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National Aeronautics and Space Administration established: 29 July 1958 - This Day in History
Criticized for allowing the Soviet Union to launch the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth (Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957), U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation this day in 1958 that created NASA.
More Events on this day:
1981: Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married in St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1957: The International Atomic Energy Agency was created.
1913: Albania was formally recognized by the major European powers as an independent principality following the issuance of the Vlorė proclamation.
1890: Vincent van Gogh died in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, two days after shooting himself.
1872: Nathaniel P. Langford and James Stevenson made the first ascent of Grand Teton, the highest peak of the Teton Range in Wyoming.
1858: Townsend Harris persuaded the Japanese to sign the Harris Treaty, an agreement securing commercial and diplomatic privileges for the United States in Japan.
1588: The Spanish Armada, the great fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain to invade England, was first sighted by the English off Lizard Point, Cornwall.
Benito Mussolini: Biography of the Day
"From today onwards we are all Italians and nothing but Italians. Now that steel has met steel, one single cry comes from our hearts—Viva l'Italia!"Benito Mussolini
Born this day in 1883, Benito Mussolini was the first of 20th-century Europe's fascist dictators, assuming absolute power of Italy in 1922, and his harsh rule and involvement in World War II led to his death in 1945.
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