From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Google Doodles in 2010
List of Google Doodles in 2010
See also: List of Google Doodles (1998–2009), List of April 24
Google Doodles in 2011, and List of Google Doodles in
2010,
On Saturday, April 24, 2010 Google created a doodle to
2012
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Tele-
The Google Doodle is an artistic version of the Google
scope launch by NASA.
logo. Google Doodle represent events like holidays, an-
niversaries, or current events.
May
January May 7
January 4 2010,
On Friday, May 7, 2010 Google created a doodle to cele-
brate the 170th birthday of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
2010,
On Monday, January 4, 2010 Google honored Isaac New-
ton, with an animation of an apple falling from a tree. [1]
May 21
2010,
On Friday, May 21, 2010 Google created a doodle to cel-
February ebrate the 30th birthday of Pac-Man. This also marks the
first doodle to be fully interactive, as it is a fully function-
February 12 al rendition of the original Pac-Man game reshaped into
On Friday, February 12, 2010 Google featured the 2010
2010, the Google logo. The Pac-Man character can be moved by
Olympic Games in Vancouver, with various athletes and using the arrow keys on the user’s keyboard. This also
olympic symbols representing certain letters. marks a the first time the "I’m feeling lucky" button has
been altered as part of the doodle. The button’s text was
changed to "Insert Coin" which, when clicked on, starts
March the game in the logo. A second click adds the Ms. Pac-
Man character as a second player, which can be con-
March 4 trolled independently of Pac-Man via the W, A, S and D
On Thursday, March 4, 2010 Google featured a Vivaldi lo-
2010, keys. Upon losing all 3 lives, the Google home page redi-
go on the 332nd anniversary of his birth.[2] rected to the search page for "PAC-MAN 30th Anniver-
sary". On May 24, 2010, Google announced that it will
March 14 keep the game permanent at http://www.google.com/
On Sunday, March 14, 2010 Google created a Google Doo-
2010, pacman/.[3]
dle to celebrate Pi Day. It featured the Google logo laid
over several circles and pi symbols. May 27
2010,
In Thursday, May 27, 2010 the week after the Pac-Man
April doodle, Google announced its Doodle4Google winner,
Makenzie Melton, a third grader from El Dorado Springs,
Missouri. She won $15,000 for a college scholarship,
April 1 $25,000 for her school to have a computer lab, and a net-
2010,
On Thursday, April 1, 2010 Google jokingly changed their book.[4]
name (and logo) to "Topeka" for a day in response to the
city of Topeka; Topeka, Kansas had unofficially changed
its name to Google for the previous month (see Topeka,
June
Kansas).
June 5
April 2 2010,
On Saturday, June 5, 2010 Dennis Gabor, the inventor of
On Friday, April 2, 2010 Google created a doodle to cele-
2010, holograms, was honored in the doodle. An example of a
brate the 205th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen. hologram replaced the Google Logo [5]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Google Doodles in 2010
June 11 September
2010,
On Friday, June 11, 2010 the 2010 FIFA World Cup was
commemorated by a Google doodle. At the Same day, September 4
another doodle was includuded for Jacques Cousteau’s
2010,
On Saturday, September 4, 2010 the 25th anniversary of
100th Birthday.
the discovery of fullerenes was celebrated by using an
interactively rotatable fullerene C60 as the second ’o’ in
June 29 their logo.[15][16]
2010,
On Tuesday, June 29, 2010 the birth of Antoine de Saint-
Exupéry was celebrated by a Google doodle. Saint-Exup- September 7
éry was a French author and aviator best-known for his
2010,
On Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Google added an interac-
book The Little Prince, who is featured in the doodle.[6][7]
tive doodle. The word "Google" is made up of a bunch of
circles. As you move your mouse toward the circles they
July scatter about the screen and attempt to return to form
the logo. Google said the doogle represents "speed, fun
July 4 and interaction, as we believe the research should be car-
ried out on our engine".
2010,
On Sunday, July 4, 2010 the Fourth of July and the birth-
day of Rube Goldberg were celebrated with a Rube Gold-
berg machine that lit a firework that exploded into the
September 8
Google logo.[8] 2010,
On Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Google’s logo starts
off as white text. As you enter a query the logo’s text
July 6 fills in its color. The doodle acts as if you typed the word
"Google", including a large cursor between the letters as
2010,
On Tuesday, July 6, 2010 the birth of Frida Kahlo was
you type. This was an allusion to the new Google Feature
celebrated with a gold Google logo wrapped with vines,
released the same day: Instant Search.
flowers, and a painting of herself in her painting styles.[9]
July 11 September 27
2010,
On Monday, September 27, 2010 the 12th birthday an-
2010,
On Sunday, July 11, 2010 the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final
niversary of Google was marked by a new "doodle" fea-
was commemorated by a Google doodle showing the
turing a birthday cake and a candle. The birthday cake
match venue, Soccer City in Johannesburg.[10][11]
was painted by 89-year-old Los Angeles artist Wayne
Thiebaud and has started to appear across all major ver-
July 24
sions of the search engine.[17]
2010,
On Saturday, July 24, 2010 the 150th birthday of
Alphonse Mucha was commemorated by a Google doodle September 30
in the style of his artwork.[12]
2010,
On Thursday, September 30, 2010 the 50th anniversary
of The Flintstones was marked by a new multicolored
August "doodle" featuring the main characters of the popular
cartoon series in their Stone-Age setting.
August 12
On Thursday, August 12, 2010 the 71st anniversary of
2010, October
the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz was commemorated by
a Google doodle of the main characters dancing on the October 8
yellow brick road, with the Emerald City in the back-
2010,
On Friday, October 8, 2010 to mark what would have
ground.[13]
been the day before the 70th birthday of John Lennon, a
32-second "Video doodle" appeared on the google home-
August 30
page. The "E" of google was shaped like a play button.
2010,
On Monday, August 30, 2010 the 213th anniversary of the The video was a simple animation that was accompanied
birth of Mary Shelley, the British author of Frankenstein, by Lennon’s song "Imagine". The logo remained live on
was marked by a Google doodle of a darkened room with Saturday, October 9, 2010 [18][19]
2010.
ghostly portraits on the wall and a shadowy figure in a
doorway.[14]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Google Doodles in 2010
October 16 December 31
2010,
On Saturday, October 16, 2010 to mark what would have 2010,
On Friday, December 31, 2010 a logo with "MMXI" (the
been the 156th birthday of Oscar Wilde, a Google doodle Roman numerals for 2011) replacing the letters "oogl"
was produced in his honour, featuring a portrait from his was featured for New Year’s Eve. The logo remained on
novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.[20] the main page on Saturday, January 1, 2011 for New
Year’s Day.
October 31
On Sunday, October 31, 2010 to celebrate Halloween, a
2010, References
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