2015 Event NASA's New Horizons probe reestablishes contact to transmit the first close photos of Pluto and its moons; the probe launched in 2006 and has traveled over 3 billion miles; it will continue transmitting data for the next 16 months 2014 Event Apple purchases SnappyLabs, a small company that makes a popular photography app; the $1 app enables smartphone users to modify how the built-in camera takes photos and how quickly the photos are taken 2011 Event U.S. President Barack Obama chooses not release photos of Osama bin Laden following his death; photos taken at the Abbotabad compound are released by Reuters 1996 Death Mohamed Amin, cameraman, photojournalist, known for photos of Ethiopian famine, fall of Idi Amin, wrote, 'Journey Through Pakistan', dies at 53 1996 Event 1st surface photos of Pluto by Hubble Space Telescope 1992 Event Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with U.S. man 1990 Event Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos) 1976 Event Viking 2 soft lands on Mars and returns photos 1974 Event Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos 1974 Event U.S. Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure 1969 Event Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) 1969 Event Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars 1965 Event Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data 1959 Event U.S.S.R. Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side 1943 Birthday Mohamed Amin, born in Kenya, cameraman, photojournalist, known for photos of Ethiopian famine, fall of Idi Amin, wrote, 'Journey Through Pakistan' 1926 Event National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1912 Event U.S. government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights
