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New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its state capital is Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain.

New Mexico is the fifth-largest of the fifty states by area, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks 36th in population and 45th in population density. Its climate and geography are highly varied, ranging from forested mountains to sparse deserts; the northern and eastern regions exhibit a colder alpine climate, while the west and south are warmer and more arid. The Rio Grande and its fertile valley runs from north-to-south, creating a riparian climate through the center of the state that supports a bosque habitat and distinct Albuquerque Basin climate. One-third of New Mexico's land is federally owned, and the state hosts many protected wilderness areas and national monuments, including three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the most of any U.S. state.

New Mexico's economy is highly diversified, including cattle ranching, agriculture, lumber, scientific and technological research, tourism, and the arts; major sectors include mining, oil and gas, aerospace, media, and film. Its total gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 was $95.73 billion, with a GDP per capita of roughly $46,300. State tax policy is characterized by low to moderate taxation of resident personal income by national standards, with tax credits, exemptions, and special considerations for military personnel and favorable industries. New Mexico has a significant U.S. military presence, including White Sands Missile Range, and strategically valuable federal research centers, such as the Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. The state hosted several key facilities of the Manhattan Project, which developed the world's first atomic bomb, and was the site of the first nuclear test, Trinity. (Full article...)

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Hanna in 1977

William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, voice actor, and occasional musician who is best known for co-creating Tom and Jerry and providing the vocal effects for the series' title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera.

Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930 and steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as Captain and the Kids. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, creating or producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors. (Full article...)

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Schmitt in 1971

Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon.

In December 1972, as one of the crew on board Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space. As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to set foot on the Moon and the second-to-last person to step off of the Moon (he boarded the Lunar Module shortly before commander Eugene Cernan). Schmitt also remains the only professional scientist to have flown beyond low Earth orbit and to have visited the Moon. He was influential within the community of geologists supporting the Apollo program and, before starting his own preparations for an Apollo mission, had been one of the scientists training those Apollo astronauts chosen to visit the lunar surface. (Full article...)

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Image 1Symbols of the Southwest: a string of dried chile pepper pods (a ristra) and a bleached white cow's skull hang in a market near Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 2José Rafael Aragón, Crucifix, ca. 1795–1862, Brooklyn Museum, From about 1750, Catholic churches in Spanish New Mexico were increasingly decorated with the work of native craftspeople rather than with paintings, sculpture, and furniture imported from Europe. This small santo (religious image) is typical of the locally produced objects. It is made of indigenous pine and painted with water-based pigments used by native artisans. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 31867 map (from History of New Mexico)
Image 4White Sands National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 5Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary (from History of New Mexico)
Image 6The Santa Ana Star Center (from New Mexico)
Image 7Downtown Santa Fe train station (from New Mexico)
Image 8Tierra O Muerte – Land or Death. Some New Mexicans express dissatisfaction over land grant issues which date back to the Mexican War. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 9Bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy in front of St. Francis Cathedral (from History of New Mexico)
Image 10Gen. Kearny's annexation of New Mexico, August 15, 1846 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 11Statue of Popé, leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The statue, entitled Po'pay, is among two statues depicting New Mexicans at the United States Capitol National Statuary Hall Collection, the other being Dennis Chávez. (from New Mexico)
Image 12Jean Nicolas Du Tralage and Vincenzo Coronelli's 1687 map of New Mexico (from History of New Mexico)
Image 13Ethnic origins in New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 14Serving food in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 15Party registration by New Mexico county (February 2023):
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Image 16The railway station in Tucumcari (from New Mexico)
Image 17"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861 (from New Mexico)
Image 18Public New Mexico colleges and universities. New Mexico Higher Education Department. (from New Mexico)
Image 19President William Howard Taft at his desk in the Oval Office, signing the statehood bill for New Mexico on January 6, 1912. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 20The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (from New Mexico)
Image 21Province of New Mexico when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 22Comancheria and the New Mexico settlements prior to 1850. (from History of New Mexico)
Image 23Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (from New Mexico)
Image 24New Mexico proposed boundary before Compromise of 1850 (from History of New Mexico)
Image 25In this photo, the Mexico–United States border divides Sunland Park and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (from New Mexico)
Image 26Counties in New Mexico by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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Image 27Santa Fe trail sign (from New Mexico)
Image 28Köppen climate types of New Mexico, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from New Mexico)
Image 29An F-22 Raptor flown by the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB (from New Mexico)
Image 30Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México when it belonged to Mexico in 1824 (from New Mexico)
Image 31Greater roadrunner (the state bird of New Mexico) (from New Mexico)
Image 32Interior of the Crosby Theater at the Santa Fe Opera, viewed from the mezzanine (from New Mexico)
Image 33New Mexico state quarter, circulated in April 2008 (from New Mexico)
Image 34New Mexico population density map (from New Mexico)
Image 35Carlsbad Caverns National Park (from New Mexico)
Image 36Spaceport America terminal, The Gateway (from New Mexico)
Image 37Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge (from New Mexico)
Image 38A homesteader and his children at the New Mexico Fair in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 (from New Mexico)
Image 39The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter operation that runs along the Central Rio Grande Valley. (from New Mexico)
Image 40Ancestral Pueblo territory shown in pink over New Mexico (from New Mexico)
Image 41Luminarias in the old mission church, Jemez State Monument (from New Mexico)
Image 42Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range (from New Mexico)
Image 43Shiprock (from New Mexico)
Image 44San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the continental U.S. (from New Mexico)
Image 45Albuquerque Studios, built in 2007 for the rising demand of film production in the state (from New Mexico)
Image 46The New Mexico Public Education Department is in Santa Fe. (from New Mexico)
Image 47A Hispano boy in Chamisal, 1940 (from New Mexico)

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... that an NFL scheduling decision forced ESPN to change the kickoff times and television networks of the 2022 Las Vegas Bowl and the 2022 New Mexico Bowl?
... that in an 1854 war with the Jicarilla, William S. Messervy, the acting governor of the New Mexico Territory, desired either "their extinction or their settlement in pueblos"?
... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico?
... that a New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"?
... that a Royal Air Force officer built a KAVE in New Mexico?
... that a boy's voice over CB radio claiming to be within an overturned truck in New Mexico sparked a search-and-rescue mission 49 years ago today?

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