Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, was discovered by William Herschel.
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic 'I Have a Dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
Nature magazine published findings of a 3.8-million-year-old skull found in Ethiopia, which questioned our previous theories of human evolution.
British explorer Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
The Slave Abolition Act was passed and came into effect the following year on August 1.
Toyota Motor Corporation was founded after operating as a division of Toyoda Automatic Looms for six years.