Google International Holidays 2009

St. Lucy's Day - Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden - December 13, 2009

Qian Xusen's Birthday, China - December 11, 2009

Nageeb Fahouz's Birthday, Egypt - December 11, 2009

Father's Day, Thailand - December 5, 2009

UAE National Day, UAE - December 2, 2009

Romanian National Day, Romania - December 1, 2009

St. Andrew's Day, UK - November 30, 2009

50th Anniversary of Sandmännchen, Germany - November 22, 2009

National Teacher's Day, Vietnam - November 20, 2009

Father Frost's Birthday, Russia - November 18, 2009

Isamu Noguchi's Birthday, Japan - November 17, 2009

Doodle 4 Google India: 'My India' by Puru Pratap Singh, India - November 14, 2009

Polish Independence Day, Poland - November 11, 2009

Remembrance Day, UK - November 11, 2009

20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany - November 9, 2009

Sesame Street: Abigail, Israel - November 4, 2009

Sesame Street: Boombah and Chamki, India - November 4, 2009

Sesame Street: Ieniemienie, Netherlands, Belgium - November 4, 2009

Sesame Street: Kami, South Africa - November 4, 2009

Sesame Street: Abelardo Montoya, Mexico - November 4, 2009

20th Anniversary of the Wallace and Gromit Characters, Selected Global - November 4, 2009

Melbourne Cup, Australia - November 3, 2009

Loy Krathong, Thailand - November 2, 2009

Day of the Dead, Mexico - November 2, 2009

Happy Halloween, Selected Countries - October 31, 2009

Asterix Comic's 50th Anniversary ©2009 Goscinny - Uderzo, Selected Countries - October 29, 2009

Turkish National Day, Turkey - October 29, 2009

Austrian National Day, Austria - October 26, 2009

Mei Lanfang's Birthday, China - October 22, 2009

Rampo Edogawa's Birthday, Japan - October 21, 2009

Mikhail Lermontov's Birthday, Russia - October 15, 2009

Teacher's Day, Poland - October 14, 2009

150 Years Since Multatuli, Netherlands - October 13, 2009

Thanksgiving, Canada - October 12, 2009

Guiseppe Verdi's Birthday, Italy - October 10, 2009

Hangul Proclamation Day, Korea - October 9, 2009

Moon Viewing Day - Tsukimi, Japan - October 3, 2009

Korean Thanksgiving, Korea - October 3, 2009

Mid-Autumn Festival, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan - October 3, 2009

Doodle 4 Google Winner, Germany - October 3, 2009

Brazil Wins 2016 Olympics, Brazil - October 2, 2009

National Day, China - October 1, 2009

Confucius' Birthday - September 28, 2009

Federal Elections, Germany - September 27, 2009

National Day, Saudi Arabia - September 23, 2009

Independence Day, Belize - September 21, 2009

Oktoberfest, Germany - September 19, 2009

Independence Day, Mexico - September 16, 2009

First Day of School, Greece - September 11, 2009

Ivan Kostoylevsky's Birthday, Ukraine - September 9, 2009

Independence Day, Brazil - September 7, 2009

Doraemon, Japan - September 3, 2009

Independence Day, Malaysia - August 31, 2009

Elections, Japan - August 30, 2009

Battle of Flowers in Laredo, Spain - August 28, 2009

Qi Xi, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan - August 26, 2009

Independence Day, Indonesia - August 17, 2009

Independence Day, South Korea - August 15, 2009

National Day, Singapore - August 9, 2009

Independence Day, Bolivia - August 6, 2009

Ilya Repin's Birthday, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus - August 5, 2009

National Day, Switzerland - August 1, 2009

Solar Eclipse, China - July 22, 2009

Independence Day, Colombia - July 20, 2009

Bastille Day, France - July 14, 2009

Pablo Neruda's Birthday, Chile and Spain - July 12, 2009

Independence Day, Argentina - July 9, 2009

The Feast of Stars - Tanabata Matsuri, Japan - July 7, 2009

Anniversary of the publication of the novel "The New Adventures of Pinocchio", Italy - July 7, 2009

Day of the State in Lithuania to celebrate the coronation of Mindaugas in 1253, Lithuania - July 6, 2009

Independence Day, Venezula - July 5, 2009

Mexican Elections, Mexico - July 5, 2009

Independence Day, Algeria - July 5, 2009

Anniversary of the Miracle of Bern", Germany - July 4, 2009

Ramon Gomez de la Serna's birthday, Spain - July 3, 2009

Canada Day, Canada - July 1, 2009

Seven Sleepers Day, Germany - June 27, 2009

First Day of Winter, Southern Hemisphere Countries - June 21, 2009

Opening of the New Acropolis Museum, Greece - June 21, 2009

Father's Day, China - June 21, 2009

Independence Day, Philippines - June 12, 2009

National Day, Sweden - June 7, 2009

Alexander Pushkin's Birthday, Russia - June 6, 2009

Constitution Day, Denmark - June 5, 2009

150 years of the city of Yokohama, Japan - June 2, 2009

150 years of Big Ben, England - June 2, 2009

Dragon Boat Festival, China - June 2, 2009

Champions League, European countries - May 27, 2009

National Day, Jordan - May 25, 2009

Basic Law of the Federation of Germany, Germany - May 24, 2009

Chen Jingrun's Birthday, China - May 22, 2009

National Day, Norway - May 17, 2009

100th Giro d'Italia, Italy - May 8, 2009

Rabindranath Tagore's birthday, India - May 7, 2009

Alexander Popov's Invention of the Radio, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus - May 7, 2009

250th Anniversary of Kew Gardens, UK - May 5, 2009

Children's Day, Japan - May 5, 2009

Children's Day, Mexico - May 1, 2009

Anzac Day, Australia - April 25, 2009

Anzac Day, New Zealand - April 25, 2009

Tomitaro Makino's Birthday, Japan - April 24, 2009

Girl's Day, German - April 23, 2009

Children's Day, Turkey - April 23, 2009

St. George's Day, U.K. - April 23, 2009

Ajeng Raden Kartini's Birthday, Indonesia - April 22, 2009

Congshi Zu's Birthday, China - April 20, 2009

Christiaan Huygens' Birthday, Netherlands - April 16, 2009

Mimar Sinan's Birthday, Turkey - April 15, 2009

Songkran Festival, Thailand - April 13, 2009

Egypt's Doodle 4 Google Competition winner, which recognized Egypt's Orphans day, Egypt - April 3, 2009

Recognizing Gogol, Russia and Ukraine, April 1, 2009

Sabiha Gokcen's Birthday, Turkey, March 22, 2009

First Day of Spring or Fall, Worldwide - March 21, 2009

Norouz, Persian New Year, On the Arabic and Farsi language interfaces - March 20, 2009

St. Patrick's Day, Winner of Ireland's Doodle 4 Google - March 17, 2009

International Women's Day, Russia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine - March 8, 2009

Hina Matsuri or Doll Festival, Japan - March 3, 2009

Vasaloppet, Sweden - March 1, 2009

Feast of St. David in Wales, U.K. - March 1, 2009

Day of the National Artist, Thailand - February 24, 2009

Men's Day, Russia - February 23, 2009

Carnaval, Brazil - February 21, 2009

Acknowledging Unix Time, France (and maybe more) - 1234567890 - February 14, 2009

Valentine's Day, All non-US countries - February 14, 2009

Ino Tadatkaino's Birthday, Japan - February 12, 2009

Election Day, Israel - February 10, 2009

Lantern Festival, China - February 8, 2009

Bozena Nemcova's Birthday, Czech Republic - February 4, 2009

World Cup 2009 Alpine Skiing, France - February 2, 2009

Theodor Heuss' Birthday, Germany - January 31, 2009

National Day, Australia - January 26, 2009

Lunar New Year, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan - January 25, 2009

Grandparent's Day, Poland - January 21, 2009

China's Doodle 4 Google Competition winner, China - January 15, 2009

The Netherland's Doodle 4 Google Competition winner, the Netherlands - January 15, 2009

Johann Philipp Reis' Birthday, Germany - January 6, 2009

La Befana, Italy - January 6, 2009

Elfstedentocht, the Netherlands - January 2, 2009

Joining the Euro Zone, Slovakia - January 1, 2009