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Today is Jerome O'Donohoe's birthday. It's been a while since the last
post from Jerome, so in the hope that you're still out there, Happy
Birthday!

You share your birthday with:

1417 - Pope Paul II (died 1471)
1633 - Samuel Pepys, English diarist (died 1703)
1646 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (died 1709)
1648 - Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England
(died 1730)
1680 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and
Governor of Louisiana (died 1767)
1685 - Georg Friederich Händel, German composer (died 1759)
1688 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (died 1741)
1723 - Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (died 1791)
1743 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (died 1812)
1840 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (died 1921)
1868 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights leader (died 1963)
1873 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (died 1929)
1874 - Konstantin Päts, Estonian president (died 1956)
1878 - Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist
(died 1935)
1883 - Victor Fleming, American director (died 1949)
1883 - Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (died 1969)
1889 - Musidora, French actress and director (died 1957)
1899 - Erich Kästner, German writer (died 1974)
1904 - William L. Shirer, American historian (died 1993)
1904 - Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (died 1982)
1908 - William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia
(died 1988)
1914 - Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (died 2005)
1915 - Jon Hall, American actor (died 1979)
1915 - Paul Tibbets, American pilot
1918 - Richard G. Butler, American fascist (died 2004)
1924 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, recipient
of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1998)
1928 - Vasili Lazarev, cosmonaut (died 1990)
1932 - Majel Barrett, American actress
1937 - Tom Osborne, American football coach and politician
1938 - Diane Varsi, American actress (died 1992)
1940 - Peter Fonda, American actor
1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
1944 - Johnny Winter, American musician
1945 - Allan Boesak, South African activist
1951 - Ed Jones, American football player
1951 - Patricia Richardson, American actress
1952 - Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith)
1954 - Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
1955 - Howard Jones, British pop singer
1958 - Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist
1958 - David Sylvian, English musician
1959 - Richard Dodds, British field hockey player
1960 - Alan Griffin, Australian politician and member for Bruce in
the House of Representatives
1963 - Bobby Bonilla, former baseball player
1965 - Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
1965 - Helena Suková, former Czech tennis player
1973 - Bryan Manchi, English songwriter
1973 - André Tanneberger, German DJ
1974 - Jaime Villarreal, Mexican musician
1977 - Kristina Šmigun, Estonian cross-country skier
1978 - Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (died 2003)
1981 - Gareth Barry, English footballer
1983 - Mido, Egyptian footballer
1994 - Dakota Fanning, American child actress

On this day in history:

1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible,
the first Western book printed from movable type.
1574 - The 5th holy war against the Huguenots begins in France.
1660 - Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.
1732 - First performance of George Frideric Handel's Orlando, in
London.
1778 - American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
1820 - Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British
cabinet ministers is exposed.
1836 - The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 - Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista - In Mexico,
American troops defeat Mexican general Antonio López de
Santa Anna.
1854 - The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
1861 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in
Washington, DC after an assassination attempt in Baltimore,
Maryland.
1870 - Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to
the Union.
1874 - Walter Winfield patents a game called "sphairistike", now more
commonly called lawn tennis.
1883 - Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
1887 - The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing
around 2,000.
1893 - Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.
1898 - Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse",
a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and
wrongfully placing Captain Alfred Dreyfus in jail.
1900 - In South Africa the Boers and British troops fight in the
Battle of Hart's Hill.
1903 - Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in
perpetuity".
1904 - For $10 million the United States gains control of the Panama
Canal Zone.
1905 - Chicago, Illinois attorney Paul Harris and three other
businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the
world's first service club.
1909 - The Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and
the British Empire.
1919 - Benito Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy.
1927 - The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal
Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of
radio frequencies.
1934 - Léopold III becomes King of Belgium.
1940 - World War II: Soviet Union troops conquer Lasi Island.
1940 - The animated movie Pinocchio is released.
1941 - Plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T.
Seaborg.
1945 - World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of
United States Marines reach the top of Mount Surabachi on the
island and are photographed raising the American flag. The
photo would later win a Pulitzer Prize.
1945 - World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is
liberated by American forces.
1945 - World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznan,
city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
1945 - World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely
destroyed by a raid of 379 British bombers.
1947 - International Organization for Standardization(ISO) is founded.
1954 - The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1955 - First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
(SEATO).
1955 - Edgar Faure becomes Prime Minister of France
1957 - The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened
in Dakar.
1958 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel
Fangio.
1966 - A military coup in Syria replaces the previous government.
1974 - The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to
release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
1975 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time
commences nearly two months early in the United States.
1980 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament
would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
1981 - 23-F, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the
Spanish Congress of Deputies.
1983 - The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel
Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos.
1983 - The Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to
buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of
Times Beach, Missouri.
1987 - A supernova is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud (see
Supernova 1987a).
1991 - Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabia border and
enter Iraq, thus starting the ground-phase of the war.
1991 - In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless
coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
1992 - The Socialist Labour Party is founded in Georgia.
1993 - Gary Coleman wins a $1,280,000 lawsuit against his parents.
1995 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 30.28 to close at
4,003.33, closing above 4,000 for the first time.
1997 - A large fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600
structures and kill 42.
1998 - Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all
Jews and Crusaders.
1998 - Netscape Communications Corporation announces the foundation
of mozilla.org, to co-ordinate the development of the open
source Mozilla web browser.
1999 - Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason
in Ankara, Turkey.
1999 - White supremacist John William King is found guilty of
kidnapping and killing African American James Byrd Jr by
dragging him behind a truck for two miles.
1999 - An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür,
killing 31.
2005 - Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the first occasion when
a sitting American President visits Slovakia; Bush and Putin
are in attendance.

Deaths on this day

1100 - Emperor Zhezong of China (born 1077)
1270 - Saint Isabel of France, daughter of Louis VIII of France
(born 1225)
1447 - Pope Eugenius IV (born 1383)
1447 - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born 1390)
1464 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (born 1427)
1526 - Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies
1554 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed)
1572 - Pierre Certon, French composer
1603 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist
(born 1519)
1669 - Leo Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (born 1600)
1704 - Georg Muffat, French composer (born 1653)
1730 - Pope Benedict XIII (born 1649)
1766 - Stanislaw Leszczynski, King of Poland (born 1677)
1781 - George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of
Independence
1792 - Joshua Reynolds, English painter (born 1723)
1800 - Joseph Warton, English literary critic (born 1722)
1821 - John Keats, English poet (born 1795)
1848 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
(born 1767)
1855 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and
physicist (born 1777)
1897 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (born 1828)
1908 - Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon
(born 1823)
1922 - Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (born 1845)
1923 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (born 1852)
1930 - Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer (born 1907)
1934 - Edward Elgar, English composer (born 1857)
1948 - John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor
(born 1866)
1965 - Stan Laurel, American actor and comedian (born 1890)
1969 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (born 1902)
1973 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1895)
1974 - Harry Ruby, American composer and writer (born 1895)
1979 - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (born 1900)
1990 - José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (born 1925)
1995 - Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (born 1942)
1995 - James Herriot, English writer (born 1916)
1997 - Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (born 1945)
2000 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (born 1957)
2000 - Stanley Matthews, English Footballer (born 1915)
2003 - Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (born 1910)
2004 - Vijay Anand, Indian film director (born 1934)
2004 - Carl Anderson, American actor (born 1945)
2004 - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (born 1918)
2004 - Don Cornell, American singer (born 1919)
2004 - Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (born 1915)

Holidays and observances

Roman Empire - Terminalia held in honor of Terminus
Catholicism - Feast day of St Polycarp of Smyrna.
Guyana - Mashramani-Republic Day
Russia - Day of Motherland's Defender (formerly Red Army Day or
Day of Soviet Army and Navy)
Brunei - National Day

BBC: On This Day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23

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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 - Klára Koukalová, 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 Perón 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 Hué.
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 México
Dragobete in Romania

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

Jim

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In article <468178F...@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!

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