September 7th, 2008

Today in History

1998:
Google Inc. is founded.

1943:
A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.

1821:
The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of presentday Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.

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

1539:
Guru Angad Dev ji becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs