Google was officially incorporated in 1998 on 4 September, but Septemwas the first time a birthday Doodle was posted, and it seems this date has stuck. This confusion was called out by Google’s own Ryan Germick, who admitted on Google’s 15th birthday that Google didn’t even know when the birthday is: “When’s Google’s birthday? I’m not sure even we know we’ve celebrated on September 7th, 8th, 26th, and, most recently, the 27th.” The year before it was marked on 26 September, and when it turned six, it celebrated 20 days early on 7 September.

This is because Google has only celebrated its birthday officially in this way since 2006. In fact, there are only 12 birthday Doodles, not the 19 there should be. However, there haven’t always been birthday doodles. Google didn’t officially form until a year later, and September 27 is now the accepted “date of birth.” Google’s co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin began working on a way to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” in 1997 after meeting at Stanford University, according to a blog post accompanying the spinner. The spinner is below, or you can scroll to the end of this article to see the full list (if you don’t want to take a gamble.) In fact, to celebrate its 19th birthday in 2017, Google collected some of its best Google Doodle games accessible via a birthday surprise spinner. These playable Doodles are part of a long line of Google Doodle games the search giant has designed over the years.

It’s not as detailed as previous interactive Doodles, but it is fun nonetheless.ĭoodles first released to mark the anniversary of French illusionist George Méliès’s 1912 silent film À la conquête du pôle (The Conquest of the Pole). That particular Doodle, called Back to the Moon, was the first Doodle of its kind and is an illustrated story starring an illusionist, the Queen of Hearts, and an evil green man. You can watch the 360-degree video with a headset or via the Google Spotlight Stories app, available on Google Play or in the App Store. An animated Sørensen will show you a picture of a fruit, vegetable, or substance, and you have to select what side of the pH scale it sits on.

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