0cobert 7: Today in History

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – In 1959 – the far side of the moon was photographed for the first time by the Soviet Union’s Luna 3 spacecraft.

The far side of the moon is shown in this image from the lunar reconnaissance orbiter from March 2010. The image shows the moon’s topography from lro’s lola instruments with the highest elevations up above 20,000 feet in red.

2003 – Austrian-born Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of California in a recall election that saw voters throw out democratic gov. Gray Davis.

California Republican Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver wave to their supporters before his acceptance speech in Los Angeles.

in 2006 – Russian Journalist Anna Polit-Kov-Skaya, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead at her apartment block in Central Moscow. She was 48.