Google is celebrating International Women's Day today by giving all the ladies out there a flower - the virtual kind, of course, placed in the middle of the latest Google Doodle.
Originally a socialist holiday, the International Women's Day originated in the U.S., where it was first celebrated on Feb 28., 1909, by the Socialist Party of America.
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The date was switched around quite a bit in the following years, and the significance of the event varied a lot in different countries. In Russia, it was celebrated on the last Sunday in February (which fell on March 8 on the Gregorian calendar) since the February Revolution of 1917. In 1949, March 8 was established as an official date for the holiday (for women only) in China, and the date stuck.
Finally, in 1977 the United Nations invited member states to proclaim March 8 the UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace, after which the date gained major international significance.
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Today, March 8 is a national holiday in many countries around the world, including Russia and China; in many others, it is customary for men to give women flowers on this day. A tip for all you guys reading this: Regardless of where you live, you can't really go wrong by giving that significant lady in your life some flowers.
The Christmas Google Doodle
Each package gets larger with a mouse-over, and a click on it returns search results pertinent to a specific country or the particular items featured in a scene. This one is from December 24, 2010.
Click here to view this gallery.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
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