International
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Karima Mokhtar: The Beloved Matriarch of Egyptian Cinema
Today’s Doodle celebrates the 89th birthday of Egyptian actress Karima Mokhtar (16 January 1934 – 12 January 2017). The “Mother…
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Cecilia May Gibbs: The Enchanting World of Australian Children’s Literature
Cecilia May Gibbs (17 January 1877 – 27 November 1969) was an Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is…
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Molière: Master of Comedy and Satire in French Literature
Molière (15 January 1622– 17 February 1673) was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the…
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Zhou Youguang: The Father of Pinyin and Linguistic Reformer
Zhou Youguang (13 January 1906 – 14 January 2017) was a Chinese linguist and sinologist who is known as the…
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Enedina Alves Marques: Breaking Barriers as Brazil’s First Black Female Engineer
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 110th birthday of Brazilian engineer Enedina Alves Marques, the first Black woman to receive an…
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Justicia Espada Acuña: Chile’s Trailblazing Female Engineer and Pioneer in Science
Justicia Espada Acuña (14 January 1893 – July 1980) was a Chilean civil engineer. Justicia was the first woman to become…
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Botany’s Trailblazer: The Pioneering Contributions of Carrie Derick
Carrie Derick (14 January 1862 – 10 November 1941) was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first female professor in a…
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Flora Nwapa: Trailblazer of African Women’s Literature
Flora Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993) was an important figure in the world of literature, particularly in…
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Petr Semenov-Tian-Shansky: Explorer of Central Asia’s Natural Wonders and Scientific Pioneer
Petr Semenov-Tian-Shansky (14 January 1827 – 26 February 1914) was a Russian geographer, geologist, and explorer. He is best known…
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Alice Paul: Architect of American Suffrage
Alice Paul (11 January 1885 – 9 July 1977 was one of the most prominent activists of the 20th-century women's rights…
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Nicolas Steno: Pioneering the Science of Geology
Nicolas Steno (11 January 1638 - 5 December 1616) was a Danish scientist who pioneered both anatomy and geology. He later…
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Simone de Beauvoir: The Intellectual Giant of Existential Feminism
Simone de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. she had a…
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Vicente Huidobro: Poet, Dreamer, and Innovator
Vicente Huidobro (10 January 1893 – 2 January 1948) was a Chilean poet and diplomat, who was an important figure…
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Farouk Shousha: Capturing the Soul of Egypt on Canvas
Farouk Shousha (9 January 1936 – 14 October 2016) was an Egyptian poet. He hosted the popular television program Umsiya…
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Stephen Hawking: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe
Stephen Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was a renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who made groundbreaking contributions…
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