The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events between 1930 and 1939 Deselect
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- 1800 26 Events
- 1900 5 Events
- 1910 6 Events
- 1920 6 Events
- 1930 7 Events
- 1940 7 Events
- 1950 15 Events
- 1960 25 Events
- 1970 106 Events
- 1980 139 Events
- 1990 271 Events
- 2000 30 Events
- 2001 32 Events
- 2002 39 Events
- 2003 37 Events
- 2004 44 Events
- 2005 47 Events
- 2006 46 Events
- 2007 57 Events
- 2008 119 Events
- 2009 286 Events
- 2010 315 Events
- 2011 293 Events
- 2012 231 Events
- 2013 331 Events
- 2014 366 Events
- 2015 374 Events
- 2016 341 Events
- 2017 310 Events
- 2018 25 Events
- 2019 4 Events
- 2020 0 Events
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Discovery of insecticide DDT. P. Müller receives the Nobel Prize in 1948. DDT has been banned in Germany since 1972.
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Otto Hahn and Fritz Straßmann discover nuclear fission.
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Sewage containing mercury is released by Chisso's chemicals works into Minimata Bay in Japan. The mercury accumulates in sea creatures, leading eventually to mercury poisoning in the population.
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World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. Since then it has grown to encompass all kinds of animal life and is widely celebrated in countries throughout the world. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
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The first patent for production of synthetic fibres is granted. Under the Nazi policy of self-sufficiency, the industry expands greatly in the 1930s.
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A "fog disaster" in Maastal near Lüttich claims 100 lives.
