On Google’s home page in the United States is a special Google Doodle for Roberto Clemente. Roberto Clemente was a Major League baseball player who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He died at the young age of 38 when he took a humanitarian trip on December 31, 1972 to Nicaragua when his plane crashed bringing supplies to the site.

Why is there a Doodle today, October 12nd? I am not a 100% sure. He was born on August 18, 1934 and passed on December 31, 1972. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame on March 20, 1973. His last baseball game was on October 11, 1972 at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium in the fifth and final game of the series. So maybe that is why?

In any event, Google had a guest Doodler named Roxie Vizcarra do the Doodle. Google wrote:

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