For Internet surfers who rely on Google search engine to get the information they need will probably notice that the Google logo that appears on the the main page (i.e. www.google.com) is different from time to time. It has became a cultural practice for Google to change the logo on special event, occasion, holiday, or other worth-mentioned and celebrated day. How many of these unique special holiday and event logo of Google have you seen? Check out the complete full set of specially designed Google logo from 1998 to 2007 right here.
2007
Season’s Greetings
Happy Thanksgiving – November 22, 2007
Veteran’s Day – November 11, 2007
Happy Halloween – October 31, 2007
Luciano Pavarotti – October 12, 2007
Sputnik – October 4, 2007
Google’s 9th Birthday – September 2007
Independence Day – July 4, 2007
Father’s Day – June 17, 2007
Happy Mother’s Day – May 13, 2007
Earth Day – April 22, 2007
Yuri Gagarin – April 12, 2007
Persian New Year – March 21, 2007
St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2007
Chinese New Year – February 18, 2007
Happy Valentine’s Day – February 14, 2007
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 15, 2007
Happy New Year! – January 1, 2007
2006
Season’s Greetings
Edvard Munch’s Birthday – December 12, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving – November 23, 2006
Happy Halloween – October 31, 2006
Google’s 8th Birthday – September 2006
Independence Day – July 4, 2006
Father’s Day – June 18, 2006
World Cup, US – June 9, 2006
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday – May 22, 2006
Mother’s Day – May 14, 2006
Earth Day – April 22, 2006
Persian New Year – March 21, 2006
St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2006
Birthday of Percival Lowell – March 13, 2006
Winter Games: Torino 2006 – February 2006
Lunar New Year – January 29, 2006
250th Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – January 27, 2006
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 16, 2006
Louis Braille’s Birthday – January 4, 2006
Happy New Year – January 1, 2006
2005
Season’s Greetings
Thanksgiving – November 24, 2005
Happy Halloween – October 31, 2005
Celebrating Google’s 7th Birthday – September 2005
Anniversary of Lunar Landing – July 20, 2005
Independence Day – July 4, 2005
Happy Father’s Day – June 19, 2005
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Birthday – June 8, 2005
Mother’s Day – May 8, 2005
National Teacher Day – May 3, 2005
Earth Day – April 22, 2005
Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday – April 15, 2005
National Library Week – April 10, 2005
Google celebrates Vincent van Gogh’s Birthday – March 30, 2005
World Water Day – March 22, 2005
Persian New Year – March 20, 2005
Happy St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2005
International Women’s Day – March 8, 2005
Happy Valentine’s Day – February 14, 2005
Chinese New Year – February 9, 2005
Happy New Year! – January 1, 2005
2004
Season’s Greetings
Happy Thanksgiving – November 25, 2004
VOTE – November 2, 2004
Happy Halloween – October 31, 2004
SpaceShipOne wins the X Prize – October 4, 2004
Celebrating Google’s 6th Birthday – September 2004
Birthday of Ray Charles – September 23, 2004
Google Doodle VIII – 2004 Summer Games in Athens
Independence Day – July 4, 2004
Happy Father’s Day – June 20, 2004
Bloomsday – June 16, 2004
Venus Transit – June 8, 2004
Mother’s Day – May 9, 2004
Earth Day – April 22, 2004
Google opens lunar office – April 1, 2004
Persian New Year – March 20, 2004
St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2004
Leap Year – February 29, 2004
Happy Valentine’s Day – February 14, 2004
Birthday of Gaston Julia – February 3, 2004
Chinese New Year – January 22, 2004
Spirit on Mars – January 15, 2004
Happy New Year! – January 1, 2004
2003
Season’s Greeting
100th Anniversary of Flight – December 17, 2003
Happy Thanksgiving! – November 27, 2003
Happy Halloween! – October 31, 2003
Celebrating Google’s 5th birthday – September 2003
Google celebrates Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday – August 13, 2003
Happy Independence Day – July 4th, 2003
Google celebrates MC Escher’s birthday – June 16, 2003
Father’s Day – June 15, 2003
Mother’s Day – May 11, 2003
50th Anniversary of Understanding DNA – April 25, 2003
Earth Day – April 22, 2003
Google celebrates Einstein’s birthday – March 14, 2003
Happy Birthday to Michelangelo – March 6, 2003
Happy Valentine’s Day! – February 14, 2003
Chinese New Year – February 1, 2003
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 20, 2003
Happy New Year! – January 1, 2003
2002
Happy Thanksgiving – November 28, 2002
Happy Halloween! – October 31, 2002
Happy Birthday Picasso! – October 25, 2002
Celebrating Google’s 4th Birthday – September 2002
Andy Warhol’s Birthday – August 6, 2002
Bastille Day, France – July 14, 2002
Independence Day, U.S. – July 4, 2002
Canada Day – July 1, 2002
La Fête de la Musique, France – June 21, 2002
Father’s Day – June 16, 2002
Dragon Boat Festival, China – June 15, 2002
2002 World Cup – May 31, 2002
Happy Mother’s Day – May 12, 2002
Children’s Day, Japan – May 5, 2002
St. George’s Day – April 23, 2002
Earth Day – April 22, 2002
PigeonRank technology – April 1, 2002
St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2002
Piet Mondrian’s Birthday – March 7, 2002
Google Doodle V – 2002 Winter Games
Happy New Year! – January 1, 2002
2001
Season’s Greetings
Nobel Prize Centennial Award Ceremony – December 10, 2001
Happy Thanksgiving in the United States – November 22, 2001
Google celebrated Monet’s birthday – November 14, 2001
Happy Halloween – October 31, 2001
Korean Liberation Day – August 15, 2001
Swiss National Day. – August 1, 2001
Bastille Day – July 14, 2001
Happy Independence Day in the United States – July 4, 2001
Canada Day – July 1, 2001
Happy Father’s Day – June 17, 2001
Mother’s Day – May 13, 2001
Earth Day – April 22, 2001
Did you find the “hidden” Easter eggs on the results page? – April 15, 2001
Google green was the appropriate attire – March 17, 2001
Indian festival of color – Holi – March 9, 2001
Valentine’s Day – February 14, 2001
The “Year of the Snake” began on January 24th (Lunar New Year)
Happy New Year 2001
2000
Seasons Greetings – December 22-26, 2000
Happy Thanksgiving! – November 23, 2000
Shichi-go-san (Celebrated in Japan) – November 15, 2000
US Presidential Election Voting – November 7th
Halloween 2000 (by Lorie Loeb) – October 31, 2000
Google Doodle III – Summer Games 2000 in Sydney
Vive la France! Bastille Day. – July 14, 2000
Google Doodle II – July Fourth Holiday
Father’s Day – June 18, 2000
Mother’s Day on May 14th
First Ever Google Doodle Over the First Week of May 2000
Easter 2000
Google Green on March 17th St. Patrick’s Day
Valentine’s Day on February 14th
Google Groundhog – February 2nd
New Year 2000
1999
Holiday Season
Thanksgiving
Halloween
“Uncle Sam” Search
1998
Google in Beta
Burning Man festival and the holidays
Thanksgiving
Source from Google. All holiday logos above are based on US and International Google site. There are plenty of other country-specific holiday logos on country-based Google domain. For example, China, Japan, Korea, French, Germany, Spain and etc.