CRIKEY!
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates
#SteveIrwin
, the legendary Australian wildlife advocate & TV personality whose bravery & passion opened the eyes of millions to the wonders of wildlife. 🐊
Explore the full slideshow Doodle here →
Happy 70th birthday, Luther Vandross!
Today's music video
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the award-winning singer, songwriter, & producer, whose "Velvet Voice" has romanced generations 🎙
🎨 by guest artist and animator
@artbysambass
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Look out at the night sky 👀 Seeing double? Don't worry, you're not alone!
For the 1st time in 800 yrs, Jupiter & Saturn will be so visibly close, they'll form a double planet! 🪐🔭
See this once-in-a-lifetime Great Conjunction with
#GoogleDoodle
→
Today we celebrate Puerto Rican, Hall of Fame baseball star Roberto Clemente, whose record-breaking on-the-field performance matched his groundbreaking off-the-field humanitarian efforts. 🇵🇷⚾️
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#Boricua
#GoogleDoodle
→
🇧🇷 Brazilian philosopher, teacher, & author Paulo Freire once taught 300 farm workers how to read & write in just 45 days! 📖
Learn more about why he is regarded as one of modern history's most influential educational thinkers with this
#GoogleDoodle
→
Welcome to the Doodle Champion Island Games!
In this interactive
#GoogleDoodle
, join calico (c)athlete Lucky as she explores a 🌎 filled with sports, legendary opponents, and daring side quests.
Are you feline Lucky? 😸 The epic adventure starts now →
It’s a beautiful day in this Neighborhood! Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates
#MisterRogers
, who taught children & adults across the US the power of love, kindness, acceptance, & a good sweater. 😊→
Are we alone in the universe? How’d we get here?
The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope help us
#UnfoldTheUniverse
& answer the questions above 🌌
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the deepest infrared photo of the universe ever taken →
Happy
#HispanicHeritageMonth
, USA!
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
honors Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer & business owner Felicitas Mendez, who played an essential role in the first US federal court ruling against segregated schools.
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Harry Potter, Die Hard, Love Actually—Alan Rickman worked his magic in every role he took on.
Learn more about the beloved English actor in today’s
#GoogleDoodle
→
Louise Bennett-Coverley, also known as Miss Lou, was one of the first people to use Jamaican patois as a means for artistic expression.
Learn how the beloved Jamaican poet, performer & activist empowered her country to take pride in its unique language —>
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the birthday of American actor & humanitarian Christopher Reeve 🎥 🦸🏻
On camera, Reeve was the Man of Steel. Off camera, he was a devoted advocate of people with disabilities and other social causes.
👀 →
#GoogleDoodle
A
#GoogleDoodle
for Mary G. Ross, the first American Indian female engineer whose tireless efforts advanced space travel to the next level 🚀✨Learn more about her impact and legacy →
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Pakistani novelist and stage & TV playwright Bano Qudsia, who spread a message of hope throughout her prolific 60-year career 📚❣
Happy 92nd Birthday, Bano Aapa! →
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates falafel, the best thing that ever happened to chickpeas—with the possible exception of hummus, of course.
Learn more about these crispy balls of fried plant protein. →
Happy 23rd Birthday,
@Google
! 🎂
Starting as a prototype in the dorm rooms of two computer scientists, Google now answers billions of queries from users worldwide in 150+ languages 💻🌏
Celebrate with a slice of today's sweet
#GoogleDoodle
→
For 31 seasons & 912 episodes,
#MisterRogers
invited us to be his neighbor. Today, we celebrate his positive impact & all that he was: a creator, musician, philosopher, storyteller - but most importantly, a friend.
#GoogleDoodle
→
A
#GoogleDoodle
celebrating the life & legacy of American LGBTQ+ rights activist, performer, & self-identified drag queen Marsha P. Johnson.
Thank you, Marsha, for inspiring people everywhere to stand up for the freedom to be themselves. →
Sixty years ago today, four Black college freshmen organized a sit-in protesting segregation, which became a key part of the Civil Rights Movement.
Learn more about the Greensboro sit-in as today's
#GoogleDoodle
honors
#BlackHistoryMonth
→
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Seiichi Miyake, inventor of Tenji Blocks: raised bumps & bars on pavement to help visually impaired or blind pedestrians navigate safely. They were first introduced on a street in Japan on this day in 1967!
Learn more →
Today’s interactive
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates its national instrument, the mbira, as Zimbabwe Culture Week begins 🇿🇼
Learn about and play this instrument that's over 1,000 years old! → 🌍🎶
A music video
#GoogleDoodle
celebrating the 32nd birthday of Swedish humanitarian & superstar DJ-producer Tim Bergling, aka
#Avicii
From budding producer to one of the most iconic DJ's of his era, Avicii defined a generation of EDM 🎧→
🎨
@AlyssaWinans
Haja El Hamdaouia was one of the first Moroccan singers to perform in front of an orchestra.
Learn how the Moroccan singer and icon breathed new life into Chaabi music in today’s
#GoogleDoodle
—>
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Pakistani activist & architect Perween Rahman.
To build a better future for Orangi Town—an informal settlement outside of Karachi—Rahman helped provide its residents with sanitation, housing, & healthcare⚕️
Learn more →
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Polish humanitarian, social worker, & nurse Irena Sendlerowa, who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during WWII by risking her own 🇵🇱
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Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the 61st birthday of Native Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, whose beloved rendition of "Over the Rainbow" still brings joy around the world 🌈🎶
Watch the video honoring the "Voice of Hawai'i" for
#APAHM
🏝🎤 →
Important NOTE 😉: Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the world-renowned German composer
#Bach
with our first ever AI-powered Doodle! 🎼
Create your own Bach-inspired tunes & learn more about his life & legacy →
#BachDoodle
Azerbaijani-American engineer & professor Lotfi Zadeh invented "fuzzy logic," a mathematical concept applied in technology like:
🚉 A Japanese subway system
🚙 Anti-skid technology in cars
💻 Cybersecurity software
👁 more with today's
#GoogleDoodle
→
"It tells a story. It fulfills something in you." —The Gahamadzes, mbira musicians
🎥 Go
#BehindtheDoodle
and discover the story of today's interactive
#GoogleDoodle
celebrating the mbira →
Happy birthday to the man behind the mask: Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist Dr. Wu Lien-teh 🔬🥼
Did you know? To combat the Manchurian plague of 1910-1911, Wu invented a mask considered the predecessor to the modern-day N95.
#GoogleDoodle
→
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the woman who was known for her New Wave films — and her iconic bob: Agnès Varda.
Learn more about this Belgian-born French photographer, director, and artist —>
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Georgios Papanikolaou, the Greek cytopathologist who worked with his wife to develop the life-saving medical test known as the Pap smear. →
🎶Youngest conductor ever to lead the New York Philharmonic
✍️Composed classic Broadway scores like “West Side Story”
🌎First U.S. maestro to gain international renown
Happy 100th Birthday, Leonard Bernstein! Watch the full video
#GoogleDoodle
→
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the birthday of Ecuadorian Quechua activist Tránsito Amaguaña 🇪🇨
A passionate organizer for the rights of farm workers, women & Indigenous peoples—Amaguaña advocated tirelessly for her community.
Learn more →
"We came in peace for all mankind."
Go behind-the-scenes of today's
#Apollo50th
#GoogleDoodle
, featuring
@AstroMCollins
, celebrating the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission to the moon 🚀
Learn more →
American cartoonist & activist Jackie Ormes—the 1st & only Black female newspaper cartoonist of her time in the U.S.—debuted her comic "Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger" today in 1945 🗞
👀 more in our slideshow
#GoogleDoodle
by guest artist Liz Montague →
Today’s video
#GoogleDoodle
honors the 155th anniversary of
#Juneteenth
, a celebration of Black liberation in the U.S. & story about persistence, freedom, & joy.
🎨 by guest artist
@loveiswise_
with narration by
@levarburton
→
"My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."
Today's video
#GoogleDoodle
honors one of history's most influential minds—English theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking 🌌☄️
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Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Mexican comedian, entertainer, writer, composer, director, & producer Chespirito 🎉🇲🇽
Known for some of the most beloved TV series in Mexican history, his smile still brings joy to families around the 🌎 today! 📺 →
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the first landing on the moon’s south pole! Congratulations to the Chandrayaan-3 for making history! 🌚
Learn more about the mission –>
Today’s
#EarthDay
#GoogleDoodle
addresses one of the most pressing topics of our time: climate change.
Using real time-lapse imagery from
#GoogleEarth
and other sources, tune in all day to see the impact of climate change across our planet 🌎
→
"We is more important than I" —Dr. René Favaloro
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the humble Argentinian surgeon who introduced coronary artery bypass surgery into clinical practice, a procedure that has saved countless lives since. →
Gaming really leveled up when Jerry Lawson entered the chat 🕹
Lawson led the team that developed the first home video gaming system, which paved the way for modern game consoles.
Play today’s interactive game
#GoogleDoodle
& learn more about his life →
Happy Earth Day! 🌍 🌏 🌎
Today's video
#GoogleDoodle
highlights how every generation can do their part to restore our Earth. A single act can take root and blossom into something beautiful 🌳
#EarthDay
🎨 by
@sophiediao
→
Today marks the beginning of our
#GoogleDoodle
series recognizing and honoring those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, we’d like to say:
To all the public health workers and to researchers in the scientific community, thank you.
→
Happy Lunar New Year 🌕
Today marks the start of the Year of the Ox 🐂—the 2nd animal of the zodiac & a symbol of positivity, hard work, & a bountiful year to come 🧧
Learn more with
#GoogleDoodle
→
Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
A civil rights leader who changed the course of American history, Dr. King inspired millions to serve their communities in pursuit of an equitable society for all.
#MLKDay
#GoogleDoodle
🎨 by
@tncts
→
In honor of
#BlackHistoryMonth
, we celebrate American abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who escaped from slavery & became a powerful advocate for justice & equality everywhere.
Thanks to our guest artist
@loveiswise_
for such a thoughtful
#GoogleDoodle
! →
Happy 50th anniversary to the Mexico City Metro 🚇
On this day in 1969, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo began running east & west from Zaragoza to Chapultepec. Today the Metro transports some 5 million passengers a day.
#GoogleDoodle
→
Happy 93rd birthday to Peruvian author Julio Ramón Ribeyro! When he combined fantasy with social criticism, his readers said: “Write on.”
Learn why he’s considered one of the greatest Latin American short-story writers of all time →
#GoogleDoodle
#DYK
there was only ONE acoustic instrument invented during the 20th century? The steelpan was created by resilient and innovative musicians in Trinidad and Tobago 🎶
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates T&T's national instrument and the history behind it →
In honor of U.S.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
, today's video
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates the 1st American prima ballerina: Maria Tallchief, a member of the Osage Nation who forever raised the bar of American ballet 🩰
Learn more about her life & legacy→
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
pays tribute to British illustrator Sir John Tenniel's iconic illustration of Alice & the Cheshire Cat from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" on Tenniel's 200th birthday 🐱🇬🇧
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After losing both arms in the Iraq War, retired Army Sergeant & guest artist Pete Damon was inspired to pursue a career in art. He painted today's
#VeteransDay
#GoogleDoodle
to honor all those who have served in the U.S. armed forces. 🇺🇸
See more →
Thank you so much,
@Google
for honouring dad with his own
#GoogleDoodle
all over the world. A perfect way to celebrate his birthday, sharing everything he did to make the world a better place.
Marie Tharp put ocean floors on the map. Today’s interactive
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Marie Tharp—American geologist and cartographer who found evidence of continental drift along the seafloor.
Learn more about her life's work here →
Willi Ninja is forever in vogue.
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
spotlights the dancer and choreographer who was known as the "Godfather of Vogue.” Learn how Willi paved the path for diverse LGBTQ+ representation and acceptance in the ‘80s & ‘90s —>
Professor, doctor, coach, & the inventor of basketball–Dr. James Naismith had a career that was nothing but net 🇨🇦 🏀 🇺🇸
Discover how he went from bouncing around an idea for a winter game to laying up a global pastime!
#GoogleDoodle
→
Happy birthday to German-born, British neurologist Prof. Sir Ludwig Guttmann!
An innovator who helped patients rehabilitate through sports, Guttmann is the founder of the Paralympic movement🥇
#GoogleDoodle
🎨 by guest artist
@ashantifortson
→
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye helped countless women learn how to read and write in Kenya 📝
She’s known as the mother of Kenyan literature, and today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates her 94th birthday! Pencil in some time to learn more about her life here →
A
#GoogleDoodle
to celebrate Mexican-American journalist, educator, nurse, & activist Jovita Idár—a pioneer in the fight for Mexican-American civil rights at the turn of the 20th century.
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Her words inspired change. Her perseverance led to a more equitable future.
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
honors Alaska Native Elizabeth Peratrovich who helped establish the 1st anti-discrimination law in the U.S. ⚖️
🎨 by guest artist
@MichaelaGoade
→
¡Cielito Lindo!
A
#GoogleDoodle
celebrating Mariachi, the traditional Mexican music genre that has become known and loved worldwide.
Press play to experience this quintessential element of the nation's cultural heritage 🇲🇽 →
He was known as "The Crocodile Hunter," but Steve Irwin wasn't exactly hunting crocodiles... he was saving them 🐊. He & his wife spent their honeymoon capturing crocodiles & the footage they shot became the pilot for
#TheCrocodileHunter
!
#GoogleDoodle
→
Did you know? Steve Irwin’s love for exotic animals started when he was young. For his 6th birthday, he was gifted an 11-foot python that he affectionately named Frank ❤️🐍
#CrocodileHunter
#GoogleDoodle
→
The time has come to welcome the new 🕰
The clock strikes midnight & out comes the cuckoo! 🐦
"All the best for the new year," 🗓
the cuckoo bird chirps for all to hear! 👂
Happy New Year's Day 🎊
#GoogleDoodle
→
Co-author of the 1st Indigenous American opera 🎭
Powerful writer & musician 🎻
Resilient activist for Indigenous & women's rights 📜
Happy birthday to Zitkala-Ša of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota!
#GoogleDoodle
🎨 by guest artist Chris Pappan→
Happy National Day to Peru 🇵🇪 This diverse & vibrant South American nation is rich with ancient historic sites & natural wonders from the Amazon rainforest to the Andes mountains. ¡Felices Fiestas Patrias!
#GoogleDoodle
→
Good news: the ozone layer is on track to fully recover ❤️🩹
Mario Molina was one of the 1st scientists to discover synthetic chemicals were destroying the ozone. Learn about this Mexican researcher who helped literally save the world →
#GoogleDoodle
Happy International Women's Day!
#IWD2021
Today's video
#GoogleDoodle
highlights a handful of historical firsts accomplished by women around the world 🌎🏅🗻
Scientists, gold medalists, & more—Here's to those who opened doors & created a lasting legacy→
Today’s
#APAHM
#GoogleDoodle
honors the birthday of disability justice activist, Stacey Park Milbern.
Stacey co-created disability justice to fight for those marginalized within the disabled community—people of color, LGBTQ+, and more
🎨 by
@art_twink
→
Today’s
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates Ñ—not only a letter but a representation of Hispanic heritage.
#Didyouknow
? To save time & shorten words, 12th-century scribes wrote a tiny "n" (a tilde or virgulilla) on top to create Ñ ✍️
🎨 by guest artist
@min_wins
→
A
#GoogleDoodle
for Filipino artist, feminist, & activist Pacita Abad, who used bold & colorful art to address global themes 🇵🇭 🎨
Abad crafted 5,000+ pieces of art, & today her colorful legacy resonates in collections across 70+ countries 🖼
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Happy 225th birthday to the curious German chemist, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge!
Without him, the pain of forgoing one’s morning cup of coffee might've never had a scientific explanation ☕
#GoogleDoodle
#ThanksFriedlieb
A passionate philanthropist, Roberto Clemente was active in charitable and disaster relief efforts, launched several baseball training camps for kids, & was a positive role model for the youth of his country.
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#GoogleDoodle
→