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Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
Over 1,400 scientists from 73 nations attend first United Nations International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy which is held in Geneva, Switzerland -
The Space Age
Soviet Union successfully launches Sputnik I pushing the US to create NASA -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy is inaugurated -
Limited Test Ban Treaty
The US, Great Britain, and Soviet Union sign Limited Test Ban Treaty prohibiting atmospheric, underwater, and outer space nuclear tests. -
Lyndon B Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president -
Blackout
The first large power blackout covers the northeast US -
Oil Discovery
Oil is discovered on the North Slope of Alaska at Prudhoe Bay -
National Environmental Policy Act
President Johnson signs the National Environmental Policy Act -
Richard M. Nixon
Richard Nixon becomes president -
Oil Spill
An oil platform near Santa Barbara, California suffers a blowout releasing 200,000 gallons of oil creating an 800 square mile oil spill. -
Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The US, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and forty-five other nations sign the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons -
Gerald R. Ford
Gerald Ford becomes president
