German-British astronomer William Herschel discovered the moon of Saturn, “Mimas.”
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39 out of 50 delegates signed the US Constitution and shared it publicly.
NASA unveiled its first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
Linus Torvalds released the first version of the Linux operating system kernel for free on the Internet.
Finnish long-distance runner Taisto Mäki broke the 10,000-meter world record in 29:52:06.
Miss America crowned Vanessa Williams, the first black winner, in New York City.