1955-1975 | Dual Credit History Technology Project #3- Brianna Belcher

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    1955-1975 | Dual Credit History Technology Project #3- Brianna Belcher

  • October 4, 1957

    The Soviet Union successfully launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite. Marking the dawn of the Space Age, the event pushes the US government into action and leads to the formation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

  • January 20, 1961

    John F. Kennedy is inaugurated President.

  • August 13, 1961

    East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall, which closes all land routes between East and West Berlin.

  • September 1, 1961

    The Soviet Union breaks the three-year moratorium on nuclear weapons testing. In a period of 60 days, the Soviets conduct 50 atmospheric tests, with a total yield exceeding that of all previous test series, by all nations, combined.

  • August 5, 1963

    The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union sign the Limited Test Ban Treaty prohibiting underwater, atmospheric, and outer space nuclear tests. Nuclear testing continues underground.

  • November 22, 1963

    Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President.

  • April 3, 1965

    The U.S. launches the first nuclear reactor in space (SNAP-10A). SNAP stands for Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power.

  • November 21, 1967

    President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill authorizing the National Accelerator Laboratory, later renamed the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, for a site at Weston, Illinois, thirty miles west of Chicago.

  • January 20, 1969

    Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated President.

  • November 7, 1973

    President Nixon launches Project Independence, with the goal of achieving energy self-sufficiency by 1980. Recalling the Manhattan Project, Nixon declares that American science, technology, and industry can free the United States from dependence on foreign oil.

  • August 9, 1974

    Gerald R. Ford becomes President.

  • March 27, 1975

    The first pipe is laid on the Alaska Pipeline, which will move crude oil 800 miles through a 48-inch pipe from the North Slope of Alaska to the ice-free port of Valdez, Alaska. Construction is completed in two years.