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Google celebrated September 7 as its birthday till 2005. In 2005 Google changed the date to September 27 to make it coincide with the announcement of the record number of pages that the search engine was indexing. Google's date confusion also extends to its date of incorporation. Google for quite some time on its corporate history page mentioned September 7, 1998 as its date of incorporation but that date too has now inexplicably changed to September 4. For its 15th birthday, Google has posted an interactive version of the pinata, a popular Mexican birthday party game. The purpose of the game is to hit the pinata (a decorated container usually made of paper or cloth and filled with candy or toys) and extract as many toffees as possible. A user gets 10 chances to strike the piñata with a stick controlled by the spacebar on a computer keyboard or by the mouse and by swiping on a touchscreen mobile device.   Ref : http://ibnlive.in.com/news/google-celebrates-i

Leon Foucault's 194th birthday has been marked a Google doodle. Foucault was a French physicist. The interactive Google doodle showcases the Foucault Pendulum, a device which was invented by Foucault to demonstrate the effect of earth's rotation. The doodle features two toggles for time and the position on the earth. Different combinations make the pendulum knock down pins placed at at different positions. The Foucault pendulum, invented in 1851, was one of the first simple experimental proofs of earth's rotation. The original pendulum was first showcased in the Meridian of the Paris Observatory, with a 28kg brass-coated lead bob and a 67-metre long wire being hung from the dome of the Pantheon. The pendulum completed a full circle every 32.7 hours, rotating clockwise at 11 degrees every hour. Leon Foucault was born on September 18, 1819 to a publisher, in Paris. He started studying medicine but left due to his fear of blood. In his initial years he investigated subj

Subbulakshmi was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna. Google dedicated a doodle to MS Subbulakshmi on its India homepage to mark the renowned Carnatic vocalist's 97th birthday on Monday. The doodle features the singer holding a tanpura with her trademark red and black bindis prominent on her forehead. The letters of the word Google have been portrayed by a tabla, mridangam and ghatam. Subbulakshmi was born in Madurai to veena player Shanmukavadiver Ammal and Subramania Iyer, she started learning Carnatic music at an early age and trained under the tutelage of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. She also learnt Hindustani music under Pandit Narayanrao Vyas. The musical genius gave her first public performance at the age of 13 at the prestigious Madras Music Academy. Subbulakshmi was the first mus

New Delhi: Celebrating the 187th birthday of the English cricketer John Wisden , Google posted a doodle on its homepage. The doodle features John Wisden playing cricket. The letter L in the doodle has been replaced with a cricket pitch. Born on September 5 1826, John Wisden played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. He is widely known for launching the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864. It happened the year after he retired from first-class cricket. John Wisden was said to be the best all-rounder of his days. People used to call him by the name "The Little Wonder". Wisden died of cancer in 1884. He was 57. John Wisden is widely known for launching the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864. Ref : http://ibnlive.in.com/news/google-celebrates-john-wisdens-187th-birthday/419659-11.html