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Happy Birthday, Paul Desmond
American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond was born on this day in 1924. He played in Dave Brubeck’s band and also led several of his own groups. Below we see him do his thing with Dave Brubeck, playing...
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Google notes Mark Twain’s birthday
Today’s Google Doodle depicts a scene from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to honor the 176th birthday of author Mark Twain. The image actually shows 3 different scenes of the two characters, Tom and his...
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Happy Birthday, Diego Rivera!
Google celebrated what would have been artist Diego Rivera’s 125 birthday with a “Google Doodle” today with references to several of his murals. Rivera once said, “Since art is essential for human...
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Happy Birthday, Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag, an American writer, was born on this day in 1933 (she passed away in 2004). She published 4 novels, a collection of short stories, and 9 works of nonfiction, including the influential On...
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Happy Birthday, Fathead
Now we know that’s not exactly a nice thing to say, unless, of course, you are referring to the jazz legend David “Fathead” Newman, who was born on this day in 1933 (he passed away in January 2009)....
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Beatnik Birthdays
As March comes to a close, we look back at three prominent beatniks who were born in this month: Jack Kerouac, who would have been 90 on March 12; John Clellon Holmes, who would have been 86, also on...
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Happy Birthday, Keith Haring!
Today is the birth date of Keith Haring, the American graffiti and pop artist who passed away in 1990. Google has honored him with a Haring-Google-Doodle, below, and we found an interesting (although...
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Rodin’s Thinker coincidence on Google Doodle
I’m in Paris now, so when I went to Google today and saw Rodin’s Thinker show up (as seen at right), I thought “is Google showing this to me because they know my computer is hooked up to the internet...
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Happy Birthday, Ella Fitzgerald!
I enjoyed today’s “Google Doodle,” which commemorates the birth of Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), one of the most-important vocalists in the history of jazz. On a side note, she was...
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Google Doodle for Antoni Gaudí
When I went onto Google for the first time today, I noticed a beautiful abstract design for their “Google Doodle.” I couldn’t quite place what the source material was, and even when I moused over it...
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