24 Oct 1946
- Kurt Daluege passed away. ww2dbase [Kurt Daluege | CPC]
- A Devry 35-millimeter movie camera attached to a V2 rocket took the first photograph from space at the altitude of 65 miles. The rocket was captured in Germany in 1945, and was launched by the US Army at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, United States. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | White Sands, New Mexico | CPC]
- USS Conecuh was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Dithmarschen | CPC]

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