4 oct 1957 año - Sputnik was launched by the Soviets.

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While the U.S. was gaining land in taking down communists, on October 4, the Soviets dropped a steel ball containing a small transmitter. This satellite was called Sputnik. The U.S. quickly created the National Defense Act, producing more science teachers and scientists.

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