George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
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The CERN Large Hadron Collider was powered up for the first time.
George Smith, a London taxi driver, became the first person ever to be fined for drunk driving.
Buckingham Palace, London, was blasted during The Blitz mass air bombings by Germany.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
