Google Logo Celebrates Sputnik 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago today — October 4, 1957 — Sputnik became the world’s first artificial satellite to go into orbit. Google is celebrating the 50th anniversary with the special logo above. Will other search engines do the same? So far, it’s only Google among the majors. Here’s the full page view:
Danny Sullivan on October 4, 2007 at 11:16 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Fifty years ago today — October 4, 1957 — Sputnik became the world’s first artificial satellite to go into orbit. Google is celebrating the 50th anniversary with the special logo above. Will other search engines do the same? So far, it’s only Google among the majors. Here’s the full page view:
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