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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Arkansas' Governor used the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering school.
YouTube was fined $170 million for collecting data on child users.
The first cafeteria in the US opened in New York City.
Amazon became the second company in the world to be worth over $1 trillion.
The fantasy TV series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' premiered on NBC in the US.