1870- Emperor of France Napoleon III defeated and captured by the German army.
1948- Queen Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 in favor of her daughter Queen Juliana.
1970- Salvador Allende elected as president of Chile.
1998- Internet search engine, Google, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Born today
1926- Elias Hrawi, former President of Lebanon.
Passed away
1965- Albert Schweitzer, an Alsatian-German theologian and philosopher.
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