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Today's Linux Calendar Output

By gregladen on January 21, 2008.

Jan 21
Lenin died, 1924
Jan 21
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson born in Clarksburg, VA, 1824
Jan 21
Our Lady of Altagracia in Dominican Republic
Jan 21*
Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia (3rd Monday)
Jan 21*
Robert E. Lee's Birthday in Alabama & Mississippi (3rd Monday)
Jan 21*
Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday of January)
Jan 21
Anniversary Day (Wellington)
Jan 21
Austrian troops invade the Belgian United States, 1790
Jan 22
Sir Francis Bacon born, 1561
Jan 22
Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935

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Hi Greg,

as a linuxer,whats that calender youre talking about? Did I miss something lol

Chris

Clineas. Hi! You must be one of the next generation Linux users. I am a Linux user today, but during the last century I was a Unix user. There are many who went from Unix to Linux, and I am not one of them (I wish I was). I had an intermediate period of some other operating systems.

Anyway, check this out:
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/how_to_turn_linux_calendar_ou…

This is where I explain calender better. It's actually an old unix thing.