Google/Doodles/2009

Compiled on this page are the Google special logos of 2009.

January

New Year's Day (1st)

Slovakia Enters the Euro Zone (1st) (Slovakia)

Elfstedentocht (2nd) (Netherlands)

La Befana (6th) (Italy)

Johann Philipp Reis' Birthday (7th) (Germany)

Doodle4Google Mexico Winner (7th) (Mexico)

National Milk Day (11th)

Doodle4Google China Winner (16th) (China)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (19th) (USA)

Grandparent's Day (21st) (Poland)

Chinese New Year (10th) (Selected countries)

Australia Day (26th) (Australia)

Jackson Pollock's Birthday (28th)

Theodor Heuss' Birthday (31st) (Germany)

February

Alpine Skiing World Cup 2009 (2nd) (France)

Google Božena Němcová's Birthday (4th) (Czech Republic)

Israeli Election Day (10th) (Israel)

Tadataka Ino's Birthday (11th) (Japan)

Charles Darwin's Birthday (12th)

Unix Time 1234567890 (14th) (Selected countries)

Valentine's Day (14th)
(Selected countries)

Valentine's Day (14th) (USA)

Brazilian Carnival (21st) (Brazil)

Men's Day (23rd) (Russia)

Lantern Festival (24th) (China)

National Artist of Thailand (24th) (Thailand)

March

Vasaloppet (1st) (Sweden)

St. David's Day (1st) (UK)

Dr. Seuss' Birthday (2nd)

Hinamatsuri (3rd) (Japan)

International Women's Day (8th) (Selected countries)

Giovanni Schiaparelli's Birthday (14th)

Doodle4Google Ireland Winner: St. Patrick's Day (17th)
(Selected countries)

Persian New Year (20th) (Selected countries)

First Day of Spring-Design by Eric Carle (20th) (Selected countries)

First Day of Autumn-Design by Eric Carle (20th) (Selected countries)

Sabiha Gökçen's Birthday (22nd) (Turkey)

April

200th Anniversary of Gogol (1st) (Selected countries)

Doodle4Google Egypt Winner:
My Egypt (3rd) (Egypt)

Songkran Festival (13th) (Thailand)

Mimar Sinan's Birthday (15th) (Turkey)

Christiaan Huygens' Birthday (16th) (Netherlands)

Zu Chongzhi's Birthday (20th) (China)

Kartini Day (21st) (Indonesia)

Earth Day (22nd)

Children's Day (23rd) (Turkey)

St. George's Day (23rd) (UK)

Girl's Day (23rd) (Germany)

Tomitaro Makino's Birthday (24th) (Japan)

ANZAC Day (25th) (Australia)

ANZAC Day (25th) (New Zealand)

Samuel Morse's Birthday (27th)

May

Children's Day (1st) (Mexico)

250th Anniversary of Kew Gardens (5th) (UK)

Anniversary of Alexander Popov's Invention of the Radio (7th) (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)

Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday (7th) (India)

100th Giro d'Italia (8th) (Italy)

Mother's Day (10th)
(Selected countries)

Norway's National Day (16th) (Norway)

Scientists Unveil Fossil of Darwinius Masillae (20th) (Selected countries)

Doodle4Google USA Winner (21st) (USA)

Mary Cassatt's Birthday (22nd)

Chen Jingrun's Birthday (22nd) (China)

60th Anniversary of Constitution of Federal Republic of Germany (23rd) (Germany)

Jordan's National Day (25th) (Jordan)

UEFA Champions League Finale (27th) (Selected countries)

Dragon Boat Festival (28th) (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

150th Anniversary of Big Ben (31st) (UK)

June

150th anniversary of Yokohama Port Opening (2nd) (Japan)

Denmark's National Day (5th) (Denmark)

25th Anniversary of Tetris (6th) (Selected countries)

Sweden's National Day (6th) (Sweden)

Alexander Pushkin's Birthday (6th) (Russia)

Anniversary of the Philippine Declaration of Independence (12th) (Philippines)

Birthday of Igor Stravinsky (17th)

Opening of the Acropolis Museum (20th) (Greece)

Father's Day (21st)
(Selected countries)

First Day of Summer (21st) (Selected countries)

First Day of Winter (21st) (Selected countries)

Seven Sleepers Day (27th) (Germany)

July

First Day of Summer (1st) (Israel)

Ramón Gómez de la Serna's Birthday (3rd) (Spain)

Independence Day (4th) (USA)

Anniversary of the Miracle of Berne (4th) (Germany)

Venezuelan Independence Day (5th) (Venezuela)

Mexican Federal Elections (5th) (Mexico)

Algerian Independence Day (5th) (Algeria)

Lithuanian Statehood Day (6th) (Lithuania)

Tanabata Lover's Holiday (7th) (Japan)

Anniversary of the Publication of Pinocchio (7th) (Italy)

Argentinean Independence Day (9th) (Argentina)

Birthday of Nikola Tesla (10th)

Birthday of Pablo Neruda (12th) (Selected countries)

Bastille Day (14th) (France)

40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (20th)
(Selected countries)

Colombian Independence Day (20th) (Colombia)

Solar Eclipse (22nd)
(Selected countries)

Comic-Con 2009 (23rd) (USA)

National Children's Day (23rd) (Indonesia)

August

Swiss National Day (1st) (Switzerland)

Ilya Repin's Birthday (5th)
(Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)

Bolivian Independence Day (6th) (Bolivia)

Singapore National Day (9th) (Singapore)

Perseid Meteor Shower (12th)

Hans Christian Ørsted's Birthday (14th)

Korean Independence Day (15th) (South Korea)

Indonesian Independence Day (17th) (Indonesia)

400th Anniversary of Galileo's First Telescope (25th)

Qi Xi (26th)
(China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Battle of Flowers in Laredo (28th) (Spain)

Michael Jackson's Birthday (29th) (Selected countries)

Japanese Elections (30th) (Japan)

Malaysian Independence Day (31st) (Malaysia)

September

Vietnam National Day (2nd) (Vietnam)

Anniversary of Doraemon (3rd) (Japan)

H.G. Wells: Unexplained Phenomenon (5th)
(Selected countries)

Brazilian Independence Day (7th) (Brazil)

09/09/09 09:09:09 (9th) (USA)

Ivan Kostoylevsky's Birthday (9th) (Ukraine)

First Day of School (11th) (Greece)

H.G. Wells: Crop Circles (15th)
(Selected countries)

Mexican Independence Day (16th) (Mexico)

Oktoberfest (19th) (Germany)

H.G. Wells' Birthday (21st) (Selected countries)

Belize Independence Day (21st) (Belize)

Saudi Arabia's National Day (23rd) (Saudi Arabia)

Google's 11th Birthday (27th)

German Federal Elections (27th) (Germany)

Confucius' Birthday (28th) (Selected countries)

October

China's National Day (1st) (China)

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (2nd) (Selected countries)

Brazil Wins 2016 Olympics (2nd) (Brazil)

Doodle4Google Germany Winner (3rd) (Germany)

Mid-Autumn Festival (3rd) (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan)

Korean Thanksgiving (3rd) (Korea)

Moon Viewing Day (3rd) (Japan)

Invention of the Bar Code (7th)

Hangul Proclamation Day (9th) (Korea)

Giuseppe Verdi's Birthday (10th) (Italy)

Canadian Thanksgiving (12th) (Canada)

150 Years Since Multatuli (13th) (Netherlands)

Teacher's Day (14th) (Poland)

Mikhail Lermontov's Birthday (15th) (Russia)

Rampo Edogawa's Birthday (21st) (Japan)

Mei Lanfang's Birthday (22nd) (China)

Austrian National Day (26th) (Austria)

Asterix Comic's 50th Anniversary (29th) (Selected countries)

Turkish National Day (29th) (Turkey)

Halloween: Part 1 (31st)
(Selected countries)

Halloween: Part 2 (31st)
(Selected countries)

Halloween: Part 3 (31st)
(Selected countries)

Halloween: Part 4 (31st)
(Selected countries)

November

Day of the Dead (2nd) (Mexico)

Loy Krathong (2nd) (Thailand)

Melbourne Cup (3rd) (Australia)

20th Anniversary of the Wallace and Gromit (4th)
(Selected countries)

Sesame Street: Big Bird (4th) (Selected countries)

Sesame Street: Abelardo Montoya (4th) (Mexico)

Sesame Street: Kami (4th)
(South Africa)

Sesame Street: Ieniemienie (4th) (Netherlands, Belgium)

Sesame Street: Boombah and Chamki (4th) (India)

Sesame Street: Abigail (4th) (Israel)

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster (5th) (Selected countries)

Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie (6th) (Selected countries)

Sesame Street: Oscar (7th) (Selected countries)

Sesame Street: Elmo (8th) (Selected countries)

Sesame Street: Count von Count (9th) (Selected countries)

20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall (9th) (Germany)

Sesame Street: Ensemble (10th) (Selected countries)

Veteran's Day (11th) (USA)

Remembrance Day (11th) (UK)

Polish Independence Day (11th) (Poland)

NASA Finds Water on the Moon (13th)

Doodle4Google India Winner: My India (14th) (India)

Isamu Noguchi's Birthday (17th) (Japan)

Father Frost's Birthday (18th) (Russia)

National Teacher's Day (20th) (Vietnam)

50th Anniversary of Sandmännchen (22nd) (Germany)

Thanksgiving (26th) (USA)

St. Andrew's Day (30th) (UK)

December

Romanian National Day (1st) (Romania)

United Arab Emirates National Day (2nd) (United Arab Emirates)

Father's Day (5th) (Thailand)

E.C. Segar's Birthday (8th)

Nageeb Fahouz's Birthday (11th) (Egypt)

Qian Xusen's Birthday (11th) (China)

Santa Lucia (13th) (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)

LL Zamenhof's 150th Birthday (15th)

Doodle4Google UK Winner:
My Hero (17th) (UK)

Discovery of the Aztec Sun Stone (17th) (Mexico)

Sapsan Train Opening (18th) (Russia)

Jan Evangelista Purkyne's Birthday (18th) (Czech Republic)

Christmas: Part 1 (21st)

Christmas: Part 2 (22nd)

Christmas: Part 3 (23rd)

Christmas: Part 4 (24th)

Christmas: Part 5 (25th)