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Know all about Marsha Johnson, the LGBTQ+ activist in today's Google doodle

Marsha is credited as one of the key leaders of the 1969 Stonewall uprising-widely regarded as a critical turning point for the international LGBTQ+ rights movement

Know all about Marsha Johnson, the LGBTQ+ activist in today's Google doodle
Updated On : 30 Jun 2020 | 10:44 AM IST

Saviour of mothers: This scientist pioneered handwashing way back in 1847

He later published his findings in a book titled 'Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever'

Saviour of mothers: This scientist pioneered handwashing way back in 1847
Updated On : 20 Mar 2020 | 3:13 PM IST

Google Doodle marks 101st birthday of noted poet, lyricist Kaifi Azmi

Kaifi Azmi's legendary works such as Pakeezah's Chalte Chalte, Koi Yeh Kaise Bataye from Arth and Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil have gone down as notable contributions in Urdu and Hindi language

Google Doodle marks 101st birthday of noted poet, lyricist Kaifi Azmi
Updated On : 14 Jan 2020 | 7:57 AM IST

Google honours mountaineer Junko Tabei with doodle on her 80th birthday

Google on Sunday honoured Junko Tabei, the first Japanese woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on her 80th birthday with a cool animated doodle.She is also the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent.The doodle depicts a graph along with seven ice-capped mountains which symbolise all the "seven summits"--the highest peaks such as Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Vinson, Elbrus, Puncak Jaya, on each continent that was climbed by Tabei.Apart from the mountains, the doodle also shows a moving animated cartoon representing Tabei.Google in its notes stated that Tabei kept her passion and dream to scale new heights alive even while battling with peritoneal cancer in 2012.Born on September 22 in 1939, Tabei was raised in Miharu, a small town in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture. She explored the joy of climbing at the age of 10 during a class trip to Mount Nasu. Though she was the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, Tabei

Google honours mountaineer Junko Tabei with doodle on her 80th birthday
Updated On : 22 Sep 2019 | 9:36 AM IST

Google Doodle celebrates Isro founder Vikram Sarabhai's 100th birthday

To pay homage to the father of India's space programme, ISRO has also announced an award in his name on his 100th birthday

Google Doodle celebrates Isro founder Vikram Sarabhai's 100th birthday
Updated On : 12 Aug 2019 | 9:52 AM IST

Google doodle celebrates 50th anniversary of Nasa's Apollo 11 Moon mission

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon

Google doodle celebrates 50th anniversary of Nasa's Apollo 11 Moon mission
Updated On : 19 Jul 2019 | 12:27 PM IST

Google Doodle honours Noble Laureate Lev Landau on his 111th birthday

In 1961, he received the Max Planck Medal and the Fritz London Prize. Landau died on April 1, 1968

Google Doodle honours Noble Laureate Lev Landau on his 111th birthday
Updated On : 09 Jul 2019 | 3:58 PM IST

World Wide Web turns 30: Google celebrates invention with a doodle

The WWW is the primary tool billions of people today use to interact on the Internet

World Wide Web turns 30: Google celebrates invention with a doodle
Updated On : 09 Jul 2019 | 3:54 PM IST

Mugambo khush hua: Google doodles late Amrish Puri on 87th birth anniv

Amrish Puri appeared in more than 200 films in over half a dozen languages

Mugambo khush hua: Google doodles late Amrish Puri on 87th birth anniv
Updated On : 22 Jun 2019 | 1:47 PM IST

Geminid meteor showers today: Google Doodle tells why you shouldn't miss it

There's little danger of any Geminids landing on earth as it normally disintegrates in the earth's atmosphere

Geminid meteor showers today: Google Doodle tells why you shouldn't miss it
Updated On : 13 Dec 2018 | 12:17 PM IST

Google marks 44th anniversary of humankind's first message to aliens

Their three-minute radio message was aimed at a cluster of stars in the constellation Hercules 25,000 light years away from Earth, Google said in a statement

Google marks 44th anniversary of humankind's first message to aliens
Updated On : 16 Nov 2018 | 1:16 PM IST

Google Doodle gives tribute to social reformer Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

She is also credited with re-invigorating the culture of Indian handicrafts, handlooms and theatre

Google Doodle gives tribute to social reformer Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Updated On : 03 Apr 2018 | 7:11 PM IST

Chipko movement turns 45, Google 'embraces' it with a doodle

The word Chipko means 'to stick' or 'to hug' and the name of the movement has been derived from these words

Chipko movement turns 45, Google 'embraces' it with a doodle
Updated On : 26 Mar 2018 | 11:11 AM IST

Google Doodle pays homage to legendary Kathak dancer Sitara Devi

Google Doodle pays homage to legendary Kathak dancer Sitara Devi

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Updated On : 20 Feb 2018 | 1:04 PM IST

Google Doodle honours visual artist Oskar Fischinger on 117th b'day

Google Doodle honours visual artist Oskar Fischinger on 117th b'day

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Updated On : 20 Feb 2018 | 1:02 PM IST

Google Doodle celebrates Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana's 96th birthday

Famous for constructing first synthetic gene, Har Gobind Khorana is recognised for his breakthroughs in science

Google Doodle celebrates Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana's 96th birthday
Updated On : 09 Jan 2018 | 4:10 PM IST

Google Doodle on singer Mohd Rafi's 93rd birthday

The doodle shows Rafi recording in a studio, while actors are lip syncing onscreen

Google Doodle on singer Mohd Rafi's 93rd birthday
Updated On : 24 Dec 2017 | 2:05 PM IST

Google joins the festivities with holiday doodles

The doodle's final panel includes a past photo of the reunited family as well as a pile of wrapped gifts that hint at the series' next installments

Google joins the festivities with holiday doodles
Updated On : 18 Dec 2017 | 4:59 PM IST

Google Doodle pays tribute to veteran filmmaker V Shantaram on 116th b'day

Shantaram was born on November 18, 1901 in a Marathi Jain family in Kolhapur in Maharashtra

Google Doodle pays tribute to veteran filmmaker V Shantaram on 116th b'day
Updated On : 18 Nov 2017 | 1:07 PM IST

Google honours Urdu writer Desnavi with a doodle

The doodle showed Desnavi sitting in the middle and writing, the letters of the search engine were also given a calligraphic touch.

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Updated On : 01 Nov 2017 | 9:37 AM IST