giovanni schiaparelli google logo

Google is celebrating March 14, 2009e as a Giovanni Schiaparelli Day.

The New Google Holiday Logo of Giovanni Schiaparelli can be seen when you do google search today.


Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835 – July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. He studied at the University of Turin and Berlin Observatory and worked for over forty years at Brera Observatory.
He was also a senator of the Kingdom of Italy, a member of the Accademia dei Lincei, the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino and the Regio Istituto Lombardo, and is particularly known for his studies of Mars.

Google has created eight logo including this one in 2009, the occasions include, the New year, Valentines day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Charles Darwin's Birthday etc.

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