Celebrates Charlie Chaplin's 122nd Birthday

Do you still remember the actor in the era of silent films Charlie Chaplin? Google celebrates the birthday of Charlie Chaplin 122nd of popular film star via Google Doodle. Like what?

Google Doodle is black and white with a figure of close-ups of his face full name of Charles Spencer Chaplin. Interestingly, in the form of video Doodle Charlie Chaplin, who was sitting with a little paint on the chair and fought with the British police. The video shows the unique and distinctive style of Charlie Chaplin silent.

In The video also shows Google a woman painted ornament behind the body of Charlie Chaplin. Uniqueness of Charlie Chaplin also means popular music in the 90s.

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Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen

Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (30see below March 1811 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with Gustav Kirchhoff. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use.

The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Bunsen and Kirchhoff

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The mysterious death of Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space, when he orbited the earth in the first manned space flight exactly fifty years ago.

Gagarin was for a brief time the most famous man on earth and hailed as a hero by millions around the world
However, the cosmonaut did not get to enjoy his celebrity – he died just seven years later in a mysterious plane crash that has generated a mountain of conspiracy theories.

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Elizabeth Taylor has died

Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress famed for her beauty, her jet-set lifestyle, her charitable endeavors and her many marriages, has died, her publicist told CNN Wednesday. She was 79.

Taylor died "peacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles," said a statement from her publicist. She was hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, "a condition with which she had struggled for many years. Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home. Sadly, this was not to be."

Though a two-time Oscar winner -- for "Butterfield 8" (1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966) -- Taylor was more celebrated for simply being Elizabeth Taylor: sexy, glamorous, tempestuous, fragile, always trailing courtiers, media and fans. She wasn't above playing to that image -- she had a fragrance called "White Diamonds" -- or mocking it.

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Ice Cream Sundae Google Doodle prompts Android rumours

The Ice Cream Sundae was honoured with a Google Doodle today for its 119th anniversary, prompting speculation that the search giant's code-named "Ice Cream" operating system may be released shortly.
The dessert, characterised by a syrup-drizzled scoop of vanilla ice cream with a wafer and cherry on top, is thought to have been created in 1892 when New York soda fountain proprietor Chester Platt served the dish to church minister John Scott.

Others believe the Sundae was invented after an ice cream truck collided with a syrup tanker.

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American Idol

American Idol (also known as American Idol: The Search for a Superstar) is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, which began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it is a spin-off from the UK show Pop Idol.

The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists, and has since become one of the most popular in the history of American television. As of January 2011, it is the most-watched TV series in the Nielsen ratings and is the only program to have been number one for six consecutive seasons, surpassing All in the Family and The Cosby Show, which were both number one for five consecutive seasons.

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nate dogg

Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American musician. Dogg was known for his successful hip hop collaborations and was closely associated with artists such as Snoop Dogg, Warren G, 2Pac, Game, Eminem, and Dr. Dre.

Nate Dogg was born in Long Beach, California. He began singing as a child in the New Hope Baptist Church in Long Beach, and at Life Line Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where his father (Daniel Lee Hale) was a pastor. At the age of 16 he dropped out of high school in Long Beach, California and left home to join the United States Marine Corps, serving for three years.

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masters leaderboard

The 2011 Masters Tournament was the 75th Masters Tournament and was played from April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the first major championship of the 2011 season. South African Charl Schwartzel won the 2011 event by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day.

Eight players held a share of the lead in the last round including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. McIlroy had at least a share of the lead for the first three rounds and had a four stroke advantage going into Sunday's final round before shooting an 80 and finishing 10 strokes behind Schwartzel.

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Happy Birthday, Harry Houdini

Google’s homepage doodle today honors Harry Houdini, the famous magician, escape artist, and — through his attempts to contact his dead mother — a perhaps unintentional debunker of psychic charlatans, who was born on this date in 1874. A few years ago, when my younger son was interested in magic, we spent a lot of time learning about Houdini and finding resources for kids interested in learning sleight of hand.
Here was what Anthony had to say at the time:

    * The easiest tricks to start off with are rope tricks.
    * Once you know the trick and the secret move, practicing is fairly easy. I try to practice as much as possible whenever I learn a new trick.
    * It’s best to talk over the part where you have to make a secret move, so people don’t know what you’re doing.
    * I love the look on people’s faces after you perform a magic trick.

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Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black is an American teen pop singer who gained worldwide notoriety with her 2011 single "Friday" through the record label ARK Music Factory. The song received negative critical response, with many music critics and viewers dubbing it the "worst song ever". The negative criticism and use of social media can be credited for Black's success. The music video, uploaded to YouTube, has received over 100 million views as of April 13, 2011, causing Black to gain international attention as a "viral star".

Rebecca Black was born on June 21, 1997, in Anaheim Hills, a neighborhood in Anaheim, California. She is the daughter of John Jeffery Black and Georgina Marquez Kelly, both veterinarians. An honor student,Black studied dance, auditioned for school shows, attended music summer camps, and began singing publicly in 2008 after joining the patriotic group Celebration USA.

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Schwartzel Listened to Wise Voices

On Monday morning, Charl Schwartzel woke up as the Masters champion.
No, he wasn't dreaming. It's true.
"It's a dream for me," said Schwartzel, 26, the South African who won his first major championship Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. "It's obviously the highlight in my golfing career by a long way."
Call it fate or karma or whatever you like but Schwartzel had a feeling about this.
"I always thought if there was one that I would win, it would be this one," he said. "This is the sort of golf course that suits my eye. These are the sort of courses that I grew up on playing with the tree lines, and I just feel really comfortable around it."

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Japan's most powerful earthquake

Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami.

Cars, ships and buildings were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude tremor, which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo.

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Japan Earthquake

Tsunami is thedisplacement of water bodies caused by changes in sea surface vertically with a sudden. Changes in sea level could be caused by an earthquake centered under the sea, underwater volcanic eruptions, underwater landslides, or hit by a meteor at sea. Tsunami waves can propagate in all directions. In the ocean, tsunami waves can propagate with a speed of 500-1000 km per hour. Equivalent to the speed of aircraft.

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