On Columbus Day, Google Remembers Paddington Bear's 50th Birthday

Oct 13, 2008 - 5:50 am 8 — by
Filed Under Misc Google

Today is Columbus Day and we have a special theme up for the day. It looks like this:

Columbus Day 2008 at Search Engine Roundtable

But if you visit Google, you will see a Paddington Bear 50th birthday logo up for today. The logo looks like this:

Google & Paddington Bear

Boy does that bring back memories. Of course, the logo links to a Google search result for paddington bear.

Happy birthday Paddington Bear and happy Columbus Day also!

Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums.

 

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