The first president of the United States of America, George Washington, read the Declaration of Independence.
Source
A fire broke out in 20th Century Fox's New Jersey film storage facility.
NASA's Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, continuing its journey towards Saturn.
Nintendo released the Donkey Kong arcade game in Japan.
Nineteen Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious people, known as the Martyrs of Gorkum, were hanged in Brielle, the Netherlands, by militant Dutch Calvinists.
The British TV series ''The Office” first aired on the BBC.
