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 2010 Event Six Venezuelan cable television channels are taken off the air by the Venezuelan government after refusing to transmit government messages 1965 Event U.S. Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures 1851 Birthday Walter Reed, U.S. Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
