Vicki Draves: Google Doodle celebrates the first Asian American woman to win Olympic gold medals
Google Doodle celebrates Olympic athlete, Filipino American competition diver and coach Victoria “Vicki” Draves, a woman who won gold medals in both platform and springboard diving in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, on August 3, 2020. Who was Vicki…
Facts about Philippine artist Pacita Abad
Google is celebrating Filipino visual artist, activist, and feminist Pacita Abad for a momentous day in the history of the Philippines, with a colorful Doodle on July 31, 2020. Interesting facts about Pacita Abad Pacita Abad was born on October…
Pacita Abad: Google pays tribute to Filipino visual artist with colorful Doodle
Google paid tribute to Ivatan and Filipino visual artist Pacita Abad, through a colorful artistic style doodle on July 31, 2020. Who was Pacita Abad? Pacita Abad was born on October 5th, 1946 in Basco, Batanes, a small island in…
Turhan Selçuk: Google Doodle honors 98th birthday of Turkish cartoonist
Google Doodle celebrates the 98th birthday of notorious Turkish cartoonist, artist, and comedian Turhan Selçuk on July 30, 2020. Who was Turhan Selçuk? Turhan Selçuk was born on July 30, 1922, in the antiquated Turkish city of Milas, Muğla. Turhan…
Jeanne Baret: Google Doodle celebrates French botanist’s 280th birthday
Google Doodle celebrates the 280th birthday of French botanist and voyager Jeanne Baret, the first woman to have finished a journey of the circumnavigation of the globe, on July 27, 2020. Who was Jeanne Baret? Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré…
Dolphy: Google Doodle celebrates Philippine ‘King of Comedy’ Rodolfo Quízon’s 92nd birthday
Google Doodle celebrates the 92nd birthday of Philippine comedian and actor Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon, named the country’s “King of Comedy,” on July 25, 2020. Rodolfo Vera Quízon was born at Calle Padre Herrera (presently P. Herrera St.) in Tondo, Manila…
Tatyana Lioznova: Google Doodle celebrates the Russian director’s 96th birthday
Google Doodle celebrates the 96th birthday of Russian director, screenwriter, and professor Tatyana Lioznova on July 20, 2020. Who was Tatyana Lioznova Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova (Татьяна Михайловна Лиознова) was born in the Russian capital of Moscow on 20 July in…
Google Doodle celebrates Turkish astrophysicist Dilhan Eryurt
Google Doodle honors Turkish astrophysicist and NASA scientist Dilhan Eryurt on July 20, 2020. Who was Dilhan Eryurt Dilhan Eryurt was born on 29 November 1926, in Izmir in the west of Turkey. Her dad was Abidin Ege who was…
Artemisia Gentileschi: Google Doodle celebrates the Italian painter’s 427th birthday
Google Doodle praises the 427th birthday celebration of historic Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi on July 8, 2020. Who was Artemisia Gentileschi? Artemisia Gentileschi was born Artemisia Gentileschi Lomi in Rome in Italy on July 8, 1593. Her dad was…
Natalia Bekhtereva: Google Doodle celebrates Russian neuroscientist’s 96th birthday
Google Doodle celebrates the 96th birthday of Russian neuroscientist and psychologist Dr. Natalia Bekhtereva (Наталья Петровна Бехтерева), who created neurophysiological ways to deal with psychology, for example, estimating the impulse movement of human neurons, on 7 July 2020. Natalia Petrovna…
