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1989
1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
1986
KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission
1984
Mai Shanley, 21, (NM), crowned 33rd Miss USA
1982
Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico
1982
3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM
1967
Kent Jones, Portales, New Mexico, golfer, NM State Amateur-1990-91
1957
1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
1956
20 die in a train crash in Springer NM
1954
1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1951
1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico
1949
V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km
1946
U.S. V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
1946
1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt
1918
Nilda Pinto, [NM Geerdink-Jesurun P], Curacao writer, Nanzi
1916
Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12
1854
Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million
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