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US: Dwight David Eisenhower
Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 January 20 to 1961 January 20. He was most famously known as the General of the United States Armed Forces during World War 2.
Dwight Eisenhower.
Dwight Eisenhower was the President on October 1, 1958 when NASA was created.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was president when Michael Jackson was born (in 1958)
He was not an American president. He was prime minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966.
In 1958. He was president for 11 years until he resigned in 1969.
77 Sunset Strip - 1958 The President's Daughter 3-3 was released on: USA: 30 September 1960
Richard Nixon was the vice-president from January 20, 1953 until Jan. 20, 1961.
NASA was established on July 29, 1958, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the NASA Act in July of 1958. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded and began their operations on October 1st, 1958.
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Actually, the US did not launch the first space satellite. The former USSR did, in 1957, launching Sputnik-I. The US followed in 1958 with Explorer 1, formally, Satellite 1958 Alpha. Dwight D. Eisenhower was president at that time.
The NASA act was signed in July of 1958 by president Eisenhower and NASA officially started operations on the 1st of October of that same year.