Gioachino Rossini's 220th Birthday

Today, I see a brightly coloured doddle on Google's homepage to celebrate the birth of Gioachino Antonio Rossini. He was a talented Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces.

Mentality & Action

A lot of things depends on the difference in one’s mentality,
however thought without action produces nothing.
Success is but a thought and an action away.

- BuLaDiFu -

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz's 155th Birthday

The doodle placed on Google's homepage today is a colourful oscillating wave. It serves to mark the birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist who clarified and expanded the electromagnetic theory of light that had been put forth by James Clerk Maxwell. He was the first to satisfactorily demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves by building an apparatus to produce and detect radio waves. Due to his achievements, the SI unit of frequency, hertz, is named after him.

Happy Valentine's Day

Today is the 14th February 2012, Valentine's Day. To celebrate this special day, Google has placed an animated clip playing the song performed by Tony Bennett, "Cold, Cold Heart" on its home page.

To all those lovebirds out there, Happy Valentine's Day. To those that are still single, keep on searching for your other half. You'll find it eventually as long as you keep searching.

Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist who enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than any previous author during his lifetime had. His works has been highly praised for its realism, comedy, mastery of prose, unique personalities and concern for social reform.