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==Legacy== In 2006, Sundbäck was honored by inclusion in the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]] for his work on the development of the zipper.<ref name=Friedel96>''Zipper: An exploration in novelty'' (Robert Friedel, author. W. W. Norton and Company, New York, 1996) {{ISBN|0-393-31365-4}}</ref><ref>[http://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/3010 ''Lightning Fastener Company Limited'' (Brock University)]</ref> On April 24, 2012, the 132nd anniversary of Sundbäck’s birth, Google changed the [[Google logo]] on its homepage to a [[Google logo|Google Doodle]] of the [[zipper]], which when opened revealed the results of a search for ''Gideon Sundbäck''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gideon Sundback celebrated in a Google doodle|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/24/gideon-sundback-celebrated-google-doodle|access-date=April 24, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 24, 2012|location=London}}</ref>
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