Linus Torvalds released the first version of the Linux operating system kernel for free on the Internet.
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Miss America crowned Vanessa Williams, the first black winner, in New York City.
The New York Stock Exchange reopened for trading after the September 11 attacks.
During the Senate climate crisis task force, climate change activity Greta Thunberg said, 'You're not trying hard enough. Sorry.'
German-British astronomer William Herschel discovered the moon of Saturn, 'Mimas.'
Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek declared his discovery of microorganisms to the Royal Society in London.
