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Marc Chagall’s Birthday, 2008Google displayed this logo today for Marc Chagall’s Birthday across all its homepages.
Marc Chagall (7 July 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-Belarusian-French painter of Jewish origin, who was born in Belarus, at that time part of the Russian Empire. He is associated with the modern movements after impressionism. - wikipedia
Diego Velázquez Birthday, 2008Google displayed this logo today(June 6th, 2008) across all its home pages to celebrate the birthday of Diego Velázquez, a Spanish painter.
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660), commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656). - Wikipedia
First Hot Air Balloon Day, 2008Google displayed this logo today across all its home pages.
This day in history(June 4th, 1783) is the event when Montgolfier brothers launched 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned).
125th Birthday of Walter GropiusGoogle displayed this logo on its home pages for on May 18, 2008 for the 125th Birthday of Walter Gropius.
Walter Adolph Georg Dorphios (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus who along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of “modern” architecture.
Vote for Best Google Doodles, 2008This year’s Doodle 4 Google art competition invited students in grades K-12 across the U.S. to redesign the Google logo around the theme “What if…?”.
Google logo for First Laser, 2008Google displays this logo across all its home pages today (May 16th, 2008) The Day of The First Demonstrated Laser.
The first working laser was demonstrated on May 16, 1960 by Theodore Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories.
- Wikipedia
Florence Nightingale’s Birthday, 2008On May 12th, 2008 Google UK celebrated Florence Nightingale’s Birthday by displaying this logo:
Florence Nightingale, who came to be known as “The Lady with the Lamp”, was a pioneer of modern nursing, a writer and a noted statistician. [Wikipedia]
Mother’s Day Wishes, 2008Google wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms today, on the eve of Mother’s Day, May 11th, 2007
Mother’s Day is celebrated on the ‘Second Sunday of May’.
Happy Mothers Day to all Moms!!!
You might want to checkout the previous mothers day logos:
Middle East 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000.
Jeff Koons Art for iGoogleGoogle displays this logo today on Google UK homepage to promote iGoogle(Google Homepages) and iGoogle themes.
This logo represents the art of Jeff Koons, an international artist whose art is now available as iGoogle theme.
St George’s Day, 2008Google Celebrates St George’s Day today (April 23rd, 2008) by displaying this logo on the UK Homepage.
“St. George’s Day is celebrated by several nations of which Saint George is the patron saint, including England, Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republic of Macedonia, as well as the region of Catalonia (Spain) and the city of Moscow. For England, St. George’s Day also marks its National Day. Most countries who observe St. George’s Day, celebrate it on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George’s death in 303 AD. St. George’s Day is a provincial government holiday in Newfoundland, Canada.”
