1989 Event Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players 1988 Event Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet 1986 Death Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62 1983 Event USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil) 1982 Event Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy 1982 Event 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB) 1981 Event Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million 1962 Birthday Herschel Walker, WFL/NFL running back for New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboy 1941 Death Herschel Mayall, actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78 1923 Birthday Herschel Bernardi, actor, Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front 1889 Event John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope 1871 Death John F. W. Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies 1871 Death John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 1858 Event William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India 1847 Event Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel 1843 Death Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany 1839 Event John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph 1835 Event N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel 1822 Death F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 1822 Death Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 1819 Event William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet 1792 Birthday John Herschel, born in Slough, England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 1789 Event William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn 1789 Event Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus 1787 Event W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn 1787 Event Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel 1785 Event Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet 1783 Event Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus 1783 Event William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex 1781 Event Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) 1780 Event William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris 1774 Event 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) 1750 Birthday Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer 1738 Birthday F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus