2011 Event In Washington, D.C., thousands protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which would carry Alberta oil sands crude through six U.S. states to Gulf Coast refineries 1984 Death Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73 1982 Event Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico 1982 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands 1982 Event 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM 1981 Death Bobby Sands, IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike 1981 Death Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike 1981 Event Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament 1981 Event Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison 1973 Death Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39 1967 Birthday Townsend Saunders, White Sands, New Mexico, freestyle wrestler, Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1958 Birthday Julian Sands, actor, One Night Stand 1954 Event 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 1951 Event 1st missle to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico 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 rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico 1946 Event 1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt 1944 Birthday Paul Sands, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian/actor, SCTV, Story Theater, St. Elsewhere 1943 Birthday Roger Donaldson, director, Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands 1937 Birthday Tommy Sands, born in Chicago, Illinois, singer and actor, Teenage Rock, Dream With Me 1934 Birthday Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife 1933 Birthday Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1933 Event White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established 1926 Birthday Richard Jaeckel, New York, actor, 3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima 1921 Birthday John Agar, Chicago, actor, Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima 1864 Birthday Marie Tempest, Marie Susan Etherington, actress, Yellow Sands 1812 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander Union Navy 1795 Birthday Joshua Ratoon Sands, Commander Union Navy
