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
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Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and some of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit -
Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
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Black history month is the month to celebrate and appreciate African Americans in US history. -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
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Extended United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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9/11 was a terrorist attack on the US that had multiple plane crashes on US governmental buildings and in a field. There was multiple deaths this day and multiple hero's and this date became remembered forever. -
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