George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
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Nirvana released their lead single, 'Smells like Teen Spirit,' which is often dubbed the 'anthem for apathetic kids' of Generation X.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
George Smith, a London taxi driver, became the first person ever to be fined for drunk driving.
The CERN Large Hadron Collider was powered up for the first time.
Buckingham Palace, London, was blasted during The Blitz mass air bombings by Germany.