1989 Event 1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM) 1986 Event KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission 1984 Event Mai Shanley, 21, (NM), crowned 33rd Miss USA 1982 Event 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM 1967 Birthday Kent Jones, Portales, New Mexico, golfer, NM State Amateur-1990-91 1957 Event 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM) 1956 Event 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM 1954 Event 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 1949 Event V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km 1946 Event U.S. V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM 1946 Event 1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt 1918 Birthday Nilda Pinto, NM Geerdink-Jesurun P, Curacao writer, Nanzi 1916 Event Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12 1854 Event Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million
