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Dennis Gabor’s 110th birthday
Dennis Gabor (original Hungarian name: Gábor Dénes; 5 June 1900 – 8 February 1979) was a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and inventor, most notable for inventing holography, for which he later received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Continue reading...Italian Republic Day – 2010
2. June 2010
Appeared on Google Italy The Festa della Repubblica is celebrated on the second day of June, and it commemorates the institutional referendum of 1946 when the Italian population was called to decide what form of government (monarchy or republic) to give to the country after World War II and the fall of Fascism. After 85 years of monarchy, with 12,717,923 votes [...]
Continue reading...International Children’s Day 2010
1. June 2010
The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland proclaimed June 1 to be International Children’s Day in 1925. It is not clear as to why June 1 was chosen as the International Children’s Day: one theory has it that the Chinese consul-general in San Francisco (USA) gathered a number of Chinese orphans [...]
Continue reading...Memorial Day 2010
31. May 2010
In honor of the soldiers who have given their lives for U.S. Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 31 in 2010). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated [...]
Continue reading...Children’s Day – Hungary – 2010
30. May 2010
Appeared on Google Hungary In 1931, Children’s day started although then it was called Children’s Week, but since 1950 it has only been a day, the last Sunday in May.
Continue reading...Mother’s Day 2010
30. May 2010
Appeared on Google France, Sweden and Dominican Republic.
Continue reading...Isaac Albeniz’s 150th birthday
29. May 2010
Appeared on Google Spain Isaac Albéniz y Pascual (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈsak alˈβeniθ]) (29 May 1860, Camprodon – 18 May 1909, Cambo-les-Bains ) was a Spanish pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms (many of which have been transcribed by others for guitar).
Continue reading...Milutin Milankovich’s Birthday 2010
28. May 2010
Appeared on Google Serbia and Google Croatia
Continue reading...The 2010 Doodle 4 Google winner: Makenzie Melton’s Rainforest Habitat
27. May 2010
Congratulations to Makenzie Melton, a third grader at El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Her winning design, entitled “Rainforest Habitat,” expressed her concern that “the rainforest is in danger and it is not fair to the plants and animals.” Makenzie’s design triumphed over more than 33,000 student submissions from all over [...]
Continue reading...Argentina Independence Day 2010
25. May 2010
Appeared on Google Argentina On May 25, 2010 Argentina celebrated the 200th anniversary of the revolution that opened the way to Independence.
Continue reading...Mother’s Day in Poland 2010
25. May 2010
Dzień Matki – Mother’s Day Appeared on Google Poland
Continue reading...Google celebrates Pac-Man 30th Anniversary
21. May 2010
For the weekend of May 21–23, 2010, Google changed the Google logo on its homepage to a fully playable version of the game to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the game’s release.
Continue reading...Counters
6. June 2010
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