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October 2
The HMS Beagle returns to England, and the Environmental Protection Agency is founded.
October 1
President Jimmy Carter visits the Love Canal, and the first U.S. nuclear power plant shuts down.
September 30
Columbus Delano resigns as secretary of the Interior, and a tsunami wipes out villages in Samoa.
September 29
Nuclear waste spills over Russia, and Congress abolishes the Office of Technology Assessment.
September 28
Locusts swarm northern Africa, and Los Angeles hits 113 degrees F.
September 27
Rachel Carson publishes 'Silent Spring,' and California caps greenhouse gas emissions.
September 26
Wildfires engulf Indonesian rain forests, and Earth's average temperature reaches a record high.
September 25
The Tellico Dam is exempted from the Endangered Species Act, and Hurricane Gloria spares Virginia Beach.
September 24
'Mount Firestone' erupts, and police break up a G-20 protest in Pittsburgh.
September 23
Leslie Groves takes charge of the Manhattan Project, and a 'No Nukes' rally is held in New York.

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