Contents
January
New Year's Day (1st)
Happy Holidays 2011 (6th)
Charles Addams' 100th Birthday (7th)
Oskar Luts' 125th Birthday (7th) (Estonia)
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Luis Coloma's 161st Birthday (9th) (Spain)
Nicolas Steno's 374th Birthday (11th)
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Innsbruck 2012 (13th) (Selected countries)
Children's Day (14th) (Selected countries)
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Taiwanese Elections (14th) (Taiwan)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (16th) (USA)
Chinese Christmas (16th) (Brunei, China, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe)
Teachers' Day (16th) (Thailand)
The Wan Brothers 112th Birthday (18th) (Selected countries)
SOPA / PIPA (18th) (USA)
Omar Rayo's 84th Birthday (20th) (Colombia)
Federico Fellini's 92nd Birthday (20th) (Italy, Moldova)
Grandparents' Day (21st) (Poland)
National Soup Month (22nd) (USA, UK, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Cuba, Chile, Uganda, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Qatar, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Chinese New Year (23rd) (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea)
Jože Plečnik's 140th Birthday (23rd) (Slovenia)
Vladmir Vysotsky's 74th Birthday (25th) (Selcted countries)
Doodle4Google Australia Winner: Australia Day (26th) (Australia)
Indian Republic Day (26th) (India)
125th Anniversary of Largest Snowflake (28th)
(USA, UK, Canada, Ireland)
(USA, UK, Canada, Ireland)
I.L. Caragiale's 160th Birthday (30th) (Romania, Moldova)
Discovery of the Iguacu Falls (31st) (Brazil)
Atahualpa Yupanqui's 104th Birthday (31st) (Argentina)
February
François Truffaut's 80th
Birthday: Part 1 (6th)
Birthday: Part 1 (6th)
François Truffaut's 80th
Birthday: Part 2 (6th)
Birthday: Part 2 (6th)
François Truffaut's 80th
Birthday: Part 3 (6th)
Birthday: Part 3 (6th)
Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday (7th)
Ito Jakuchu's 296th Birthday (8th) (Japan)
Doodle4Google New Zealand Winner (9th) (New Zealand)
May Ziade's 126th Birthday (11th) (Selected countries)
Anna Pavlova's 131st Birthday (12th) (Ukraine, Belarus, Russia)
Valentine's Day: Part 1 (14th)
Valentine's Day: Part 2 (14th)
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Storyboards version of this doodle.
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Serbian National Day (15th) (Serbia)
Lithuanian Independence Day (16th) (Lithuania)
Agniya Barto's 106th Birthday (17th) (Russia)
Brazilian Carnival (21st) (Brazil)
Lantern Festival (21st)
(China, Taiwan, Hong Kong)
(China, Taiwan, Hong Kong)
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz's 155th Birthday (22nd)
Hyo-seok Lee's Birthday (23rd) (South Korea)
Estonian Independence Day (24th) (Estonia)
Ibn Battuta's 708th Birthday (25th) (Selected countries)
Kuwait National Day (25th) (Kuwait)
Dominican Republic Independence Day (27th) (Dominican Republic)
Leap Year: Gioachino Rossini's 220th Birthday (29th)
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Marcela Paz's 110th Birthday (29th) (Chile)
March
South Korea National Day (1st) (Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand)
St. David's Day (1st) (UK)
Quinquela Martín's 122nd Birthday (1st) (Argentina)
300th Anniversary of Spain's National Library (1st) (Spain)
János Arany's 195th Birthday (2nd) (Hungary)
Bulgarian Liberation Day (3rd) (Bulgaria)
Girls' Day (3rd) (Japan)
Heitor Vila Lobos' 125th Birthday (5th) (Brazil)
Ghana Independence Day (6th) (Ghana)
Alessandro Manzoni's 227th Birthday (7th) (Italy)
International Women's Day (8th) (selected countries)
Arbor Day (12th) (China, Taiwan)
Mohammed Abdel Wahab's 110th Birthday (13th)
(Selected countries)
(Selected countries)
Akira Yoshizawa's 101st Birthday (14th)
Hungarian National Day (15th) (Hungary)
Cesar Vallejo's 120th Birthday (16th) (Peru)
Doodle4Google Ireland Winner (16th) (Ireland)
St. Patrick's Day (17th)
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Mother's Day (18th) (UK)
Father's Day (19th)
(Italy, Honduras, Portugal)
(Italy, Honduras, Portugal)
80th Birthday of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (19th) (Australia)
200th Anniversary of Spain's Constitution (19th) (Spain)
First Day of Spring (20th) (Selected countries)
First Day of Summer (20th) (Croatia, Fiji)
First Day of Autumn (20th) (Selected countries)
First Day of Winter (20th) (American Samoa, Samoa)
Tunisian National Day (20th) (Tunisia)
Persian New Year (20th)
(United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan)
(United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan)
Juan Gris' 125th Birthday (23rd)
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Mies van der Rohe's 126th Birthday (27th)
April
13th Anniversary of the 4 Unit VLT Telescope (1st) (Chile)
Senegal Independence Day (4th) (Senegal)
Eadweard J. Muybridge's 182nd Birthday (9th)
Elias Lönnrot's 210th Birthday (9th) (Finland)
Lee Jung-seob's 96th Birthday (10th) (South Korea)
Songkran Festival (13th) (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos)
Robert Doisneau's 100th Birthday (14th)
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Wilhelm Busch's 180th Birthday (15th) (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
Jan Kaplický's 75th Birthday (18th) (Czech Republic)
Antero de Quental's 200th Birthday (18th) (Portugal)
Eduard Slavoljub Penkala's 141st Birthday (20th) (Croatia)
Brasilia's Anniversary (21st) (Brazil)
Friedrich Fröbel's 230th Birthday (21st) (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
Earth Day: Part 1 (22nd)
Earth Day: Part 2 (22nd)
Grace Cossington-Smith's 120th Birthday (22nd) (Australia)
St. George's Day: 30th Anniversary of the ZX Spectrum - Part 1 (23rd) (UK)
St. George's Day: 30th Anniversary of the ZX Spectrum - Part 2 (23rd) (UK)
Children's Day: National Sovereignty (23rd)
(Turkey, Cyprus)
(Turkey, Cyprus)
Gideon Sundback's 132nd Birthday (24th)
Israel Independence Day (26th) (Israel)
Theo Angelopoulos' 77th Birthday (27th) (Greece)
Tato Bores' 85th Birthday (27th) (Argentina)
Queen's Day (30th) (Netherlands)
May
Ramón y Cajal 160th Birthday (1st) (Selected countries)
Labour Day (1st)
(Selected countries)
(Selected countries)
Keith Haring's 54th Birthday (4th)
French Elections (6th) (France)
Greek Elections (6th) (Greece)
Władysław Reymont's 145th Birthday (7th) (Poland)
Parent's Day (8th) (South Korea)
Howard Carter's 138th Birthday (9th)
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Farmer's Day: Royal Ploughing Ceremony (9th) (Thailand)
Mahmoud Mokhtar's 121st Birthday (10th)
(Selected countries)
(Selected countries)
Edward Lear's 200th Birthday (12th) (UK)
Mother's Day (13th)
(Selected countries)
(Selected countries)
Paraguay Independence Day (15th) (Paraguay)
Juan Rulfo's 95th Birthday (16th) (Mexico)
Omar Khayyam's 964th Birthday (18th) (Selected countries)
Doodle4Google USA Winner (18th) (USA)
Minakata Kumagusu's 145th Birthday (18th) (Japan)
Turkish Youth Week (19th) (Turkey)
Japanese Annular Eclipse (21st) (Japan)
Robert Moog's 78th Birthday (23rd)
Eygptian Elections (23rd) (Egypt)
Jordan Independence Day (25th) (Jordan)
Rafael Escalona's 85th Birthday (26th) (Colombia)
75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge (27th) (USA)
Ruby Payne-Scott's 100th Birthday (28th) (Australia)
Peter Carl Fabergé's 166th Birthday (30th)
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Francisco Pascasio Moreno's 160th Birthday (31st) (Argentina)
100th Anniversary of the Pushkin Museum (31st) (Russia)
June
Doodle4Google China Winner (1st) (China)
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee (2nd) (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
Italian Republic Day (2nd) (Italy)
79th Anniversary of the First Drive-in Movie (6th) (USA)
Swedish National Day (6th) (Sweden)
Doodle4Google Poland Winner (8th) (Poland)
Johann Gottfried Galle's 200th Birthday (9th)
(Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
(Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Dia Dos Namorados (12th) (Brazil)
Russia Day (12th) (Russia)
Philippine Independence Day (12th) (Philippines)
Greek Elections (Second Round) (17th) (Greece)
Father's Day (17th) (Selected countries)
Viktor Tsoi's 50th Birthday (21st) (Russia)
Google Yuri Kondratyuk's 115th Birthday (21st) (Ukraine)
Teacher's Day (22nd) (El Salvador)
Alan Turing's 100th Birthday (23rd)
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Father's Day (23rd) (Poland)
Luigi Pirandello's 145th Birthday (28th) (Italy)
Sergiu Celibidache's 100th Birthday (28th) (Romania)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 300th Birthday (28th) (France, Belgium)
José Pablo Moncayo's 100th Birthday (29th) (Mexico)
Josef Ressel's 219th Birthday (29th) (Czech Republic)
July
Canada Day (1st) (Canada)
Mexican Elections (1st) (Mexico)
Independence Day (4th) (USA)
111th Anniversary of the Inauguration of Hartland Bridge (4th) (Canada)
Venezuela Independence Day (5th) (Venezuela)
Algerian Independence Day (5th) (Algeria)
José María Velasco's 172nd Birthday (6th) (Mexico)
Yanka Kupala's 130th Birthday (7th) (Belarus)
František Křižík's 165th Birthday (8th) (Czech Republic)
Argentinean Independence Day (9th) (Argentina)
Gustav Klimt's 150th Birthday (14th) (global)
Bastille Day (14th) (France)
Santos Dumont's 139th Birthday (20th) (Brazil)
Colombian Independence Day (20th) (Colombia)
Belgian National Day (21st) (Belgium)
Amelia Earhart's 115th Birthday (24th)
Jaakonpäivä (25th) (Finland)
Peru Independence Day (28th) (Peru)
Olympics
- See also: London 2012
July
London 2012 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony (27th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Archery (28th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Diving (29th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Fencing (30th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Rings (31st)
August
London 2012 Olympic Games: Field Hockey (1st)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Table Tennis (2nd)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Shot Put (3rd)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Pole Vault (4th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Synchronized Swimming (5th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Javelin (6th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Javelin and Curiosity Mars Landing (6th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Hurdles (7th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Basketball (8th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Slalom Canoe (9th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Soccer (10th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Rhythmic Gymnastics (11th)
London 2012 Olympic Games: Closing Ceremony (12th)
August
Tu B'av (3rd) (Israel)
Bolivian Independence Day (6th) (Bolivia)
Ecuador Independence Day (10th) (Ecuador)
Cassiano Branco's 115th Birthday (13th) (Portugal)
Pakistan Independence Day (14th) (Pakistan)
Julia Child's 100th Birthday (15th)
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Indian Independence Day (15th) (India)
Korean National Liberation Day (15th) (South Korea)
Indonesian Independence Day (17th) (Indonesia)
Consuelo Velazquez's 96th Birthday (21st) (Mexico)
Alexander Grin's 132nd Birthday (23rd) (Russia)
Chinese Valentine's Day (23rd) (Taiwan, Hong Kong)
Ukraine Independence Day (24th) (Ukraine)
Uruguay Independence Day (25th) (Uruguay)
Rhazes' 1147th Birthday (26th) (Selected countries)
Moldova Independence Day (27th) (Moldova)
First Day of School (27th) (Israel)
Malaysia Independence Day (31st) (Malaysia)
Maria Montessori's 142nd Birthday (31st)
September
First Day of School (1st) (Russia)
Chabuca Granda's 92nd Birthday (3rd) (Peru)
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Al-Biruni's Birthday (4th)
(Selected countries)
(Selected countries)
Mother's Day (6th) (Gibraltar, Italy, Libya, San Marino, Switzerland)
First Day of School (6th) (Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Estonia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Morocco, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, Zimbabwe)
First Day of School (6th) (USA)
First Day of School (6th) (Canada)
Brazil Independence Day (7th) (Brazil)
46th Anniversary of Star Trek (8th)
Macedonia Independence Day (8th) (Macedonia)
Teachers' Day (10th) (Brunei, Singapore, China, Hong Kong)
Teachers' Day (11th) (Argentina)
Dutch Election Day (12th) (Netherlands)
Clara Schumann's 193rd Birthday (13th)
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Adolfo Bioy Casares' 98th Birthday (15th) (Argentina)
Costa Rica Independence Day 2012 (15th) (Costa Rica)
El Salvador Independence Day 2012 (15th) (El Salvador)
Nicaragua Independence Day 2012 (15th) (Nicaragua)
Honduras Independence Day 2012 (15th) (Honduras)
Guatemala Independence Day 2012 (15th) (Guatemala)
Mexico Independence Day 2012 (16th) (Mexico)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's 155th Birthday (17th) (Russia)
Chile Independence Day 2012 (18th) (Chile)
Edgar Valter's 84th Birthday (21st) (Estonia)
Solomiya Krushelnytska's 140th Birthday (23rd) (Ukraine)
Saudi Arabia National Day (23rd) (Saudi Arabia)
Howard Florey's 114th Birthday (24th) (Australia)
Google's 14th Birthday (27th)
David Unaipon's 140th Birthday (28th) (Australia)
Chuseok (30th) (South Korea)
Mid-Autumn Festival (30th) (Selected countries)
October
Anton Bernolak's 250th Birthday (3rd) (Slovakia)
German Reunification Day (3rd) (Germany)
Brian Ó Nualláin's 101st Birthday (5th) (Ireland)
Francisco Gabilondo Soler's 105th Birthday (6th) (Mexico)
Niels Bohr's 127th Birthday (7th)
Brazilian Elections (7th) (Brazil)
Janusz Korczak's Year (7th) (Poland)
Uganda Independence Day (9th) (Uganda)
Ivo Andrić's 120th Birthday (9th) (Selected countries)
Alicia Moreau de Justo's 127th Birthday (11th) (Argentina)
107th Anniversary of Little Nemo in Slumberland (15th)
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Hisashige Tanaka's 213th Birthday (16th) (Japan)
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161st Anniversary of Moby Dick's First Publishing (18th)
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Jonas Maciulis-Maironis' 150th Birthday (21st)
Abu Simbel (22nd) (Egypt)
Father's Day (24th) (Gibraltar, Italy, Libya, San Marino, Switzerland)
Austria National Day (26th)
Sugarloaf Cable Car's 100th Anniversary (27th)
Republic Day Turkey (29th) (Turkey)
Bob Ross' 70th Birthday (29th)
Halloween (31st) (Selected countries)
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November
L.S. Lowry's 125th Birthday (1st) (United Kingdom)
Day of the Dead (2nd) (Mexico)
Odysseas Elitis' 101st Birthday (2nd) (Greece)
Samuil Marshak's 125th Birthday (3rd)
Panama Independence Day (3rd)
Election Day (6th) (USA)
Bram Stoker's 165th Birthday (8th)
Paul Abadie's 200th Birthday (9th)
Feng Zikai's 114th Birthday (9th)
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Cambodia Liberation Day (9th) (Cambodia)
Hachiko's 89th Birthday (10th)
Poland Independence Day (11th)
Veterans Day (11th)
Roberto Matta's 101st Birthday (11th)
Auguste Rodin's 172nd Birthday (12th)
Anniversary of the 1st use of the Canadarm in space (13th)
Doodle 4 Google 2012 - India Winner (14th)
Amadeu de Souza-Cardoso's 125th Birthday (14th)
Sierra Leone Elections (17th)
Morocco National Day (18th)
Latvia Independence Day 2012 (18th)
Otto von Guericke's 410th Birthday (20th)
Thanksgiving (22nd)
Lebanon National Day (22nd)
Ernie Coombs' (Mr Dressup) 85th Birthday (26th)
Albania Independence Day (28th)
St. Andrew's Day (30th) (UK)
December
Doodle 4 Google 2012 - Romania Winner (1st)
United Arab Emirates National Day (2nd)
Hryhorii Skovoroda's 290th Birthday (3rd)
Doodle 4 Google 2012 - Japan Winner (3rd)
Finland Independence Day (6th)
Día de las Velitas (7th)
Ghana Elections (7th)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson´s 180th Birthday (8th)
Doodle 4 Google 2012 - Russia Winner (10th)
Ada Lovelace's 197th Birthday (10th)
Kenya Independence Day 2012 (12th)
50th Anniversary of Bonne Nuit les Petits (12th)
Luiz Gonzaga's 100th Birthday (13th)
Xul Solar's 125th Birthday (14th)
Japan Elections 2012 (16th)
Zoltán Kodály's 130th Birthday (16th)
120th Anniversary of the Nutcracker Ballet (18th)
S. Korea Election Day (19th)
200th Anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales (20th)
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Storyboards of 2 doodles.
End of Mayan Calendar (21st)
Srinivasa Ramanujan's 125th Birthday (22nd)
Herman Potocnik's 120th Birthday (22nd)
Christmas Eve (24th)
Christmas Day (25th)
Leonardo Torres Quevedo's 160th Birthday (28th)
New Years Eve (31st)
Videos
Valentine's Day Google Doodle
Valentine's Day (14th February)
Doodle for the 79th Anniversary of the 1st Drive-In Movie Theater
79th Anniversary of the 1st Drive-In Movie Theater (6th June)
