====== Grace Hopper Google Doodle - 12/9/13 ======

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Monday, December 9th 2013 would have been Grace Murray Hopper's 107th birthday.

Google celebrated her birthday by updating the logo on their front page with an animated "doodle" honoring her.

[[http://www.google.com/doodles/grace-hoppers-107th-birthday|Google Doodle Animated]]

This was covered by all the major news organizations.  You may find the links to the articles here:

[[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-doodle-honors-grace-hopper-first-lady-of-software/|CBSnews]]

[[http://techland.time.com/2013/12/10/fascinating-historic-artifact-grace-hopper-gives-my-friend-anns-dad-a-job-recommendation/|Time]]

[[http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/1209/Google-Doodle-remembers-computing-pioneer-Grace-Hopper-video|Christian Science Monitor]]

[[http://www.latimes.com/nation/shareitnow/la-sh-grace-hopper-google-doodle-20131209,0,4653060.story|Los Angeles Times]]

[[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/grace-hopper-doodle-by-writing-computer-language-pioneering-grandma-cobol-helped-rewrite-the-history-books/2013/12/09/72a80e36-60bf-11e3-8beb-3f9a9942850f_blog.html|The Washington Post]]

[[http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/12/googles-doodle-honors-grace-hopper-and-entomology/|Wired]]

[[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/09/grace_hopper_google_doodle_the_computer_scientist_s_1986_appearance_on_letterman.html|Slate.com]]

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vcErOPofQ|Interview with David Letterman, 1986]]