Google was founded.
On this day, Larry Page and Sergey Brin created Google as a private company in California. However, the first initial public offering wasn’t until much later, on August 19, 2004.
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Amazon became the second company in the world to be worth over $1 trillion.
Arkansas' Governor used the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering school.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
YouTube was fined $170 million for collecting data on child users.
International TV game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' was shown for the first time in the UK, with Chris Tarrant as the host.
