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May 13^th, 2009 at 10:03am

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...years ago this week, a treaty orgaization was formed. Its name was later changed by one word but its nomenclature initials were changed.
Who/what?

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Reply #1 - May 13^th, 2009 at 8:17pm

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The first thing I thought of was NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), but that was 1948.

However, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958 the agency was dissolved, and its assets and personnel transferred to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NACA was pronounced as individual letters, rather than as an acronym.

NASA was orginally called North American Space Agency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1958.html

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Reply #2 - May 14^th, 2009 at 12:14pm

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"a treaty orgaization was formed."
That is to say, more than one nation involved -- an initial short but you were relatively close, I'll give you space for that.

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Reply #3 - May 14^th, 2009 at 12:21pm

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51 years ago::

A Treat(y), and danger, for Folks puffing on a Fag...>>>

http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200903/1237097002.html

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Reply #4 - May 14^th, 2009 at 1:34pm

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H wrote on May 14^th, 2009 at 12:14pm:

"a treaty orgaization was formed."

That's what's stumped me Roll Eyes

I'll keep looking!

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Reply #5 - May 14^th, 2009 at 1:36pm

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UN?

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Reply #6 - May 15^th, 2009 at 10:07am

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scalper_old wrote on May 14^th, 2009 at 1:36pm:

UN?

aussiewannabe wrote on May 13^th, 2009 at 8:17pm:

H wrote on May 14^th, 2009 at 12:14pm:

NASA was orginally called North American Space Agency.

"a treaty orgaization was formed."
That is to say, more than one nation involved -- an initial short but you were relatively close, I'll give you space for that.

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Reply #7 - May 15^th, 2009 at 1:23pm

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NORAD Agreement

The common defense of the North American continent traces its history back to 1940 when Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt met to discuss the war in Europe and mutual defense concerns.

In September 1957, the two nations agreed to create the “North American Air Defense Command” (NORAD) headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo. as a bi-national command, centralizing operational control of continental air defenses against the threat of Soviet bombers. On May 12, 1958, the agreement between the Canadian and U.S. governments that established NORAD was formalized. The agreement included 11 principles governing the organization and operation of NORAD and called for a renewal of the agreement in 10 years.

http://www.norad.mil/about/agreement.html

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Reply #8 - May 15^th, 2009 at 1:24pm

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I was thinking of Norad too.. Cheyyen Mountain.

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Reply #9 - May 15^th, 2009 at 4:25pm

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Originally the “North American Air Defense Command,” the name changed to “North American Aeospace Defense Command” in March of 1981. By the way, it's Cheyenne Mountain (the namesake of the native tribe and the name of my old truck); the Canadian headquarters is in Ontario.
Also, NORAD took over the task of

tracking Santa Claus.

Cool

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Reply #10 - May 15^th, 2009 at 7:10pm

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Thanks for the quiz.

I had Google working overtime on this Grin

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