In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Space_Flight_Center" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marshall Space Flight Center">Marshall Space Flight Center</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NASA">NASA</a> had already activated the facility on July 1).