Esperanto (help·info) is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language.Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887. The word esperanto means “one who hopes” in the language itself. Zamenhof’s goal was to create an easy and flexible language [...]
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Google Doodle: Popeye (EC Segar)
Elzie Crisler Segar (December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a character who first appeared in 1929 in his newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre. Segar was born and raised in Chester, Illinois, a small town near the Mississippi River. The son of a handyman, [...]
Google Doodle: World AIDS Day – A red ribbon
Today Google has a RED ribbon in support of the world HIV AIDS day! World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. It is common to hold memorials to honor persons who have died from HIV/AIDS on this day. Government [...]
Google Doodle: St. Andrew’s Day
St. Andrew’s Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on 30 November. Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and St. Andrew’s Day is Scotland’s official national day. In 2006, the Scottish Parliament designated St. Andrew’s Day as an official bank holiday. Although most commonly associated with Scotland, Saint Andrew [...]
Google Doodle: Water on the Moon
NASA said Friday it had discovered water on the moon, opening “a new chapter” that could allow for the development of a lunar space station. The discovery was announced by project scientist Anthony Colaprete at a midday news conference. “I’m here today to tell you that indeed, yes, we found water. And we didn’t find [...]
Google Doodle: children’s day – India
Google posts one of the Google Doodle from the contest from Doodle 4 Google contest on the Homepage. Thousands of users voted for their favorite doodle. This is the final winner’s doodle on Google.co.in all day on Children’s day, November 14th 2009. View more Doodle’s from the Doodle 4 Google contest India here.
Google Doodle: Veterans Day
Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military veterans. Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it is usually observed on November 11. However, if it occurs on a Sunday then the following Monday is designated for holiday leave, and if it occurs Saturday then either Saturday or Friday may [...]
Google Doodle: Sesame Street
Google posted number of Doodle’s for sesame street(a puppet-cartoon show) turning 40! Sesame Street is an American educational children’s television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. Sesame Street is well known for its Muppets characters created by Jim Henson. It premiered on November 10, 1969, and [...]
Google Doodle: Wallace and Gromit
Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series consisting of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. All the characters are made from molded plasticine modeling clay on metal armatures, and filmed with stop motion clay animation.
Google doodle: Fall of Berlin wall – Germany
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, many buildings in Mitte, the former city center of East Berlin, were renovated. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany’s largest city. It is the second most populous [...]
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