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Google celebrated the life of Samuel Johnson on Monday with an animated Doodle defining the word “lexicographer”. Monday would have marked Johnson’s 308th birthday. He was well known as a lexicographer himself, as well as a poet, essayist, critic and biographer. It took him nine years of work to publish his “A Dictionary of the …

Nearly 30 years before the World Wide Web was invented, Marshall McLuhan predicted the web technology we have today, as well as its impact. A Canadian philosopher and professor who specialized in media theory, McLuhan rose to prominence in the 1960s with his theory that society is shaped by technology and the way information is shared. Google‘s Doodle on Friday …

You may not know Eiko Ishioka by name, but you probably know her work. Whether it was print ads, album covers or even movie costumes, Ishioka had a way of stealing the spotlight with her sensual, surreal designs. To honor Ishioka, who collected an Oscar and a Grammy, as well as two Tony nominations, Google dedicated its Doodle on Wednesday …

Were it not for Eva Ekeblad, our perception of vodka — and potatoes as a food source — might be much different. Ekeblad was a bit of a Renaissance woman. Born in the first quarter of the 18th century, Ekeblad was a Swedish countess, scientist and agronomist — someone who researches multiple uses for plants. She is best-remembered for discovering …

Google celebrated the 140th anniversary of Wimbledon on Monday with a dedicated tennis-themed Doodle Wimbledon is the world’s oldest tennis tournament and is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in the South of England. The Grand Slam tournament was founded 140 years ago, although this is only the 131st edition of the championship. Google’s celebratory Doodle …

Google celebrated the 88th birthday of structural engineer and architect Fazlur Rahman Khan with a skyscraper-themed Doodle on Monday. Khan, who was born in Bangladesh, died in 1982. He was famous for pioneering “tubular design” for high-rise buildings and designing the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center. “As a youth my father never imagined that one day he would …

It may not feel like it on the US East Coast with mounds of snow piled along the streets, but Monday marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Of course, if you’re below the equator, it marks the first day of fall. Google is heralding the day with Doodles. The word “equinox” comes from the Latin for …

If Friday’s Google doodle looks familiar, you likely saw it in a movie. The doodle, which celebrates St. Patrick’s Day, features two shamrocks high-fiving each other as they pass each other on a small island. While the drawing is, well, a bit sketchy, it is meant to represent Skellig Michael, a remote island off the southwest coast of Ireland. Declared …

Even if Americans don’t understand cricket, it hasn’t stopped one of the biggest US tech companies from celebrating the game. Google is doffing its baggy green to the great game today with a Google doodle celebrating the history of test cricket. The doodle marks the 140-year anniversary of the first officially recognised cricket test match, which kicked off on March …

Women really have come a long way, despite that expression’s association with a sexist cigarette ad campaign from the 1970s. That message is important enough to Google that it published an International Women’s Day doodle on Wednesday to celebrate some of the female pioneers who’ve helped women get where they are today. Granted, there’s still significant gender inequality in the …