This Day, That Year – October 24

A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket, launched from Whites Sands US on this day in 1946, took the first photograph of the earth from outer space.

Did you know that:

• Alonzo Phillips patented a friction match on this day in 1836
• William Lassell discovered Ariel and Umbriel, the satellites of Uranus, on this day in 1851
• Aubrey Drake Graham is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor born on this day in 1986