Today Doodle-Amelia Earhart's 115th Bdays

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic (1932). She was the first person to fly alone from Honolulu to California (1935). In 1937 she attempted with a copilot, Frederick J. Noonan, to fly around the world, but her plane was lost on the flight between New Guinea and Howland Island; her fate remains a mystery. She was married to G.P. Putnam (1887-1950) in 1931

Today Doodle Google: Peter Carl Faberge Bday 30052012

Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé - best known for creating the famous Fabergé eggs - has had the 166th anniversary of his birth celebrated with a Google doodle.

The search engine has turned its homepage emblem into a set of six gold eggs decorated in diamonds, precious metals and gemstones in tribute to the designer.

Fabergé was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on May 30, 1846 to the Baltic German jeweller Gustav Fabergé and his Danish wife Charlotte Jungstedt.

His father was an established jeweller, dealing in fine decorative objects, which his son continued after inheriting the family business in 1870.

Fabergé quickly developed a reputation for producing exquisite jewelled objects including the Easter egg designs which made him world famous.

In 1882 at the Pan-Russian Exhibition in Moscow, Fabergé won the gold medal. He was appointed as the court jeweller of the Romanov dynasty in 1885.

He died on September 24, 1920 at the age of 74.

Robert Moog 78th Birthday 23052012

The search engine giant Google has come out with another captivating doodle on its home page today. The doodle is designed to celebrate Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog's 78th birthday, an American music enthusiastic and founder of Moog Music.

The interactive doodle pays tribute to the pioneer of electronic music, widely known for his invention of Moog synthesizer. Visitors to the Google homepage can play the virtual synthesizer by simply moving the cursor on the keys. Not just this, they can create their own music, as Google allows visitors to record, play back and even share their composition on the social networking site Google+ by simply clicking on the g+ button. There's also a virtual synthesizer that visitors can use for adjusting volume and other controls like mixer, oscillator and filter.

His invention 'Moog synthesizer' is regarded as a milestone in the development of electronic musical instruments. The innovation inspired many and lay the foundation of for the making of several synthesizers in the following years.

Moog earned his bachelor's degree in Physics from from Queens College, New York (1957) and also did PhD in engineering physics from Cornell University.

For his exceptional work he was conferred with several awards including an honorary doctorate. In 1970, he received the Grammy Trustees Award.

In 2005, he was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor and eventually died at the age of 71 in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Today Doodle Howard Carter Bday 10052012

Doodles from Google are not something new, but the homage, these doodles pay to yesteryear artists, denotes a huge honour, and hence are of utmost importance. People, who have been forgotten, are remembered once again through these doodles.

Today's Google doodle pays homage to an English archaeologist and Egyptologist Horward Carter, who is noted as a discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Here are the top 10 things that you must know about the doodle and the man behind it - Howard Carter.

1. With a view to mark the 138th birth anniversary of Horward Carter, Google today replaced its usual Google logo with a doodle that includes a wide array of Egyptian treasures that cover the term "Google" and make it barely visible

2. Howard's important contribution to his field of archaeology was the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, who was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.

3. Howard Cartern was born on May 9, 1874 in London, and at the age of 17, he was sent out by the Egypt Exploration Fund to help Percy Newberry in the excavation and recording of Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hasan.

4. Even at the young age he was innovative in improving the methods of copying tomb decoration.

5. In 1899, Howard was appointed the first chief inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service (EAS). Cartor monitored scores of excavations at Thebes (now known as Luxor).

6. On 4 November 1922, Carter's excavation group found the steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb, by far the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.

7. Following his discovery, Howard Carter retired from archaeology and became a part-time agent for museums, including the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts.

8. Carter has been portrayed by many actors in films and TV shows including John Cleese, Robin Ellis and Pip Torrens.

9. He has appeared as a character in many books. Carter appears as a character throughout most of the Amelia Peabody series of books by 'Elizabeth Peters'. James Patterson and Martin Dugard's "The Murder of King Tut" talks about Carter's search for King Tut's tomb.

10. He died of lymphoma in Kensington, London, on March 2, 1939 at the age of 64. He was buried in the Putney Vale Cemetery in London., and on his gravestone is written: "May your spirit live, May you spend millions of years, You who love Thebes, Sitting with your face to the north wind, Your eyes beholding happiness" and "O night, spread thy wings over me as the imperishable stars".

Today Dongle Keith Haring Bday 04052012

 

Keith Haring Bio(1958 - 1990)

 

Keith Haring died of AIDS-related illnesses in 1990 at the age of 31.

The Keith Haring Foundation was established in 1989 to assist AIDS-related and children's charities, and maintains the largest resource of archives on the late artist, Keith Haring. 
Haring's bold lines and active figures carry poignant messages of vitality and unity. His legacy made an impact on late 20th century art and grants us all a vision for the future.