Freedom Day

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Freedom Day is a South African public holiday celebrated on April 27. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994.

The elections were the first non-racial national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group including non-citizens were allowed to vote, no voters roll was used.

Previously, under the apartheid regime, non-whites had only limited rights to vote.

Doodle4Google World Cup Winner

South Africa - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/d4g_worldcup10_za-hp.jpg

France - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/d4g_worldcup10_fr-hp.jpg

YouTube turns five

Five years ago, after months of late nights, testing and preparation, YouTube’s founders launched the first beta version of YouTube.com in May, with a simple mission: give anyone a place to easily upload their videos and share them with the world. Whether you were an aspiring filmmaker, a politician, a proud parent, or someone who just wanted to connect with something bigger, YouTube became the place where you could broadcast yourself.

Over time, these aspirations have created a vibrant and inspiring community that helped transform a murmur of interest into something far greater than any of us ever could have imagined. Today, to celebrate its birthday, YouTube has just announced a major new milestone: it’s streaming a whopping two billion views per day (the company notes that this is “nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major US television networks combined”) and launching the YouTube Five Year channel. There, you’ll find the “My YouTube Story” project which features people from all over describing how YouTube has changed or shaped their lives.

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So, in the spirit of the day, YouTube's excited to launch http://www.youtube.co.za, a South African version of YouTube and our first domain on the continent. The goal here is to give South Africans a way to easily discover local content and content producers. From now on when users in South Africa visit the site, they will see, for example, the most popular and most viewed videos in South Africa along with local content that closely matches their interests.

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40th Anniversary of Sesame Street

Abelardo Montoya - (Mexico)
Source: http://www.google.com/logos/abelardo_montoya-hp.gif

Kami - (South Africa)
Source: http://www.google.com/logos/kami-hp.gif

Ieniemienie - (Netherlands, Belgium)
Source: http://www.google.com/logos/ieniemienie-hp.gif

Boombah and Chamki - (India)
Source: http://www.google.com/logos/boombah_chamki-hp.gif

Big Bird - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/bigbird-hp.gif

Abigail - (Israel)
Source: http://www.google.com/logos/abigail-hp.gif

Cookie Monster - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/cookie_monster-hp.gif

Bert and Ernie - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/bert_ernie-hp.gif

Oscar - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/oscar-hp.gif

Elmo - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/elmo-hp.gif

Count von Count - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/count_von_count-hp.gif

Ensemble - Source: http://www.google.com/logos/sesame_street_ensemble-hp.jpg

Sesame Street is an American children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. Sesame Street features Muppets characters created by Jim Henson and premiered on November 10, 1969, making it one of the longest running children's programs on television and also the longest running series broadcasted on PBS. The show is produced in the United States by the non-profit organization Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), founded by Joan Ganz Cooney and Ralph Rogers.

The show was originally taped at Teletape Studios until 1992, when Reeves Entertainment went bankrupt. Since its 24th season, the show has been taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios. [Read more on Wikipedia]

40th Anniversary of Sesame Street - South Africa

40th Anniversary of Sesame Street - South Africa