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aug 12, 1957 - Launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik

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Opened the much anticipated "spage age," and made America's scientific establishment feel inferior. It also frightened Americans about national defense and shifted attention to academic achievement in the STEM areas, leading to the passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in 1958.

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aug 12, 1957
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