# Google homepage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179 "2016-12-08T04:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179/1 "2016-12-08T04:18:57Z")
Google has something on it’s page almost every day of the year. Today (12/07/2016) was the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and there was nothing on the page. I wonder if they will have something on the anniversary of the A-bombs on Japan. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179/2 "2016-12-08T05:31:23Z")
Yes, there was a small American flag on the bottom. And the possessive is “its”. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179/3 "2016-12-08T13:24:56Z")
I think they lean more toward the lighter side of anniversaries. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179/4 "2016-12-08T14:01:47Z")
On August 13th, they honored my birthday. Did y’all see that too? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179/5 "2016-12-08T14:17:53Z")
There are only 365 days in a year. Does Google have to do the same tributes on the same days every year? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179/6 "2016-12-08T14:25:49Z")
This comes up multiple times a year for various things, look, [here’s an article from 4 years ago](http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/more-faux-google-doodle-outrage/) about Easter. > [@](#): > > Every time there’s some kind of major holiday, or the anniversary of some important event, there are always people at the ready to claim outrage over something they considered important not being appropriately marked with a doodle on Google’s home page. Typically, you see this happen over some event with American historical meaning such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or the anniversaries of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the D-Day Invasion. There was plenty of coverage of the Pearl Harbor anniversary yesterday for those who wanted it, and Google has made it clear that honoring major events with something that they literally call the “Google Doodle” is not appropriate given the weight of the subjects. eta: I want to get 2 more cents in – it’s goofy cartoons, right? Like how do you make a goofy cartoon honoring men who slowly suffocated in sunken battleships. Why do people _want_ to see that? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage/774179/7 "2016-12-08T14:26:45Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yes, there was a small American flag on the bottom. And the mouseover text read, “Remembering Pearl Harbor, 75 years later”. It was subtle, but they didn’t ignore it. As suggested above, the doodles that mess with the logo are usually for less somber events. I think for the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, there’s just a black ribbon on the same spot as this flag.