George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
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The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
The CERN Large Hadron Collider was powered up for the first time.
Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
Margaret Atwood published 'The Testaments,' a sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale,' which she released 15 years prior.
George Smith, a London taxi driver, became the first person ever to be fined for drunk driving.