German-British astronomer William Herschel discovered the moon of Saturn, “Mimas.”
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Norway became the first country in the world where electric cars outnumbered petrol cars.
The fourth great fire of San Francisco happened, destroying a considerable portion of the city.
Miss America crowned Vanessa Williams, the first black winner, in New York City.
Linus Torvalds released the first version of the Linux operating system kernel for free on the Internet.
NASA unveiled its first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
