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Beautiful Google Doodles (1998 – 2010)

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Beautiful Google Doodles (1998 – 2010)


Beautiful Google Doodles (1998 – 2010)

Posted: 24 May 2010 07:28 AM PDT

We’re all familiar with Google Doodles – the customized logos that appear on the search engine’s home page to commemorate special dates or events. For 12 years now Google has been creating these logos, honoring everything from global holidays like Earth Day to the birthdays of historically significant people (like Albert Einstein) and even to the birthdays of fictional characters like Paddington Bear.

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In the first ten years of Google Doodles (from 1998-2007), there were usually only a handful or maybe a dozen Doodles each year, usually for major events or holidays (like New Year’s Day or the Olympics). But starting in 2008, Google has been using more and more Doodles, often with cryptic meanings that take a bit of research to unearth meaning behind. Below are some of the best hand-picked Google Doodles from the past 12+ years we loved!

Have a favorite that isn’t on this list? Share it in the comments!

1998

Burning Man. This was the first-ever Google Doodle, and was created to indicate the Google founders’ attendance at the Burning Man Festival.
burningman1998 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

1999

Season’s Greetings. (Global).
seasonsgreetings1999 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

‘Uncle Sam’ Search.(US). This logo was shown on the Google U.S. Government Search page.
unclesam1999 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2000

Groundhog Day.(US).
groundhog2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Father’s Day.(Global).
fathersday2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Series From the First Week of May. This was the first official Google Doodle, and told the story of an alien intrigue.
aliens2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Olympic Summer Games in Sydney – Soccer.(Global). A number of Doodles were created for the Olympic Games in Sydeny, Australia.
summergamessoccer2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Olympic Summer Games in Sydney – Kayaking.(Global).
summergameskayaking2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Bastille Day.(France). Bastille Day is a holiday celebrating the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille.
bastilleday2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Declaration of Independence.(US). This Doodle was created to celebrate the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
declarationofindependence2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Shichi-go-san. (Japan). Shichi-Go-San is a traditional rite of passage and festival in Japan for three and seven year old girls and three and five year old boys.
shichigosan2000 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2001

Chinese New Year. (Global). The Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year) is the most important traditional Chinese holiday and celebrates the new year based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar.
chinesenewyear2001 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Earth Day. (Global). Earth Day is an international celebration to raise environmental awareness that takes place in more than 175 countries each year.
earthday2001 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Swiss National Day.(Switzerland). Swiss National Day celebrates the creation of the Federal Charter of Switzerland in early August of 1291.
swissnationalday2001 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Canada Day.(Canada). Canada Day is Canada’s national day, often referred to as "Canada’s Birthday".
canadaday2001 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Nobel Prize Centennial Award Ceremony. (Global).
nobelprize2001 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Claude Monet’s Birthday. (Global).
monetbirthday2001 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2002

Piet Mondrian’s Birthday. (Global).
mondrianbirthday2002 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. (Global). A series of Doodles were created for the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
olympics2002 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Dilbert Google Doodle (3 of 5). (Global). A series of five Dilbert-inspired Doodles was created, based on the comic.
dilbert2002 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

St. George’s Day.(UK). St. George’s Day is England’s National Day and is also celebrated in the nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities where Saint George is the patron saint.
stgeorgesday2002 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Santa Lucia. Santa Lucia is a Catholic Church feast day dedicated to St. Lucy.
santalucia2002 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Guy Fawkes Day. Guy Fawkes Night is an annual celebration to mark the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when a number of Catholics tried to destroy the House of Parliament in London.
guyfawkes2002 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2003

Albert Einstein’s Birthday. (Global).
einsteinbirthday2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Happy New Year. (Global).
newyear2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

MC Escher’s Birthday. (Global).
escherbirthday2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

50th Anniversary of Understanding DNA. (Global). The first correct Double-Helix model of DNA was suggested by James D. Watson and Francis Crick in 1953.
dna2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday. (Global).
hitchcock2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Holiday Series 2003 (3 of 5). (Global).
holidayseries2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

100th Anniversary of Flight. (Global). The 100th Anniversary of Flight refers the first controlled, sustained, powered, heavier-than-air manned flight, which was completed by the Wright brothers at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina in 1903.
flight2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Happy Halloween. (US).
halloween2003 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2004

Persian New Year. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is an ancient Iranian festival to celebrate the start of the Iranian New Year.
persiannewyear2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

St. Patrick’s Day. (US).
stpatricks2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Gaston Julia’s Birthday. (Global).
juliabirthday2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Spirit on Mars. (Global). This Doodle was created to celebrate the landing of the Spirit rover on Mars.
marsrover2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Bloomsday / James Joyce Day.(Ireland). Bloomsday is an Irish holiday created to celebrate the life of James Joyce, and to relive events from Ulysses.
jamesjoyce2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Athens Olympic Games – Tennis. (Global). As with every Olympic Games, a series of Doodles was created for the Athens Summer Olympic Games.
athensgames2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Holiday Series 2004 (5 of 5). (Global).
holidayseries2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

US Elections. (US).
vote2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

SpaceShipOne Wins the X Prize. (Global). SpaceShipOne made the first privately funded human spaceflight, thereby winning the Ansari X Prize.
xprize2004 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2005

Vincent Van Gogh’s Birthday. (Global).
vangogh2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Wold Water Day. (Global). World Water Day was established by the UN in 1993, and is observed to promote concrete activities within countries regarding water resources.
waterday2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Korean Independence Day.(Korea). Korean Independence Day celebrates Korea’s liberation from Japanese Rule following World War II.
koreanindependence2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Australia Day.(Australia). Australia Day is the official national day of Australia and celebrates the arrival of the First Fleet to arrive there in 1788.
australiaday2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Birthday. (Global).
franklloydwright2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Teacher’s Day. (US). Teacher’s Day in the U.S. is celebrated in the beginning of May, and is a day to honor and recognize the contributions teachers make to society.
teachersday2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday. (Global).
davinci2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Doodle4Google Competition: ‘Day of the Child’ by Lisa Wainaina.(UK). Doodle4Google is an annual competition in which children can create their own Google Doodle. The winning Doodle is featured on the home page.
dayofthechild2005 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2006

Torino Olympic Games – Closing Ceremony. (Global).
torinogames2006 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Torino Olympic Games – Luge. (Global).
torinogamesluge2006 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Louis Braille’s Birthday. (Global). The Google Doodle here was done in Braille, and is the first Google Doodle that didn’t incorporate the normal Google logo.
braillebirthday2006 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Happy New Year. (Global).
newyear2006 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Edvard Munch’s Birthday. (Global).
edvardmunch2006 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2007

Cricket World Cup
cricket2007 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Father’s Day
fathersday2007 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Happy Mother’s Day
mothersday2007 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Bastille Day.(France).
bastilleday2007 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Veteran’s Day. (US). Veteran’s Day is an annual U.S. holiday that honors military veterans, celebrated on the day major hostilities ended in World War I (celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world).
veteransday2007 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2008

Parametron Computer 1.(Japan). Parametron Computer 1 (also known as the Quantum Flux Parametron) was invented by Eiichi Goto at the University of Tokyo.
parametron2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Valentine’s Day. (Global).
valentines2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

50th Anniversary of the LEGO Brick. (Global).
lego2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Carnival.(Brazil). Carnival is an annual festival held 40 days before Easter and is the most famous holiday in Brazil, though it is also celebrated elsewhere.
carnival2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (US).
mlk2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Doodle 4 Google Competition: Doodle by Mai Dao Ngoc.(Germany).
doodlemaidaongoc2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Anniversary of the First Ascent of Mount Everest. (Global).
everest2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

125th Birthday of Walter Gropius
waltergropius2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Earth Day. (Global).
earthday2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Korean Thanksgiving.(Korea).
koreanthanksgiving2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Mid-Autumn Festival.(Vietnam). Also called the Children’s Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a popular family holiday in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia.
midautumnfestival2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Large Hadron Collider. (Global). The LHC is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world, and was first successfully used in September 2008.
lhc2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Beijing Olympic Games – Swimming. (Global).
beijinggamesswimming2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Beijing Olympic Games – Opening Ceremony. (Global).

50th Anniversary of NASA. (US). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was founded in 1958, replacing the National Advisory for Aeronautics.
nasaanniversary2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Beatrix Potter’s Birthday
beatrixpotter2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Kaii Higashiyama’s Birthday. (Japan).
higashiyama2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Turkish Oil Wrestling.(Turkey). Oil wrestling is the Turkish national sport, where wrestlers cover themselves in olive oil.
oilwrestling2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Shinkansen.(Japan). This Doodle was created in honor the high-speed railway lines in Japan (also known as bullet trains).
shinkansen2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Thanksgiving Day. (US).
thanksgiving2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Day of the Dead. (Mexico). The Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos in Spanish) is a holiday where friends and family gather to remember and pray for dead family members and friends.
dayofthedead2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Happy Halloween! Doodle Designed by Wes Craven. (US).
halloween2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Day of Trees. (Poland). This is the Polish version of Arbor Day.
dayoftrees2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Paddington Bear’s 50th Birthday. One of only two Doodles celebration "birthdays" of fictional characters.
paddington50th2008 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2009

First Day of Spring – Design by Eric Carle
spring2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Giovanni Schiaparelli’s Birthday. (Global).
schiaparelli2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
drseuss2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Charles Darwin’s Birthday. (Global).
charlesdarwin2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Jackson Pollock’s Birthday. (Global).
pollock2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Seven Sleepers Day.(Germany). Tradition says that if it rains on Seven Sleepers Day, it will be raining for the remainder of the summer.
sevensleepers2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Birthday of Igor Stravinsky. (Global).

stravinsky2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Mary Cassatt’s Birthday. (Global).

marycassatt2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Samuel Morse’s Birthday. (Global). One of only three Google Doodles to use non-latin characters.

samuelmorse2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Earth Day. (Global).

earthday2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

H.G. Wells’ Birthday. (Selected Countries).

hgwells2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Crop Circles.(Selected Countries). This Doodle celebrated crop circles around the world.

cropcircles2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Ivan Kostoylevsky’s Birthday.(Ukraine).

ivankostoylevsky2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Qi Xi.(China, Hong Kong, Taiwan). Sometimes referred to as Chinese Valentine’s Day, or the Magpie Festival, Qi Xi ("The Night of Sevens") is a holiday in which young girls traditionally showcase their domestic arts and make wishes for a good husband.

qixi2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Ilya Repin’s Birthday.(Russia, Ukraine, Belarus).

repin2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Comic-Con 2009. This is the first, and so far only, Doodle celebrating the annual Comic-Con conference.

comiccon2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Birthday of Nikola Tesla. (Global).

tesla2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Anniversary of the Publication of Pinocchio. (Italy).

pinocchio2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

US Independence Day. (US).

july4th2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Jan Evangelista Purkyne’s Birthday. (Czech Republic).

purkyne2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Discovery of the Aztec Sun Stone. (Mexico). This Doodle commemorates the discovery of the Aztec Sun Stone on December 17, 1790.

aztecsunstone2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Doodle 4 Google: My Hero by Sophie Redford

myhero2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

E.C. Segar’s Birthday – Popeye. (Global).

ecsegar2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

St. Andrew’s Day. (UK). St. Andrew’s Day is the official national day of Scotland and is a celebration of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of golfers, fishmongers, mariners, and performers, among others.

standrewsday2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Father Frost’s Birthday.(Russia). Father Frost is similar to Santa Claus, except he often brings gifts in person at large New Year celebrations.

fatherfrost2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Sesame Street – Cookie Monster.(Selected Countries). A series of Sesame Street-themed Doodles were created to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street.

sesamestreetcookiemonster2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Loy Krathong.(Thailand). Loy Krathong is a Thai holiday where small rafts are floated on bodies of water to honor and pay respect to the goddess of water, and also to apologize for bad things done to the river during the past year.

loykrathong2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Invention of the Bar Code. (Global). One of the three Doodles that uses non-latin characters.

barcode2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Moon Viewing Day – Tsukimi.(Japan). Tsukimi is a traditional Japanese holiday where people throw parties to view the harvest moon.

moonviewingday2009 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

2010

Jon Amos Komensky’s 418th Birthday.(Czech Republic, Slovakia).

komensky2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Pi Day.(Selected Countries). Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th each year to celebrate the mathematical constant pi (which is approximated as 3.14). It is also the birthday of Albert Einstein.

piday2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente’s Birthday. (Spain).

delafuente2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Holmenkollen Ski Festival. (Norway). The Holmenkollen Ski Jump is the oldest notable ski jump competition still in existence, beginning in 1892. The Festival includes the ski jump and a number of other evetns.

holmenkollen2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Girl’s Day.(Japan). Also known as Hinamatsuri or Doll’s Day, Girl’s Day is a traditionl Japanese holiday in which dolls are displayed on platforms covered in red carpet.

girlsday2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Frederic Chopin’s 200th Birthday.(Poland).

chopin2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Winter Olympics – Closing Ceremony. (Global).

winterolympics2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Winter Olympics – Alpine Skiing. (Global).

winterolympicsalpineskiing2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Norman Rockwell’s Birthday. (Global).

rockwell2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

150th Birthday of J.M. Barrie.(Selected Global).

barrie2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Mother’s Day. (US).

mothersday2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

170th Birthday of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. (Global).

tchaikovsky2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Rocket Festival.(Thailand). The Rocket Festival is a traditional Buddhist folk festival that culminates on the third day with competitive firings of home-made rockets.

rocketfestival2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Labour Day. (Selected Global).

labourday2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

ANZAC Day. (Australia). ANZAC Day is a national remembrance day in Australia and New Zealand to honor members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought in World War I at Gallipoli in Turkey.

anzac2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Earth Day. (Global).

earthday2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Karen Blixen’s Birthday.(Denmark).

karenblixen2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Hans Christian Andersen’s 205th Birthday – Part 5. (Global).

andersen2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

April Fools! (US). The Topeka logo was used as an April Fools joke, in reference to the adoption of the name "Google" by Topeka, KS in an effort to entice Google to bring high-speed broadband internet service to their city.

topeka2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Hubble Space Telescope’s 20th Anniversary. (Global).

hubble2010 Beautiful Google Doodles (1998   2010)

Credit: All doodle images were taken from Google Doodles.

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