1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth

from outer space.

1971 – Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21

1972 – Jackie Robinson, 1st African American baseball player (Bkln Dodgers), dies at

53

2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.

2005 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist, dies of natural causes at 92