Dr. Seuss' 105th Birthday, Seussville and Google Celebrate

In addition, Geisel illustrated more than 400 political cartoons in the progressive New York publication PM and served in Frank Capra’s Signal Corps, making animated training films for the U.S. Army.  He also contributed to two Oscar-winning films, “Your Job in Germany” and “Your Job in Japan.”

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts to Henrietta Seuss and Theodor Robert Geisel.[1] His father, the son of German immigrants, managed the family brewery and after Theodor was married, supervised Springfield's public park system.[1] Geisel attended Springfield's Central High School and entered Dartmouth College in fall 1921.[1]Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, eventually rising to the rank of editor-in-chief.[1] While at Dartmouth, Geisel was caught throwing a drinking party, violating national Prohibition laws of the time.[citation needed] As a result, the school insisted that he resign from all extracurricular activities. In order to continue his work on the Jack-O-Lantern without the administration's knowledge, Geisel began signing his work with the pen name "Seuss"; his first work signed as "Dr. Seuss" appeared after he graduated, six months into his work for humor magazine The Judge where his weekly feature Birdsies and Beasties appeared.[2]

If you visit Google.com today, you will see a special logo for Dr. Seuss’s birthday. The logo’s alternative text tag reads, “Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Courtesy of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.” Here is a copy of that logo:

Clicking on the logo will take you to a search result set for Dr Seuss including web results, news results, image results and more.

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”