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United States government

The federal government of the United States.

20 links, 19 backed by primary records

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Dates
1789 –
Place
Washington, D.C.
Also known as
US government, U.S. government, Federal government of the United States
Over time
  1. Active 1789 –
  2. includes Atomic Energy Commission 1 Jan 1947 – 19 Jan 1975
  3. includes Central Intelligence Agency 1947 –
  4. awarded a contract to RAND Corporation 1948 –
  5. headed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (President of the United States) 20 Jan 1953 – 20 Jan 1961
  6. adopted In God We Trust 30 Jul 1956 –
  7. includes DARPA 7 Feb 1958 –
  8. includes NASA 1 Oct 1958 –
  9. headed by Ronald Reagan (President of the United States) 20 Jan 1981 – 20 Jan 1989

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The federal government of the United States, seated in Washington, D.C.. In this graph it is also a perspective: claims marked “according to the United States government” follow official US accounts, such as John F. Kennedy’s address of 22 October 1962.

In 1956 it adopted In God We Trust as the national motto.

Connections 20

founded

  • Project RAND 1946 Primary record 1

    Through the U.S. Army Air Forces, under a contract with the Douglas Aircraft Company.

headed by

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower 20 Jan 1953 – 20 Jan 1961 President of the United States Primary record 2
  • John F. Kennedy 20 Jan 1961 – 22 Nov 1963 President of the United States Primary record 3
  • Ronald Reagan 20 Jan 1981 – 20 Jan 1989 President of the United States Scholarship & press 4

awarded a contract to

  • RAND Corporation 1948 – Primary record 5

    The U.S. Air Force was RAND's first client.

  • Douglas Aircraft Company Douglas World Cruisers Primary record 6

    Through the U.S. Army Air Service. In 1924 Douglas World Cruisers became the first aircraft to fly around the world.

deployed

  • PGM-19 Jupiter 1961 – Apr 1963 Primary record 78

    Deployed in Italy and Turkey; withdrawn in 1963.

involved in

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adopted

headquartered in

Timeline 13 dates
  1. 1789 – United States government
  2. 1946 United States government founded Project RAND
  3. 1 Jan 1947 – 19 Jan 1975 Atomic Energy Commission part of United States government
  4. 1947 – Central Intelligence Agency part of United States government
  5. 1948 – United States government awarded a contract to RAND Corporation
  6. 20 Jan 1953 – 20 Jan 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower head of United States government
  7. 30 Jul 1956 – United States government adopted In God We Trust
  8. 7 Feb 1958 – DARPA part of United States government
  9. 1 Oct 1958 – NASA part of United States government
  10. 1961 – Apr 1963 United States government deployed PGM-19 Jupiter
  11. 20 Jan 1961 – 22 Nov 1963 John F. Kennedy head of United States government
  12. 20 Jan 1981 – 20 Jan 1989 Ronald Reagan head of United States government
  13. 23 Mar 1983 United States government adopted Strategic Defense Initiative
Proof 19 sources
  1. A Brief History of the RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation. Primary record
    The U.S. Army Air Forces created Project RAND in 1946 under contract with Douglas Aircraft Company.
  2. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume I: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States
  3. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XI: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Kennedy, John F., President of the United States until his assassination on November 22, 1963
  4. Ronald Reagan, Miller Center, University of Virginia. Scholarship & press
    Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, followed a unique path to the White House.
  5. A Look Through the Decades at World-Changing RAND Research, RAND Corporation. Primary record
    We started with one client—the U.S. Air Force—and over the past seven decades have enjoyed productive relationships with thousands of clients.
  6. 3 California companies that helped shape Boeing, Boeing, 22 Apr 2026. Primary record
    Douglas won the U.S. Army Air Service contract for an aircraft to attempt the first around-the-world flight using modified DT-2s called Douglas World Cruisers (DWC).
  7. The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    U.S. Jupiter missiles were removed from Turkey in April 1963.
  8. The Jupiter Missiles and the Endgame of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Sealing the Deal with Italy and Turkey, Wilson Center, 20 Apr 2023. Scholarship & press
  9. Sputnik, 1957 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    In this way, the launch of Sputnik fueled both the space race and the arms race, in addition to increasing Cold War tensions
  10. Cable, Ambassador Dobrynin to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Meeting with Robert Kennedy, Wilson Center Digital Archive, 27 Oct 1962. Primary record
    Formally the deployment of missile bases in Turkey was done by a special decision of the NATO Council.
  11. NASA Goddard's Beginnings in Project Vanguard, NASA, 16 Feb 2024. Primary record
    Project Vanguard, initiated in 1955, aimed to launch the first American satellite into Earth orbit as part of the International Geophysical Year (July 1957 to December 1958).
  12. Sputnik and the Origins of the Space Age, NASA. Primary record
    As a direct outgrowth of this crisis in the winter of 1957-1958, the administration worked with congressional leaders to draft legislation creating a permanent federal agency dedicated to exploring space.
  13. The Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, Jul 1983. Primary record
    President Harry S. Truman confirmed the civilian control of atomic energy by signing the Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946.
  14. History of CIA, Central Intelligence Agency. Primary record
    The National Security Act of 1947 established CIA as an independent, civilian intelligence agency within the executive branch.
  15. ARPA is born (innovation timeline), DARPA. Primary record
    On Feb. 7, 1958, Neil McElroy, the Department of Defense Secretary, issued DoD Directive 5105.15 establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
  16. Joint Resolution to establish a national motto of the United States (Public Law 84-851, 70 Stat. 732), U.S. Government Publishing Office, 30 Jul 1956. Primary record
    That the national motto of the United States is hereby declared to be "In God we trust."
  17. 36 U.S. Code § 302: National motto, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Primary record
    “In God we trust” is the national motto.
  18. Star Wars and SDI: Defending America and the Galaxy (exhibit), Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Primary record
    On March 23, 1983 in a televised address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to embark upon groundbreaking research into a national defense system that could make nuclear weapons obsolete, called the Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI.
  19. Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Link (narrative and text), U.S. Department of State, 20 Jun 1963. Primary record
    a full-time duplex wire telegraph circuit (Washington-London-Copenhagen-Stockholm-Helsinki-Moscow)
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