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From: zoara on 24 Feb 2006 04:16

Today is Steve Jobs's birthday. Er, Happy birthday, Steve!

He shares his birthday with:

1103 - Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)
1304 - Ibn Battuta, explorer
1463 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (died 1494)
1500 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
1547 - Don John of Austria, military leader (died 1578)
1557 - Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1619)
1597 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (died 1648)
1619 - Charles Le Brun, French artist (died 1690)
1622 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher
(died 1665)
1684 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (died 1738)
1693 - James Quin, English actor (died 1766)
1709 - Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (died 1782)
1723 - John Burgoyne, British general (died 1792)
1774 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (died 1850)
1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (died 1859)
1836 - Winslow Homer, American artist (died 1910)
1842 - Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (died 1918)
1846 - Luigi Denza, Italian composer (died 1922)
1848 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (died 1907)
1852 - George Moore, English writer (died 1933)
1866 - Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (died 1912)
1874 - Honus Wagner, baseball player (died 1955)
1877 - Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (born 1936)
1885 - Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (died 1966)
1885 - Stanis?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter
(died 1939)
1890 - Marjorie Main, American actress (died 1975)
1909 - August Derleth, American writer (died 1971)
1914 - Zachary Scott, American actor (died 1965)
1914 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (died 2005)
1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor
1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (died 1989)
1922 - Richard Hamilton, English painter
1922 - Steven Hill, American actor
1923 - David Soyer, American cellist
1932 - Michel Legrand, French composer
1932 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (died 2005)
1934 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (died 2000)
1934 - Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
1934 - Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress
1938 - Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
1938 - James Farentino, American actor
1940 - Denis Law Scottish footballer
1942 - Joseph Lieberman, American politician and vice presidential
candidate
1943 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
1944 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (died 1994)
1946 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
1947 - Rupert Holmes, English musician
1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor
1948 - J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
1948 - Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
1948 - Dennis Waterman, British actor
1950 - Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)
1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951 - Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
1955 - Alain Prost, French race car driver
1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist
1956 - Eddie Murray, former baseball player
1958 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician
1958 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
1962 - Michelle Shocked, American musician
1962 - Teri Weigel, American actress
1963 - Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey goalie
1964 - Andy Crane, British childrens television presenter
1966 - Billy Zane, American actor
1968 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (died 2005)
1970 - Jeff Garcia, American football player
1972 - Stewart Isbell, American photographer
1973 - Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast
1973 - Alexei Kovalev, Russian hockey player
1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)
1975 - Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
1977 - Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer
1981 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1982 - Kl?ra Koukalov?, Czech tennis player
1987 - Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
1987 - Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model


On this day in history:

303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the
persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
1711 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the
first Italian opera written for the London stage.
1739 - Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats
the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah
1803 - The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison,
establishes the principle of judicial review.
1804 - London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner
Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute,
1826 - The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the
First Burmese War.
1831 - The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty
in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The
Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange
for payment and land in the West.
1839 - William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel.
1848 - King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868 - The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New
Orleans, Louisiana.
1868 - Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States
to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives.
He is later acquitted.
1881 - China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1899 - Western Washington University is established.
1909 - The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
1917 - World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given
the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the
return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that
country declares war on the United States.
1918 - Estonia: Declaration of independence from Russia.
1925 - A thermite (magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break
up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the St. Lawrence River near
Waddington, New York.
1938 - A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product
(DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.
1942 - Propaganda: The Voice of America begins broadcasting.
1945 - Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament
after reading a decree.
1946 - Juan Per?n is elected president of Argentina.
1948 - Cold War: The Communist Party seizes control of Czechoslovakia.
1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam
recaptures Hu?.
1970 - National Public Radio is founded.
1975 - Hard rock band Led Zeppelin release the classic double album
Physical Graffiti.
1976 - Cuba : national Constitution proclaimed
1981 - Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of
Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
1981 - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower, the
author of the bestselling The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet.
1983 - A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report
that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World
War II.
1988 - The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Larry Flynt's
Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to
award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.
1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for
the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
1989 - United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from
Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers
out of the business-class section.
1992 - Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love.
1995 - The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from
1959 to 1972, is declassified.
1996 - The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the
European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
1999 - The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national
involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal
action to attempt to save him.
1999 - A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on
approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern China, killing 61.
2002 - The Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah end.


Deaths

616 - King Ethelbert of Kent
1525 - Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
1563 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician
(born 1519)
1588 - Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist
1666 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (born 1588)
1674 - Matthias Weckmann, German composer (born 1616)
1685 - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and
military leader (born 1629)
1704 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (born 1643)
1714 - Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (born 1637)
1721 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English
statesman and poet (born 1648)
1777 - King Joseph I of Portugal (born 1714)
1779 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (born 1704)
1781 - Edward Capell, English critic (born 1713)
1799 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (born 1742)
1810 - Henry Cavendish, English scientist (born 1756)
1812 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician
(born 1775)
1815 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (born 1765)
1825 - Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor (born 1754)
1856 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician
(born 1792)
1914 - Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little
Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
1925 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (born 1860)
1970 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (born 1897)
1975 - Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1895)
1984 - Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (born 1912)
1990 - Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (born 1945)
1990 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (born 1917)
1990 - Sandro Pertini, Italian politician (born 1896)
1990 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (born 1927)
1991 - John Daly, South African game show host (born 1914)
1991 - George Gobel, American comedian (born 1919)
1993 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (born 1941)
1994 - Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (born 1916)
1998 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban-born cartoonist (born 1921)
1998 - Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (born 1906)
1999 - Andre Dubus, American writer (born 1936)
2001 - Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (born 1916)
2002 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (born 1912)
2003 - John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (born 1912)
2003 - Bernard Loiseau, French chef (born 1951)
2004 - John Randolph, American actor (born 1915)


Holidays and observances:

Regifugium, in the Roman calendar
Independence Day in Estonia (1918)
Flag Day in M?xico
Dragobete in Romania


BBC: On This Day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/24


-zoara-

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I've just set up Thunderbird for news.
Never used it before, so apologies for weirdness.
From: Jim on 24 Feb 2006 04:18
In article <468178F9u5rpU1(a)individual.net>, zoara wrote:
>
> Today is Steve Jobs's birthday. Er, Happy birthday, Steve!
>

Happy Birthday Steve!

And since we're being _so_ polite here, how about letting us in on
what's happening on the 28th?

Oh, and could you get GarageBand fixed?

Ah, go on, go on,go on,go on,go on,go on,go on,go on,go on,go on!

Jim
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How monie lengthen'd, sage advices, The Husband frae the wife despises!"
From: Steve Jobs on 24 Feb 2006 05:08
zoara <me3(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Today is Steve Jobs's birthday. Er, Happy birthday, Steve!

Thanks!

Hope that new iBook's working out OK for you, by the way.

Steve
From: Jim on 24 Feb 2006 05:10
In article <1hb9dfo.1sjir2qcwtdtcN%steve(a)apple.com>, Steve Jobs wrote:
> zoara <me3(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Today is Steve Jobs's birthday. Er, Happy birthday, Steve!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Hope that new iBook's working out OK for you, by the way.

Don't go there, man. Just...just don't, ok?

Jim
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How monie lengthen'd, sage advices, The Husband frae the wife despises!"
From: Peter Ceresole on 24 Feb 2006 05:38
zoara <me3(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Today is Steve Jobs's birthday. Er, Happy birthday, Steve!
>
> He shares his birthday with:
>
> 1103 - Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)

Beautifully appropriate.
--
Peter
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