The Google Doodle for today is dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson, as November 13 was the writer’s birthday. Any Robert Louis Stevenson biography would tell you that he was born on November 13, 1850 and is famous for writing books like Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It [ Read More ]
The Google doodle for today (namely, the image on the main Google page that sometimes replaces the logo), was made to celebrate 115 years since the X-rays were invented. The image (that you can see here) represents an “X-rayed” Google logo, and the small g letter references the 2002 pigeon rank April fools’ joke. The [ Read More ]
October 31 is celebrated around the world as a day of Halloween. Google has dedicated its homepage to this holiday too and to all who celebrate this “trick or treat” night. World’s most popular search engine’s logo will change once again with not just a single image but a sequence of five images, different colorful [ Read More ]
Google is celebrating the birthday of the famous jazz trumpet player Dizzie Gillespie today, with a Google Doodle representing him and his famous instrument on the first page of Google search. Dizzie Gillespie was born on October 21 in 1917, and he has grown to be a major figure in the history of modern jazz, [ Read More ]
John Winston Ono Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool. The British young would be famous alongside Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and George Harrison in The Beatles. The four young musicians started a Beatlesmania in the 60′s and 70′s. Google is celebrating John Lennon’s 70th birthday with a Google Doodle. This anniversary is [ Read More ]
Google celebrates 50 years of The Flintstones with a Google Doodle. It represents everybody’s favorite prehistoric family, in their famous car, joined by their friends the Rubbles and their pet dinosaur Dino. This is to celebrate 50 years with “the modern Stone Age family”. The show, featuring Fred and Wilma Flintstone, as well as Barney [ Read More ]
Google’s 12th birthday: The Google Doodle today, which replaces the Google logo on the Google main page, is a special one. It is Google’s birthday, so the mystery Google logo on the main page is a special one: a birthday cake painting. The painting is by artist Wayne Thiebaud, an artist many associate with pop [ Read More ]
Agatha Christie (15 september 1890 – 12 January 1976), the famous writer of crime novels, is celebrated by Google with a Google Doodle. Agatha Christie also wrote short stories, plays and even wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott. Still, Agatha is famous for her detective novels – 80 novels. Detective Hercule Poirot and Miss [ Read More ]