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My Linux Calendar

By gregladen on January 1, 2008.

Today's Linux Calendar.

Jan 01
J.D. Salinger born, 1919
Jan 01
Paul Revere born in Boston, 1735
Jan 01
Circumcision of Christ
Jan 01
AT&T officially divests its local Bell companies, 1984
Jan 01
The Epoch (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT, 1970)
Jan 01
Macintosh Epoch, Midnight 1904
Jan 01
Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution in Cuba
Jan 01
Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959
Jan 01
Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947
Jan 01
First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902
Jan 01
Beginning of the Year in Japan
Jan 01
Independence Day in Haiti and Sudan
Jan 01
Universal Fraternity Day in Mozambique
Jan 01
Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942
Jan 01
Wichert Akkerman became Debian Project Leader, 1999
Jan 01
Creation of the Benelux (BElgium, the NEtherlands, LUXemburg), 1948
Jan 01
United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland enter in the EEC, 1973
Jan 01
Greece enters the EEC, 1981
Jan 01
Spain and Portugal join the EEC, 1982
Jan 01
EEC becomes the EC by Maastricht's Treaty, 1993
Jan 01
Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EC, 1995
Jan 01
European Monetary Union between 11 countries of the EC (Denmark, United
Kingdom and Sweden refuse it, Greece does not match the criteria), 1999
Jan 01
Greece enters the European Monetary Union, 2001
Jan 01
Euro becomes fiduciary, 2002
Jan 01
New Year's Day
Jan 01
Regionalisation of Belgium, 1970
Jan 01
Isaac Asimov born in Petrovichi, Russia, 1920
Jan 01
Ancestry Day in Haiti
Jan 01
New Year Holiday (NZ)
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