February 21, 2008
Not a political rally
Something happened to 1 for the first time in 1999 when the event 2 took place somewhere in the US. What?
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Answer:
The first Google doodle was put up when the Burning Man festival took place in 1999. Google founders put it up to say that hey were going off to the event and will not be available for support if their servers go down :)

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February 21st, 2008 at 10:55 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203620103 )
Google Doodles, Burning Man festival - too too easy.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:58 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203620289 )
Burning Man festival.. first google doodle tribute
February 21st, 2008 at 11:16 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203621379 )
The event is the Burning Man Festival.
I think google started putting up customised google Festival Logos since then.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203623185 )
Google changed it’s logo for the first time to tell people that Larry and Sergey would not be able to take support calls since they were going to be away at Burning Man in the Nevada desert
February 21st, 2008 at 2:31 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203633115 )
The first Google Doodle was a reference to the Burning Man Festival of 1999. Google started customizing its logos from then.
2. Burning Man Event that takes place in Black Rock City in the Black Rock Desert in the state of Nevada U.S.
Satellite image of Black Rock City showing the C or semicircle pattern. And Iconic representation of Man
February 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203645624 )
Google Doodle. The Burning Man festival.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203646427 )
W00t!!
1-The first Google Doodle was designed when Brin and Page left for the Burning Man festival
2-Burning man festival in Black Rock City(the second pic probably is the satellite image of the city,3rd being the representation of a man generally in art forms)
Double W00t!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:36 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203647795 )
Burning Man Festival which inspired the first ever Google Doodle.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:58 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203649106 )
burning man google doodle
February 21st, 2008 at 8:35 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203654935 )
Burning Man - an event to mark the spontaneous act of radical self-expression.
2.The event is named after its Saturday night ritual, the burning of a wooden effigy.
Black Rock City is the name of the temporary city created by Burning Man participants.
The second one is the satellite image of Black Rock City showing the familiar “C” or semicircle pattern.
A neon-tubed Man, from the festival, 1999 Black Rock City,is the name of the temporary urban phenomenon created by Burning Man.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:06 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203656803 )
The first google doodle - 1999, reference to burning man festival. the first doodle designed by Larry & Sergey, to notify users of their absence…
February 21st, 2008 at 10:06 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203660404 )
1) Google logo
2) The Burning Man festival, held at Black Rock City,USA every year, since 1986.
1) was changed to a doodle for the first time in 1999. The first Google Doodle was a reference to the Burning Man Festival of 1999. The doodle was designed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to notify users of their absence ( they were busy attending the festival) in case the servers crashed.Thats how the tradition of Google Doodles started.
Regards,
Tathagata Chatterjee
February 21st, 2008 at 10:23 pm, GMT -0800 ( 1203661431 )
Google created the special logo thingie during the BURNINNG MAN festival.
The first special logo was supposed indicate that the google guys were away attending the burning man festival
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:05 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203667538 )
The first Google Doodle(1) was a reference to the Burning Man Festival(2) of 1999.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203669636 )
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the creators of the Google search engine, were regular attendees of the event. The first Google Doodle showed Burning Man.
Black Rock City, Black Rock Desert in the U.S. state of Nevada,
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:49 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203670194 )
Sweet!!
The first google doodle for the burning man festival in 1999…
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203670356 )
google doodles - first was of the burning man festival
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203672194 )
the first google doodle appeared when burning man festival took place…
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:40 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203676806 )
Holiday Logo.
http://www.google.com/holidaylogos99.html
Regds,
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203677840 )
The first ‘Google Doodle’ was a reference to the Burning Man festival
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:41 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203680482 )
I believe these logos are sometimes referred to as Google Doodles… so be it.
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:22 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203690150 )
The first Google Doodle showed the Burning Man..
The first image in 2 shows the burning man event..
The satelite image is that of Black Pock City in Nevada, where d burning man event is held..
The last image is d iconic representation of the burning man..
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:58 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203692291 )
2 - The burning man festival
The first google doodle appeared during the burning man festival of 1999 when Larry & Sergey put the stick figure in the google logo.
2.b - Satellite image of Black Rock City
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203706122 )
Google doodle
Burning man festival
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:50 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203706214 )
Google Doodles were started in 1999
when Larry and Sergey attended the Burning Man festival
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:45 am, GMT -0800 ( 1203709508 )
Google had its first doodle after the Burning Man festival.