June 8

1625: Gian Cassini, after whom the division between Saturn's A and B rings is named, was born. 1786: In New York City, commercial ice cream was manufactured for the first time. 1851: Jacques-Arsène d' Arsonval, who invented the reflecting moving-coil galvanometers used to measure weak electric currents, was born. 1920: Augusto Righi, who first showed that radio waves displayed characteristics of light wave behavior in the manner of reflection, refraction, polarization and interference, died. 1940: U.C. Berkeley researchers announced the creation of element 93, neptunium (Np). 1949: "1984," by George Orwell, was published. 1953: The first propane fuelled gas-turbine locomotive was placed in service by the Union Pacific Railroad. 1955: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, was born. 1959: The first official U.S. missile mail was launched from the submarine USS Barbero at about 100 miles off the Atlantic Coast. 1979: The Source, the first computer public information service, went online.  1995: U.S. Air Force Capt. Scott O'Grady was rescued by U.S. Marines after being shot down over Bosnia.