From Googol to Google
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Lele: To fly PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Plai: To fly HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “She lives till the sugar cane tassels.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Hawaii is not a state of moind, but a state of grace.” (Paul Theroux) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — WOZ.ORG WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Livestrong Challenge NETCAST OF THE WEEK — TruthDig.com Podcast GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Project GutenbergGoogol: 1 followed by 100 zeros. 10,000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. The term was coined by American mathematician Milton Sirotta in 1939. Google began in January 1996, as a research project by Larry Page, who was soon joined by Sergey Brin, two Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California. It went public in 2004.
000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. The term was coined by American mathematician Milton Sirotta in 1939. Google began in January 1996, as a research project by Larry Page, who was soon joined by Sergey Brin, two Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California. It went public in 2004.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 19th
1848: The New York Herald reports the discovery of gold in California
1955: Floods from the remnants of Hurricane Diane kill 200 people & cause the first billion-dollar damages due to a storm (in the N.E. U.S.)
1960: Francis Gary Powers is convicted of spying by a tribunal in the USSR (U-2 incident)
1960: Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)
1967: Beatles’ “All You Need is Love,” single goes #1
1991: Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
2003: A suicide truck bomb strikes U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22, including the top U.N. envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello
2004 Internet search engine Google goes public
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 19th
1646: John Flamsteed, first astronomer royal of England
1871: Orville Wright, bicycle & airplane builder
1902: Ogden Nash, humorous poet
1915: Lardner Ring Jr, screenwriter
1921: Gene Roddenberry, executive producer (Star Trek)
1939: Ginger (Peter) Baker, drummer
1940: Johnny Nash, rocker
1942: Fred Thompson, actor/former US senator, (R-Ten)
1646: John Flamsteed, first astronomer royal of England
1871: Orville Wright, bicycle & airplane builder
1902: Ogden Nash, humorous poet
1915: Lardner Ring Jr, screenwriter
1921: Gene Roddenberry, executive producer (Star Trek)
1939: Ginger (Peter) Baker, drummer
1940: Johnny Nash, rocker
1942: Fred Thompson, actor/former US senator, (R-Ten)
1946: Bill Clinton, former US president
1952: Jonathan Frakes, actor
1956: Adam Arkin, actor
1963: John Stamos, actor
1965: Kevin Dillon, actor
1965: Kyra Sedgwick, actress
1966: Lee Ann Womack, country singer
1969: Christian Slater, actor
1970: Matthew Perry, acto
1952: Jonathan Frakes, actor
1956: Adam Arkin, actor
1963: John Stamos, actor
1965: Kevin Dillon, actor
1965: Kyra Sedgwick, actress
1966: Lee Ann Womack, country singer
1969: Christian Slater, actor
1970: Matthew Perry, acto
