Happy Birthday, Google! 30+ of the Best Google Doodles

Sixteen years ago today, Google was born in a now legendary Palo Alto, CA, garage. In honor of the tech-iversary, we've compiled 30 of our favorite Google doodles.

A way to celebrate the birthdays of pop culture legends and national milestones, the Google Doodle is a nod to the playful side of the company via a day-long redesign of its corporate logo on the site's homepage. The Google Doodle concept started while the search giant was still in its infancy and founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin added a stick figure to the logo as a way of saying they were out of the office attending Burning Man in the Nevada desert. Over 1,000 doodles have appeared on Google homepages in the US and abroad in the years since.

A team of Google designers work on the doodles, but they are open to receiving suggestions and doodles themselves from the public. Click on for some major inspiration!

Argentina vs. Switzerland

Argentina vs. Switzerland

Source: Google

Streets of Rio

Streets of Rio

"Inspiration from the streets of Rio straight to the homepage." Source: Google

Soccer at the Beach

Soccer at the Beach

Source: Google

Chile vs. Brazil

Chile vs. Brazil

"Viva Chile and Brazil — may the best team win!" Source: Google

Talking to Reporters

Talking to Reporters

Source: Google

Japan vs. Colombia

Japan vs. Colombia

"Japanese tech fans come up against a Colombian vulture!" Source: Google

France vs. Nigeria

France vs. Nigeria

"The ground staff are ready for France vs. Nigeria!" Source: Google

Dance Party

Dance Party

"The World Cup opening ceremony was so inspiring — and what an unbeleafable coincidence — our next doodle has a dancing tree person too. Congrats Brazil!

Want to keep dancing? Here's an alternate version." Source: Google

Mexico vs. Cameroon

Mexico vs. Cameroon

"We were so startled by the luchador in this doodle, we got the Cameroon flag wrong on the first go! #realTimeDoodleProblems

Well played, Mexico!" Source: Google

Spain vs. Netherlands

Spain vs. Netherlands

"Fans of Spain and Netherlands go head to head!" Source: Google

Chile vs. Australia

Chile vs. Australia

"Every match has winners and losers, but, in the end, it's the dance off amongst fans that really matters." Source: Google

Fútbol Practice

Fútbol Practice

"Practice make perfect — that's why you'll see our letters working on their skills from time to time. Looks easy? You try bouncing a ball on your head in an infinite loop!" Source: Google

Uruguay vs. Costa Rica

Uruguay vs. Costa Rica

"The only thing more stressful than launching real time doodles is coaching a team in the World Cup. Follow the Uruguay vs Costa Rica game's story through the Doodle." Source: Google

England vs. Italy

England vs. Italy

"Join us for the rumble in the jungle! England v Italy." Source: Google

World Cup Meets Father's Day

World Cup Meets Father's Day

"Having a ball with my dad on Father's Day!" Source: Google

Brazilian Way of Life

Brazilian Way of Life

"Enjoy your Sunday with some Samba and an agua de coco!" Source: Google

Germany vs. Portugal

Germany vs. Portugal

Source: Google

The Wave

The Wave

"The football/soccer craze is making waves for . . . just about everyone." Source: Google

Paul the Octopus

Paul the Octopus

"Here we have an artist's rendition of the late Paul the Octopus — perhaps the most famous of all psychic cephalopods — trying to choose the winner in the World Cup match from that big aquarium in the sky. Who will it be?? Only Paul knows." Source: Google