This month in 1998, the Internet God known as Google was launched.
 

Since then it has become the most used search engine on the Web, with more than 135 million visitors in the U.S. alone and at least several hundred million searches a day.
 

So happy birthday Google!

However, if you want to be technical (ha, technical, Google, get it?) the exact day of the search engine superhero's birth is a little unclear, and Google itself explains:

Google opened its doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake.

With that in mind, today – the first Friday in September – seems as good a day as any to celebrate. But cake isn’t sufficient enough to honor all that Google has done for us. Remember when college students used to have to go to the library to do research? Or back when you actually had to remember random facts yourself instead of just having access to the answers at your finger tips? Or when you would just have to meet a person without stalking learning about them first?
 

Yeah, this calls for a real celebration.
 

10 shots, anyone?