The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events between 1920 and 1929 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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NABU (then the BfV) starts a campaign against destruction of the countryside through land clearance.
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Hermann Joseph Müller (1890 - 1965) discovers X-rays to be agents of mutation.
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The first German Nature Conservation Day (Deutscher Naturschutztag DNT) took place in Munich from 26 July - 28 July 1925. Since 1957 the conference is held every two years.
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Accident insurance is extended, at first to cover 11 occupational illnesses.
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A Prussian act to protect trees is passed in 1922, with positive effects in conurbations, above all.
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The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921 when a tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 561 people and injuring about 2,000 more. About 80 percent of all buildings in Oppau were destroyed.
