Happy Birthday John Wisden, love from Google
John Wisden, who gave the world the definitive record on cricket, had his 187th birthday celebrated in a Google doodle
Google has a tradition of using its homepage to celebrate significant events with a funky doodle that incorporates the word "Google". Anniversaries, national days, and other dates of importance - such as the last day of the Canadian penny - are commemorated. Birthdays are also given a special place on the world's favourite search engine and today was the 187th birthday of John Wisden, the man who gave us the red brick bible that has become the definitive record of cricket. Why his 187th birthday was chosen remains unclear but Wisden joins Jackie Robinson (94th) - the first black player to play Major League Baseball - and Cecilia May Gibbs (136th) - the Anglo-Australian author and illustrator - to have obscure milestones celebrated in a sketch.
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