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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Beatrix Potter wrote her first story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a letter for Noel Moore.
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.
The fantasy TV series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' premiered on NBC in the US.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
