Google celebrates its 20th birthday

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- A big milestone for Google. The Mountain View based tech giant is celebrating its 20th birthday.

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The search engine had humble beginnings, founded in a garage by Stanford students Larry Page and Sergey Brin on September 4, 1998.

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Did you know Google was originally called Backrub?

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Google Chrome tweeted a special message to mark the special occasion.

"In case you couldn't tell...it's our birthday. Plus, we've got a surprise for you this Tuesday."

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