September 7th, 2008

Today in History

1998:
Google Inc. is founded.

1927:
The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos.

1921:
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

1911:
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

1818:
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.