Google International Holidays 2008
Independence Day of Peru, Peru – July 28, 2008
Independence Day of Belgium, Belgium – July 21, 2008
Independence Day of Colombia, Colombia – July 20, 2008
Bastille Day, France – July 14, 2008
Argentina’s National Holiday, Argentina – July 9, 2008
The Birthday of painter Kaii Higashiyama, Japan – July 8, 2008
Turkish comic character, Nasreddin Hoca, Turkey – July 8, 2008
Day of the Lithuanian State, Lithuania – July 6, 2008
National Day of Venezuela, Venezuela – July 5, 2008
Tour de France, France – July 5, 2008
Israel’s Doodle 4 Google Competition winner, Israel – June 30, 2008
European Football (“Soccer”) Championship Winner, Spain – June 30, 2008
Doodle4Google European Football (“Soccer”) Championship Competition winner, multiple – June 30, 2008
Marking the 100th Year of the first Japanese Immigrants to arrive in Brazil, Brazil – June 18, 2008
The Birthday of writer Yasunari Kawabata, Japan – June 14, 2008
Dragon Boat Festival, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong – June 8, 2008
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, United Kingdom – June 7, 2008
European Football (“Soccer”) Championships – several countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey – June 7, 2008
Swedish National Day, Sweden – June 6, 2008
Italian National Day, Italy – June 2, 2008
Feast Day, Poland and Czech Republic – June 1, 2008
100th Anniversary – Helene Boucher, France – May 23, 2008
Norwegian Day – Norway – May 17, 2008
Anniversary of the First Film Projection – Spain – May 15, 2008
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Florence Nightingale’s Birthday – UK – May 12, 2008
60th Anniversary – Israel – May 8, 2008
Children’s Day – Japan – May 5, 2008
Queen’s Day – Netherlands – April 30, 2008
Anzac Day – Australia, New Zealand – April 25, 2008
Girls Day – Germany – April 24, 2008
International Children’s Festival (Doodle4Google Turkish competition winner) – Turkey – April 23, 2008
St. George’s Day – UK – April 23, 2008
50th Anniversary of Expo 58 and the Atomium – Belgium – April 17, 2008
Recognizing the birth of inventor Antonio Meucci – Italy – April 13, 2008
Songkran Festival – Thailand – April 13, 2008
Recognizing the Birth of Astroboy – Japan – April 7, 2008
Celebrating the invention of the parametron by Dr. Eiichi Goto at the University of Tokyo in 1954 – Japan – March 25, 2008
Bela Bartok – Hungry – March 25, 2008
Mother’s Day – Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates – March 21, 2008
Persian New Year, Persian Language Page – March 20, 2008
Valencian Holiday, Falles – Spain – March 19, 2008
Martenitsa – Moldova, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria – March 1, 2008
Liberation Day – South Korea – March 1, 2008
St. David’s Day, the U.K. – March 1, 2008
Chinese New Year – China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan – February 6, 2008
Carnaval, Brazil – February 2, 2008
Australia Day, Australia – January 26, 2008
