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Dwight D. Eishenhower. (Because of his famous pledge to land a man on the moon, John Kennedy is sometimes mistakenly given as the answer to this question.)
From the late 1940s to the late 1980s, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the so-called "Cold War," a contest between democratic capitalism and totalitarian communism . Along with espionage and proxy wars, an arms race, an effort by each side to develop military dominance over the other, was an important (some would say the deciding) feature of that contest.
In 1952, the International Council of Scientific Unions, proposed the International Geophysical Year, running from July 1957 to December 1958. In September, 1955 the Naval Research Laboratory's project Vanguard was chosen to orbit an unmanned satellite as part of the IGY effort, but it was underfunded and progress was slow.
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sucessfully orbited a satellite called "Sputnik." This generated a great deal of concern, if not panic, that there was a technology gap, and that the Soviets might use their technology to deliver weapons from space. Additional funding was forthcoming and the U.S. orbited its first artificial satellite on January 11, 1958. President Eisenhower and Congress chartered the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which absorbed all civilian space projects, beginning operations on October 1, 1958.
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter space, achieving a single orbit of the Earth. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the second man, and first American, to achieve space flight.
On May 25, 1961, recently inaugurated President John F. Kennedy, in a special address on space to Congress, announce that, "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.
On July 20, 1969, the U. S. achieved Kennedy's goal, becoming the only country, to this day, to land men on Moon or any other extraterrestrial body.
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Which president lasted only 30 days?
William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, served for only 30 days before pneumonia killed him. He was the first president to die in office. He was succeeded by John Tyler, but Harrison's death revealed flaws, which were resolved, in the constitutional succession. His death was long attributed to his catching cold as a result of exposure during the inauguration, but he didn't catch the cold until three weeks later.
What president was assassinated in 1961?
James Abram Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated. On July 2, 1881, he was walking through the Sixth Street Station of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad [the current location of the National Gallery of Art]. He was accompanied by sons James and Harry, Secretary of State James G. Blaine, and - ironically - Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln. For the latter was the son of Abraham Lincoln, the first U.S. President to be assassinated. President Garfield was going to catch the train to Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was the scheduled speaker at his alma mater, Williams College. But he never boarded the train. Charles Julius Guiteau, a lawyer whose applications for the U.S. consulship in Paris had been rejected repeatedly, shot him in the arm and then in the spine. The second bullet couldn't be found. The President suffered through infections, fevers, extreme pain, bronchial pneumonia, and blood poisoning before dying on September 19, 1881.
Summary on catch a tiger by the toe?
eenie meenie miney mo catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him eenie meenie miney mo out you must go
In The Whipping Boy what do the highwaymen mean Not much of a catch-two sparrows?
caca
What state catches the most fish?
States don't catch fish, people do
How did President Eisenhower react when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik the first space satellite?
He approved a U.S. space program, known as NASA, to catch up with the Soviets. you study island people are cheaters
How did President Eisenhower react when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik?
It was subtle, he knew that what they were doing was only going to help legalize surveylance satilites in the future, so he let them do their thing, while he just finished up his contribution to the space race
What is catch net?
When an exception occurs in program execution. Such as 1/0 or divide by zero exception. The program must catch the exception or the program will crash. Although handling of the exception or solution is not necessary.
IS Throwing an exception always causes program termination?
No Not necessarily.. You can catch an exception and then continue to execute your program as if nothing happened. If in your catch block you have code like System.exit then your program would terminate.
When does deadliest catch season 8 star?
Its already started...started in early April
What are the biological effect of outbreeding?
I believe cats are outbreeding or overbreeding. So We have started a catch and release program, the catch and release program is well, they will catch cats and spay them and release them to the wild. P.S. Spaying is fixing an animal, apparently male (do not read past this if under ten) they will get them where they can't produce sperms.
Can you catch the three legendary dogs in rubyred?
In Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, the only way to get the legendary dogs is to trade them from a previous game. In Fire Red, and Leaf Green, you can only obtain one dog. The other two you have to trade over. Which ever dog you can get depends on your starter. If you started with Bulbasaur you can catch Entei. If you started with Charmander you can catch Suicune. If you started with Squirtle you can catch Raikou. The dog is roaming around Kanto.
Is catch-22 An AR book today?
No, "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller is not an Accelerated Reader (AR) book. AR books are part of a program that includes quizzes and reading levels for students, and "Catch-22" is not included in this program. However, it is still a widely studied and recognized novel in literature.
Where can catch the bus to sesamiplace?
There is not a place that a person can catch a bus in order to go to Sesame Street. Sesame Street is the name of a television children's program; it is not a real place that a person can catch a bus to.
How do you catch jarachi in Pokemon HeartGold?
i just started but there might be ... with Acton replay
What is a final catch statement?
A "final catch" or a "try catch" statement is an exception (error) handling statement that will try to run the code between the final/try and "catch". If an error has been encountered, then the computer will proceed to the catch portion of the statement to prevent the program from terminating on error.
How do you catch suicon?
to catch suicune, you had to of started with charmander in leafgreen and firered and had to of defeated the elite 4. he is then randomly encountered in the wild. if you didnt start with charmander,you can still catch one of the 3 legendary dogs. to catch entei, your starter has to be bulbasaur and you had to of defeated the elite 4 and is randomly encountered in the wild, the same with raikou if you started with squirtle. i hope this helps you!
