googol. The number represented in base-ten by a one with a hundred zeroes after it. According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician, Edward Kasner. See also googolplex.
A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants Monday for China's former President Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng for alleged genocide against the people of Tibet, Spain's National Court in Madrid said. Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants Monday for China's former President Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng for alleged genocide against the people of Tibet, Spain's National Court in Madrid said.
Mao Zedong becomes Chinese Head of State. Mao Zedong was elected Chairman of the Central People's Government on September 30th, 1949. By early 1949 the war between the Nationalists and the Communists in China was nearing its end. The old imperial capital of Peking surrendered to the Communists at the end of January after a month's siege.