Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, published on 27 September 1962, documented how pesticides such as DDT were poisoning wildlife, from songbirds to the bald eagle, and entering food chains and human bodies. The chemical industry attacked her, but a presidential science committee in 1963 supported her findings. The book helped to start the modern environmental movement and led to a ban on DDT for agricultural use in the United States in 1972, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, and Earth Day.
Before and after
- September 1962Ole Miss riot of 1962
- 2 September 1962Birth of Keir Starmer
- 8 September 1962Establishment of Khao Yai National Park
- from 26 September 1962 to 1 December 1970North Yemen civil war
- 27 September 1962Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
- from 11 October 1962 to 8 December 1965Second Vatican Council
- from 14 October 1962 to 28 October 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- from 20 October 1962 to 21 November 1962Sino-Indian War
- 8 November 1962Establishment of Pirin National Park
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- 1945Founding of International Court of Justice
- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 15 June 1954Founding of Union of European Football Associations
- 8 December 1991Founding of Commonwealth of Independent States
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The era
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