September 7th, 2008

Today in History

1998:
Google Inc. is founded.

1966:
The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).

1822:
Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.

1812:
Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.

1776:
World's first submarine attack. The American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor.