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Google’s Shusaku Doodle Sparks UK Kerfuffle

A Google doodle on June 6 honoring the 185th birthday of Honinbo Shusaku sparked a bit of a kerfuffle in the UK when Google hastily replaced it with links to letters, photos and maps of the Normandy landings to honor the 70th anniversary of D-Day. "What were you thinking #Google?" chided a tweet. "Unfortunately a technical error crept in and for a short period this morning an international doodle also appeared,” said Peter Barron, Google's director of communication. “We're sorry for the mistake, and we're proud to honour those who took part in D-Day." The Shusaku doodle remained in some countries, including Japan and Hong Kong, honoring one of the greatest go players of the 19th century. Click here to read Go Game Guru’s report, which includes Shusaku’s famous Ear-reddening Game, and here to read the BBC’s report.  Click here for an interesting discussion on Board Game Geek about which countries the doodle appeared in. 
Thanks to readers around the world who sent in sightings and links to reports.