Georgia Lusk becomes first New Mexico woman to be elected to U. S. Congress
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End of WW2 to 1979
USS New Mexico decomissioned
Roswell UfO incident
On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field information officer Walter Haut in Roswell, New Mexico, issued a press release
Pueblo people win the right to vote after suit against state of New Mexico, inspired by war veteran Miguel Trujillo
Georgia O’Keeffe moves to Abiquiu
V-2 WAC-Corporal fired at White Sands, New Mexico becomes the 1st rocket into outer space and reaches 400 km
uranium is discovered near Grants by Paddy Martinez
bear cub later named Smokey is rescued after being badly burned in a fire in the Lincoln National Forest
B-36 crashes near Kirtland Air Force Base, killing 23 crewmen
Hiroshi Miyamura, a native of Gallup, receives Medal of Honor for action in Korea in 1951
Los Alamos, still owned by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, opens its gates to the public
First sections of Interstate 40 in New Mexico completed
Atomic Energy Commission’s Project Gnome carries out first underground nuclear detonation in salt dome near Carlsbad with objective of peaceful applications
First Navajos, Monroe Jymm and James Atcitty, are elected to state legislature
President Nixon signs Congressional legislation returning Blue Lake and 48,000 acres of surrounding land to Taos Pueblo
Rudolfo Anaya publishes Bless Me, Ultima
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center opens in Albuquerque, operated by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico
John Pinto, trained as a Navajo code-talker, takes seat as a New Mexico State Senator, a post in which he still serves
Hispanic Cultural Center Act creates the National Hispanic Cultural Center, which opens in Albuquerque in 2000