Today’s Doodle honours Francisco González Bocanegra, the Mexican poet and playwright who wrote the words for the Mexican National Anthem, or Himno Nacional Mexicano. Francisco González Bocanegra was born into a Spanish family in San Luis Potosi on this day in 1824. Bocanegra spent seven years in Spain after the federal edict for all Spaniards…
Today’s Doodle honours Carrie Best, a Canadian activist, novelist, writer, publisher, and broadcaster who co-founded The Clarion, one of the first Nova Scotian newspapers owned and run by Black Canadians, and is illustrated by Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based guest artist Alexis Eke. Best was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1974 for her…
Slovakians around the world commemorate their annual Freedom and Democracy Day on November 17 each year. Today’s Doodle highlights the events that led to Slovakia becoming a nation ruled by its people and commemorates the national holiday. A group of Czechoslovakian students sparked a series of occupation protests on November 15, 1939. On November 17,…
Happy birthday, Lyudmila Gurchenko! The present Doodle, represented by guest artist Tatyana Ukleiko, commends the 86th birthday celebration of multi-hyphenate Russian entertainer Lyudmila Gurchenko. From playing piano in vaudeville numbers to pulling heartstrings in war dramas, Gurchenko charmed millions as a versatile pop music sensation whose broad acting profession is generally considered among the best…
Happy birthday, Claude Cahun! The present Doodle praises the 127th birthday celebration of French author and surrealist photographer Claude Cahun—most popular for their purposefully unsettling yet perky self-representation photography that challenged the gender and sexuality standards of the mid 20th century. Claude Cahun was born on this day in 1894 in Nantes, France, into a…
The present Doodle praises the 95th birthday celebration of Polish-born, Australian director, scriptwriter, producer, and animation giant Yoram Gross—a survivor of the Holocaust who became the innovative genius behind a portion of Australia’s most notorious iconic cartoons. Gross captivated generations with stories that outperformed simple diversion as each passed down an illustration drawn from a…
The present Doodle, illustrated by Amsterdam, Netherlands-based guest artist Jessica Coppet, praises the 125th birthday celebration of Martinican-French author Paulette Nardal. She is generally viewed as one of the organizers of Négritude, a scholarly development created by Black specialists and authors who participated in fortitude to advocate their cultural heritage and cut out space in…
The present Doodle, illustrated by Aosta, Italy-based guest artist Andrea Serio, praises the 125th birthday celebration of Italian writer, pundit, and translator Eugenio Montale. Famous for his masterful ability to capture human emotion, he is generally viewed as perhaps the best artist of contemporary history. Born on this day in 1896 in the Italian port…
Pearls are the natural world’s just gemstone framed in a living creature. Out of the 54 nations on the continent of Africa, there is just a single natural gem known as the “Pearl of Africa”—Uganda. The East African country became a self-governing country on this day in 1962, a anniversary celebrating its Independence Day and…
In Korea, residents and researchers the same invest heavily in their unique writing script known as Hangul. To such an extent, indeed, that there is a yearly holiday in its honor! The present Doodle, outlined by Seoul, South Korea-based guest craftsman Soman, honors Korea’s Hangul Day (한글날), the main holiday in the world for a…