Mother’s Day Google Logo Celebrates The Superhero In Every Mom
Today’s Google logo celebrates Mother’s Day with a colorful illustration of a caped Superhero mom, cycling along with her two children. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day being a national holiday in the US. While it is celebrated around the world, Woodrow…
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Audrey Hepburn Google Logo Marks The Star’s Humanitarian Efforts On Her 85th Birthday
Today’s Google logo is a tribute to British actress Audrey Hepburn on what would have been the star’s 85th birthday. Hepburn, who is known as much for her style as the roles she brought to life in films like Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady, was an avid…
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Google Opens Voting To Help Determine This Year’s “Doodle 4 Google” National Winner
After opening its “Doodle 4 Google” contest to kindergarten through twelfth graders in February, Google has released its list of state winners, and started a public voting forum to help select this year’s national winner. Asking students to create a Google logo based on something…
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Rufous Hummingbird & 5 Other Animals Featured In Google Logo Marking Earth Day
Today’s Google logo marks the 44th celebration of Earth Day. In honor of this day devoted to environmental policies, Google has created an interactive logo, depicting six animals from across the globe. Each of the animated illustrations includes a link to share the image of the animal on…
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Percy Julian Gets Google Logo Marking The Famous Chemist’s 115th Birthday
Today’s Google logo honors renown chemist Percy Lavon Julian, the first African American scientist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. During his career, Julian made a number of significant chemical advancements, including the creation of Aero-Foam, a soy-based product…
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Dorothy Irene Height Google Logo Marks Civil Rights Leader’s 102nd Birthday
Today’s Google logo marks the 102nd birthday of civil rights leader and women’s rights activist Dorothy Irene Height. While working at the Harlem YMCA, Height became a force of the civil rights movement after meeting National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) president Mary McLeod Bethune…
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Agnes Martin Google Logo Celebrates Abstract Painter’s 102nd Birthday
Today’s Google logo marks what would have been the 102nd birthday of abstract painter Agnes Martin, adding another female to the list of women Google has honored on its homepage this year. Born in Canada, Martin spent much of her career first in New York City, and then New Mexico. She is best…
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Spring Equinox Google Logo Marks First Day Of Season With Blooming Flowers
After an especially long winter, today’s Google logo is a site for cold eyes, celebrating the much anticipated start of Spring with an animated illustration of flowers blooming. The logo starts with a white amoeba-shaped character holding a watering can on a blank screen. As the oddly-shaped…
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Holi Google Logo Celebrates India’s Festival Of Colors On Google India’s Homepage
While many will see a St. Patrick’s Day logo on Google’s homepage today, Google India users will see a Holi logo to mark India’s spring festival of colors. Celebrating the arrival of spring, Holi events include a Holika bonfire on the eve of the holiday with singing and dancing….
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Saint Patrick’s Day Google Logo Marks The Holiday With Irish Claddagh Symbol
Today’s St. Patrick’s Day Google logo celebrates the patron saint of Ireland with a green stained-glass style illustration featuring a Claddagh symbol – two hands holding a crowned heart. From the village of Claddagh, Ireland the Claddagh, commonly seen on rings, represents love,…
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Google International Women’s Day Google Logo
Tomororw, March 8th is International Women’s Day and Google has a special Google logo, aka Google Doodle for the day. The logo is going live 12 hours early on all Google properties around the world, in order to make sure those who don’t go to Google on Saturday see the Doodle the day…
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Study: Women Spotlighted In Only 17% Of Google Doodles Between 2010 & 2013
In its expansive Google: Doodle Us study, female advocacy group SPARK revealed only 77 women were represented in the 445 Google Doodles featured on the site’s various country-specific homepages between 2010 and 2013. Analyzing the individuals honored by Google logos appearing on the…
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John Steinbeck Google Logo Showcases Author’s Work On His 112th Birthday
Today’s Google logo is a well deserved nod to American author John Steinbeck on what would have been the writer’s 112th birthday. The logo celebrates five of Steinbeck’s 27 novels: Grapes of Wrath, Canary Row, Of Mice and Men, The Pearl and Travels with Charlie. The Steinbeck logo…
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Valentine’s Day Google Logo Tells 6 “This American Life” Love Stories With An Intro From Ira Glass
Today, Google is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a heartwarming logo that includes six different stories of love with an introduction from NPR radio personality and host of This American Life Ira Glass. When you go to Google’s homepage, the logo is slightly faded out and the letters…
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Google’s “Olympic Charter” Logo Stands Up To Russia’s Anti-Gay Legislation
If you had any doubts over how Google feels about Russia’s legislation against gay “propaganda,” just go the Google home page. The company has started what will be a string of special logos for the Olympics with one that includes a quote stressing that the official Olympic Charter…
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Doodle 4 Google Contest Asks, “What Would You Invent To Make The World A Better Place?”
Google announced its newest “Doodle 4 Google” contest today, asking young artists to create a doodle around the theme, “If I could invent one thing to make the world a better place…” According to the announcement, parents, teachers and after school programs may submit…
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Harriet Tubman Google Logo Kicks Off Black History Month
Today’s Google logo celebrating one of our nation’s most famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman marks the beginning of Black History month. Tubman is credited with rescuing more than 300 slaves via the Underground Railroad after she herself escaped from slavery, and began her life as a free…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Google Logo Marks Holiday Honoring Civil Rights Hero
Today’s Google logo marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday recognizing the civil rights leader. The illustrated logo includes a profile of Martin Luther King, Jr., images of doves to represent King’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, and the Lincoln Memorial where King made his…
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Dian Fossey Commemorated With Google Logo To Mark The Famous Zoologist’s 82nd Birthday
Today’s Google logo is an artful tribute to zoologist and avid Gorilla enthusiast Dian Fossey in honor of her 82nd birthday. The image depicts Fossey taking notes with a gorilla sitting behind her. The logo includes illustrations of the the Silverback gorillas Fossey studied during her time…
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Simone De Beauvoir Google Logo Has Come To Stay In A Number Of Countries, Just Not The US
A number of Google international homepages are celebrating feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir’s 106th birthday with a Beauvoir-inspired Google logo, but there’s no sign of The Second Sex author on Google’s US homepage. The Simone de Beauvoir Google logo includes a head shot of the…
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