NASA founded
1958 · Event
The US creates a civilian space agency in response to Sputnik, the vehicle of the coming space race and Moon landings.
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- Isaac Newton (1643)
- De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- The Space Race (1957)
- Invention of the transistor (1947)
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- Edison's incandescent light bulb (1879)
- First electronic computer (ENIAC) (1946)
Around 1958
- The Beatles (1960)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)