Google Doodle

The nachos we've all come to know and love weren't always a staple of global menus, and we have Ignacio "Nacho" García to thank.

Dr. René Favaloro led the way on heart bypass surgery, saving countless lives since performing the first successful operation in 1967.

June 21 marks the longest day and the shortest night in the northern hemisphere.

The popular deep fried dish is the subject of today's Google Doodle.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

The Greek cytopathologist worked with his wife to develop the life-saving medical test.

Lucy Wills changed the face of preventive prenatal care for women everywhere.

The "Bauhaus style" was also known as the "International style."

She specialized in the measurement of light and radiation.

"My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are," Masekela once said.

The search engine is marking the shift towards longer days in the northern hemisphere.

The Japanese inventor born in 1926 transformed the way the blind navigate cities.

British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee was speaking as the web turned 30. His work was memorialized in pixelated form in today's Google Doodle.

Fellow mathematicians described her as a brilliant scientist who dominated gatherings "not through bluster and noise, but by virtue of her genius, will, charm, and charisma."

Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was a German chemist who made a number of important discoveries, not least the isolation of caffeine in coffee.

The festival commemorates the beginning of the year of the pig.

Today's Google Doodle features a winter-themed animation.

Klee was one of the foremost artists of the 20th century.

Accepting the Nobel Prize in 1966, German Jewish poet and dramatist Nelly Sachs said: "I represent the tragedy of the Jewish people."

"They are the most outstanding feature in my life," Dr. Fe del Mundo said of the many children she helped during her lifelong career as a pediatrician.

Google is today celebrating scientists' attempt to communicate with intelligent life that may be lurking beyond our planet.

She overcame the odds to prosper in a mostly male domain.

Amanda Crowe was a prolific Native American artist known for her expressive animal figures.

Wong was an accomplished Disney animator and artist who worked on many famous movies including Bambi.

Harry Potter, Hurricane Irma and the iPhone all made the list.

The new Google Doodle is focused on global searches spanning the last two decades.

The stop-motion video celebrated the first filming of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."

Baillie was a leading playwright and poet of her day.

The life and work of American music composer Leonard Bernstein is being celebrated with a Google Doodle marking the famed musician's 100th birthday.

She helped put man on the moon.