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NORAD era opens as US and Canada unite for defense pact
The Associated Press notes key historical dates across world events from 1939 to 1985. NORAD formed by the United States and Canada in 1957, alongside moments like Whitman’s Texas sniper case, the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Einstein’s letter to FDR urging atomic research, and major milestones in space, war, civil rights, and culture.
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