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“I’m older than Google!”

The company's familiar logo is seen on the front door of the new Google Engineering center in Zurich, Switzerland. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Rebecca Nappi
The company's familiar logo is seen on the front door of the new Google Engineering center in Zurich, Switzerland. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
The company's familiar logo is seen on the front door of the new Google Engineering center in Zurich, Switzerland. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

My great-nephew, Matthew, will turn 16 in two weeks. On his Facebook page, he wrote: “I’m older than Google!”

A friend of his same age wrote back: “Tell your grandkids that one day. They won’t believe it!”

Matt was born in 1995. Google, according to its company history , filed for incorporation in California on September 4, 1998.

Wow. It goes so fast! I first met Matt when he was 3 months old and somedays, it seems like yesterday. And I can’t imagine a world now without Google.

What historical milestone do you track the years with?

(AP archive photo)

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "EndNotes." Read all stories from this blog