CHRONOLOGY

• – CIA organizes coup against Iranian government.

• – CIA organizes coup against Guatemalan government.
• – Geneva accords reached.

• – Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva.

• – Soviets launch Sputnik.

• – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is established.
• – National Defense Education Act is passed.

• – Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane.