A Year of Google Doodles (2011)

Over the last decade, Google is perhaps the most popular search engine on the Internet. The simple and straight forward user interface on Google.com is simply an awesome experience. No fancy layout and blinking banner-icons. Just a plain logo with a search box.

However, one may notice that the logo changes occasionally according to special events and festive seasons. These logos are also known as Google Doodles.

When doodles were first created, nobody had anticipated how popular and integral they would become to the Google search experience. Nowadays, many users excitedly anticipate the release of each new doodle and some even collect them!

And if you’re a collector like me too, you can find the list of Google Doodles here too.

(more to come for this year as we expect yet another festive Doodle from Google for the year 2012.) 

Dec 12, 2011

Gustave Flaubert’s 190th Birthday – (France)

Dec 12, 2011

Robert Noyce’s 84th Birthday – (Global)

Dec 12, 2011

Kenya Independence Day – (Kenya)

Dec 08, 2011

Diego Rivera’s 125th Birthday – (Global)

Dec 06, 2011

Finland National Day – (Finland)

Dec 05, 2011

Thailand National Day – (Thailand)

Dec 03, 2011

Nino Rota’s 100th Birthday – (Italy)

Dec 02, 2011

UAE National Day – (UAE)

Dec 01, 2011

Romanian National Day – (Romania)

Nov 30, 2011

Mark Twain’s 176th Birthday – (Global)

Nov 28, 2011

Doodle4Google Japan – (Japan)

Nov 28, 2011

Egyptian Elections – (Egypt)

Nov 26, 2011

National Elections – (New Zealand)

Nov 24, 2011

Thanksgiving - (US)

Nov 23, 2011

60th Anniversary of Stanisław Lem’s First Publication - (Europe)

Nov 22, 2011

Lebanon Independence Day – (Lebanon)

Nov 19, 2011

Mikhail Lomonosov’s 300th Birthday – (Russia)

Nov 18, 2011

Louis Daguerre’s 224th Birthday – (Global)

Nov 18, 2011

Latvian Independence Day – (Latvia)

Nov 18, 2011

Morocco Independence Day – (Morocco)

Nov 17, 2011

Lola Mora’s 145th Birthday – (Argentina)

Nov 17, 2011

Giò Pomodoro’s 81st Birthday – (Italy)

Nov 14, 2011

D4G India – (India)

Nov 12, 2011

Hua Luogeng’s 101th Birthday – (China)

Nov 11, 2011

Veteran’s Day – (US)

Nov 11, 2011

Poland Independence Day – (Poland)

Nov 11, 2011

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 190th Birthday – (Russia)

Nov 11, 2011

Magusto – (Portugal)

Nov 09, 2011

Hideyo Noguchi’s 135th Birthday – (Japan)

Nov 08, 2011

Edmond Halley’s 355th Birthday – (UK)

Nov 07, 2011

Marie Curie’s 144th Birthday – (Global)

Nov 03, 2011

Panama Independence Day – (Panama)

Nov 03, 2011

Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s 91st Birthday – (Australia)

Nov 03, 2011

Andre Malraux’s 110th Birthday – (France)

Nov 02, 2011

Taikan Yokoyama’s 143th Birthday – (Japan)

Nov 02, 2011

Day of the Dead – (Mexico)

Oct 31, 2011

Parkes Observatory’s 50th Anniversary – (Australia)

Oct 31, 2011

Halloween – (Selected Countries)

Oct 29, 2011

Turkish National Day – (Turkey)

Oct 26, 2011

Austrian National Day – (Austria)

Oct 23, 2011

Tunisia Elections – (Tunisia)

Oct 23, 2011

Argentina Elections – (Argentina)

Oct 22, 2011

Franz Liszt’s 200th Birthday – (Selected Countries)

Oct 21, 2011

Mary Blair’s 100th Birthday – (Global)

Oct 20, 2011

Park Wan-suh’s 80th Birthday – (South Korea)

Oct 15, 2011

Italo Calvino’s 88th Birthday – (Italy)

Oct 12, 2011

Art Clokey’s 90th Birthday – (Global)

Oct 10, 2011

Fridtjof Nansen’s 150th Birthday – (Norway)

Oct 09, 2011

Mihajlo Pupin’s 153th Birthday – (Serbia)

Oct 09, 2011

Uganda Independence Day – (Uganda)

Oct 09, 2011

Hangul Proclamation Day – (South Korea)

Oct 08, 2011

Croatia Independence Day – (Croatia)

Oct 03, 2011

Reunification Day – (Germany)

Oct 01, 2011

China National Day – (China, Hong Kong)

Oct 01, 2011

Grete Waitz’s 58th Birthday – (Norway)

Sep 30, 2011

Doodle4Google Italy – (Italy)

Sep 28, 2011

Narciso Monturiol’s 192nd Birthday – (Spain)

Sep 27, 2011

Google’s 13th Birthday – (Global)

Sep 25, 2011

Lu Xun’s 130th Birthday – (China)

Sep 24, 2011

Jim Henson’s 75th Birthday - (Global)

Sep 23, 2011

Saudi Arabia National Day – (Saudi Arabia)

Sep 23, 2011

Jaroslav Seifert’s 110th Birthday – (Czech Republic)

Sep 18, 2011

Chile Independence Day – (Chile)

Sep 17, 2011

Anant Pai’s 82nd Birthday – (India)

Sep 16, 2011

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi’s 118th Birthday – (Global)

Sep 16, 2011

Mexico Independence Day – (Mexico)

Sep 15, 2011

D4G Nordics Winner Hilde Lorentzon’s ‘I Love Spring’ – (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)

Sep 15, 2011

Costa Rica Independence Day – (Costa Rica)

Sep 15, 2011

Guatemala Independence Day – (Guatemala)

Sep 15, 2011

Honduras Independence Day – (Honduras)

Sep 15, 2011

Nicaragua Independence Day – (Nicaragua)

Sep 15, 2011

El Salvador Independence Day – (El Salvador)

Sep 15, 2011

Ismail Yasin’s 96th Birthday – (Selected Countries)

Sep 12, 2011

Mid-Autumn Festival – (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Sep 12, 2011

Chuseok – (Korea)

Sep 10, 2011

Teachers’ Day – (China)

Sep 09, 2011

Start of Rugby 2011 – (New Zealand)

Sep 07, 2011

Brazil Independence Day – (Brazil)

Sep 06, 2011

Shinichi Hoshi’s 85th Birthday – (Japan)

Sep 05, 2011

Freddie Mercury’s 65th Birthday - (Global)

Sep 01, 2011

Tarsila do Amaral’s 125th Birthday – (Brazil)

Sep 01, 2011

First Day of School – (Selected Countries)

Aug 31, 2011

110th Anniversary of the Lisbon Tram – (Portugal)

Aug 31, 2011

Malaysia Independence Day – (Malaysia)

Aug 28, 2011

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s 262nd Birthday – (Germany)

Aug 27, 2011

Faina Ranevskaya’s 115th Birthday – (Russia)

Aug 25, 2011

Uruguay Independence Day – (Uruguay)

Aug 24, 2011

Ukrainian Independence Day – (Ukraine)

Aug 24, 2011

112th Birthday of Jorge Luis Borges – (Global)

Aug 23, 2011

Nazik Al Malaika’s Birthday – (Selected Countries)

Aug 23, 2011

Alois Jirásek’s 160th Birthday – (Czech Republic)

Aug 19, 2011

George Enescu’s 130th Birthday – (Romania)

Aug 17, 2011

Pierre de Fermat’s 410th Birthday – (Global)

Aug 17, 2011

Indonesia Independence Day – (Indonesia)

Aug 15, 2011

South Korean Independence Day – (South Korea)

Aug 15, 2011

India Independence Day – (India)

Aug 14, 2011

Pakistan Independence Day – (Pakistan)

Aug 10, 2011

Ecuador Independence Day – (Ecuador)

Aug 09, 2011

Singapore National Day – (Singapore)

Aug 07, 2011

Tanabata – (Japan)

Aug 06, 2011

Lucille Ball’s 100th Birthday - (US)

Aug 06, 2011

Chinese Valentine’s Day – (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Aug 06, 2011

Bolivia Independence Day – (Bolivia)

Aug 04, 2011

Roberto Burle Marx’s 102nd Birthday – (Brazil)

Aug 02, 2011

Celebrating the Wildebeest Migration. Doodle by Samuel Githui. – (Kenya, Tanzania)

Aug 01, 2011

Switzerland National Day – (Switzerland)

Jul 30, 2011

Giorgio Vasari’s 500th Birthday – (Italy)

Jul 29, 2011

Medellin Flower Festival – (Colombia)

Jul 28, 2011

Peru Independence Day – (Peru)

Jul 27, 2011

Enrique Granados’ 144th Birthday – (Spain)

Jul 26, 2011

Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri’s 112th Birthday – (Selected Countries)

Jul 24, 2011

100th Anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu – (Selected Countries)

Jul 23, 2011

Amália Rodrigues’ 91st Birthday – (Portugal)

Jul 22, 2011

Alexander Calder’s 113th Birthday. Courtesy of Calder Foundation / ARS, NY. – (Global)

Jul 20, 2011

Gregor Mendel’s 189th Birthday – (Global)

Jul 20, 2011

Colombian Independence Day. Doodle by Claudia Rueda. – (Colombia)

Jul 19, 2011

Xu Beihong’s 116th Birthday – (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Jul 18, 2011

Marine Day – (Japan)

Jul 14, 2011

Bastille Day 2011 – (France)

Jul 13, 2011

Sir George Gilbert Scott’s 200th Birthday – (UK)

Jul 12, 2011

450th Anniversary of St. Basil’s – (Selected Countries)

Jul 09, 2011

Argentina Independence Day – (Argentina)

Jul 08, 2011

Jean de la Fontaine’s 390th Birthday – (France)

Jul 07, 2011

Miroslav Krleza’s 118th Birthday – (Croatia)

Jul 05, 2011

Venezuela Independence Day – (Venezuela)

Jul 04, 2011

US Independence Day – (US)

Jul 02, 2011

Pedro Paulet’s 137th Birthday – (Peru)

Jul 01, 2011

D4G Poland Winner – (Poland)

Jul 01, 2011

Dorothea MacKellar’s 126th Birthday – (Australia)

Jul 01, 2011

Cabotage and Turkish Maritime Festival – (Turkey)

Jun 30, 2011

Czeslaw Milosz’s 100th Birthday – (Poland)

Jun 26, 2011

Women’s World Cup Opening – (Germany)

Jun 24, 2011

Festa Junina – (Brazil)

Jun 21, 2011

Abdel Halim Hafez’s 82nd Birthday – (Middle Eastern Countries)

Jun 21, 2011

First Day of Summer. Doodle by Takashi Murakami, 2011. – (Selected Countries)

Jun 21, 2011

First Day of Winter. Doodle by Takashi Murakami, 2011. – (Selected Countries)

Jun 19, 2011

Father’s Day – (US)

Jun 16, 2011

D4G Ghana Winner 12-14 – (Ghana)

Jun 15, 2011

Israel Book Fair – (Israel)

Jun 15, 2011

D4G Ghana Winner 9-11 – (Ghana)

Jun 15, 2011

D4G Hungary Winner – (Hungary)

Jun 15, 2011

Total Lunar Eclipse. Live imagery provided by Slooh. – (Global)

Jun 13, 2011

Fernando Pessoa’s 123rd Birthday – (Portugal)

Jun 12, 2011

Dia Dos Namorados – (Brazil)

Jun 12, 2011

Russia Day – (Russia)

Jun 12, 2011

Turkish Elections – (Turkey)

Jun 09, 2011

Les Paul’s 96th Birthday (Global)

Jun 06, 2011

Dragon Boat Festival – (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan)

Jun 05, 2011

Richard Scarry’s 92nd Birthday – (US)

Jun 02, 2011

Republic Day – (Italy)

May 27, 2011

Birthday of Ibn Khaldun – (Middle Eastern Countries)

May 25, 2011

Africa Day – (African Countries)

May 25, 2011

Jordan Independence Day – (Jordan)

May 24, 2011

Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture – (Bulgaria)

May 20, 2011

Emile Berliner’s 160th Birthday – (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

May 20, 2011

Doodle4Google US Winner – (US)

May 20, 2011

100th Birthday of Annie M.G. Schmidt – (Netherlands)

May 19, 2011

Dame Nellie Melba’s 150th Birthday – (Australia)

May 15, 2011

120th Birthday of Mikhail Bulgakov – (Russia)

May 14, 2011

Paraguay’s Independence Day – (Paraguay)

May 11, 2011

Martha Graham’s 117th Birthday. Animated by Ryan Woodward, choreographed by Janet Eilber, and danced by Blakeley White-McGuire. – (Global)

May 10, 2011

Israel Independence Day – (Israel)

May 10, 2011

Zhang Daqian’s 112th Birthday – (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

May 09, 2011

76th Birthday of Roger Hargreaves – (Global)

May 08, 2011

Mother’s Day – (Selected Countries)

May 02, 2011

Hurvinek’s 85th Birthday – (Czech Republic)

May 02, 2011

Canada Federal Elections – (Canada)

May 01, 2011

160th Anniversary of the first World’s Fair – (Global)

Apr 30, 2011

Queen’s Day – (Netherlands)

Apr 29, 2011

The Wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton – (Selected Countries)

Apr 27, 2011

Freedom Day – (South Africa)

Apr 26, 2011

Vallenato Festival – (Colombia)

Apr 26, 2011

226th Birthday of John James Audubon – (Global)

Apr 25, 2011

90th Birthday of Karel Appel – (Netherlands)

Apr 23, 2011

120th of Birthday of Sergey Prokofiev – (Russia)

Apr 22, 2011

Earth Day – (Global)

Apr 18, 2011

129th Birthday of Monteiro Lobato – (Brazil)

Apr 16, 2011

122nd Birthday of Charlie Chaplin – (Global)

Apr 13, 2011

Songkran Festival – (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos)

Apr 13, 2011

240th Birthday of Richard Trevithick – (UK)

Apr 12, 2011

50th Anniversary of the First Man in Space – (Global)

Apr 10, 2011

Peruvian Elections – (Peru)

Apr 09, 2011

Italy’s Culture Week – (Italy)

Apr 04, 2011

Senegal Independence Day – (Senegal)

Apr 04, 2011

100th Birthday of Vaclav Ctvrtek – (Czech Republic)

Apr 04, 2011

Children’s Day – (Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Apr 03, 2011

119th Anniversary of the First Documented Ice Cream Sundae – (Global)

Mar 31, 2011

Robert Bunsen’s 200th Birthday - (Global)

Mar 25, 2011

400th Birthday of Evliya Çelebi – (Turkey)

Mar 24, 2011

137th Birthday of Harry Houdini – (Global)

Mar 21, 2011

Persian New Year – (Selected Countries)

Mar 20, 2011

Holi Festival – (India)

Mar 17, 2011

Sayed Darwish’s Birthday – (Egypt)

Mar 17, 2011

150th Anniversary of the Italian Unification – (Italy)

Mar 17, 2011

St. Patrick’s Day – (Selected Countries)

Mar 15, 2011

Hungarian National Day – (Hungary)

Mar 14, 2011

Alam Ara’s 80th Anniversary – (India)

Mar 13, 2011

National Thai Elephant Day – (Thailand)

Mar 12, 2011

Chinese Arbor Day – (China)

Mar 09, 2011

Doodle 4 Google: Ireland Winner – (Ireland)

Mar 08, 2011

Women’s Day – (Selected Countries)

Mar 08, 2011

Carnival – (Brazil)

Mar 07, 2011

Sendung mit der Maus 40th Anniversary – (Germany)

Mar 06, 2011

Will Eisner’s 94th Birthday – (US, Selected Countries)

Mar 06, 2011

Ghana’s Independence Day – (Ghana)

Mar 03, 2011

Girl’s Day – (Japan)

Mar 01, 2011

Martisor (Spring Day) – (Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria)

Mar 01, 2011

St David’s Day – (UK)

Feb 28, 2011

Li Bai’s Birthday – (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Feb 27, 2011

148th Birthday of Joaquin Sorolla – (Spain, Selected Countries)

Feb 27, 2011

Dominican Republic Independence Day – (Dominican Republic)

Feb 26, 2011

100th Birthday of Taro Okamoto – (Japan)

Feb 25, 2011

Kuwait National Day – (Kuwait)

Feb 24, 2011

Estonian Independence Day – (Estonia)

Feb 23, 2011

Oslo 2011 Holmenkollen FIS Nordic World Ski Championships – (Norway)

Feb 20, 2011

Mihaly Munkacsy’s Birthday – (Hungary)

Feb 19, 2011

Birthday of Constantin Brancusi – (Selected Countries)

Feb 19, 2011

Start of Cricket World Cup 2011 – (Selected Countries)

Feb 17, 2011

Lantern Festival – (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Feb 17, 2011

Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena’s Birthday – (Selected Countries)

Feb 16, 2011

Miriam Ruth’s Birthday. Illustrations inspired by Ora Eyal. Permission courtesy Poalim Publishing Group. – (Israel)

Feb 15, 2011

Ernest Shackleton’s birthday – (UK)

Feb 14, 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day from Google & Robert Indiana. Courtesy of the Morgan Art Foundation / ARS, NY – (Selected Countries)

Feb 12, 2011

Naomi Uemura’s 70th Birthday – (Japan)

Feb 11, 2011

Thomas Edison’s Birthday – (Global)

Feb 08, 2011

Jules Verne’s 183rd Birthday - HD - (Global)

Feb 06, 2011

Jan Werich’s Birthday – (Czech Republic)

Feb 04, 2011

Family Day – (Israel)

Feb 04, 2011

Almeida Garrett’s Birthday – (Portugal)

Feb 03, 2011

Lunar New Year’s – (China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan)

Feb 02, 2011

Vitinho’s 25th Anniversary – (Portugal)

Jan 26, 2011

Australia Day – (Australia)

Jan 25, 2011

Tom Jobim’s Birthday – (Brazil)

Jan 25, 2011

Robert Burns Day – (UK)

Jan 21, 2011

Grandparents’ Days – (Poland)

Jan 20, 2011

50th Anniversary of JFK’s Inaugural – (US)

Jan 20, 2011

Birthday of Takayanagi Kenjiro – (Japan)

Jan 20, 2011

New Year of the Trees – (Israel)

Jan 19, 2011

Cezanne’s 172nd Birthday – (Global)

Jan 17, 2011

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day – (US)

Jan 14, 2011

Festival of Kites – (India)

Jan 11, 2011

The Laba Rice Porridge Festival – (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Jan 10, 2011

Coming of Age Day – (Japan)

Jan 06, 2011

Khalil Gibran’s Birthday – (Selected Countries)

Jan 02, 2011

Večerníček’s 46th Anniversary – (Czech Republic)

Jan 01, 2011

New Year’s Day – (Global)