January 3rd - Today is the 3rd day of the year, with only 362 days remaining in 2006.
Apple
Computer Incorporated BirthdayApple Computer was incorporated in 1977.
"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
NEW MOON - Dec 31 3:12 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Jan 6 6:56 p.m.
FULL MOON - Jan 14 9:47 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Jan 22 3:14 p.m.
IN COMPUTER HEAVEN AND HELL
In Computer Heaven:
The management is from Intel,
The design and construction is done by Apple,
The marketing is done by Microsoft,
IBM provides the support,
Gateway determines the pricing.
In Computer Hell:
The management is from Apple,
Microsoft does design and construction,
IBM handles the marketing,
The support is from Gateway,
Intel sets the price.
ACTING -
1905 Ray Milland, Neath Wales, actor (The Lost Weekend, Escape to Witch Mountain) [D: 03/10/86]
1930 Robert Loggia, NYC, character actor (1985 Academy Award-Jagged Edge, 1989 Emmy-Mancuso FBI)
1932 Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill)
1940 Thelma Schoonmaker, Algeria, film editor (Academy Awards-Raging Bull, The Aviator)
1945 Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)
1956 Mel (Columcille Gerard) Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor/director (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)
1975 Danica Mae McKellar, La Jolla CA, actress (Winnie-The Wonder Years, The West Wing)
ARTISTIC -
1892 J. R. R. Tolkien, Bloemfontein So Africa, author (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) [D: 09/02/73]
1909 Victor Borge, Copenhagen Denmark, humorist/entertainer/world-class pianist [D: 12/23/2000]
1911 John Sturges, Oak Park IL, director (Ice Station Zebra, Magnificent 7) [D: 08/18/92]
1929 Sergio Leone, Rome Italy, "spaghetti western" director (Fist Full of Dollars) [D: 04/30/89]
HISTORIC -
1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott, Nantucket MA, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist [D: 11/11/1880]
1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, Burlington VT, First Lady of the U.S. 1923-1929 [D: 07/08/57]
1967 Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders)
MUSIC -
1916 Maxene Andrews, Mound MN, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) [D: 10/21/95]
1926 Sir George Martin, London England, producer Beatle music/"The 5th Beatle"
1945 Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby Stills & Nash)
1946 John Paul Jones (John Baldwin), Sidcup Kent, rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
SCIENCE -
1789 Carl G Carus, Leipzig Germany, physician/psychologist/philosopher (concept of vertebrate archetype) [D: 1869]
SPORTS -
1939 Robert Marvin Hull, Ontario Canada, "The Golden Jet", 1961 Chicago Blackhawks/Stanley Cup
1948 Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 meter indoor)
1963 Jim Everett, NFL quarterback (LA Rams, Chargers, Saints)
1981 Elisha Nelson Manning, New Orleans LA, quarterback (Giants) first overall pick in the draft
1431 Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
1777 Battle of Princeton: American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis.
1872 First patent list issued by US Patent Office.
1876 First free kindergarten in US opens in Florence MA.
1920 Curse of the Bambino: The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a sum of $125,000 and a loan of more than $300,000.
1938 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight polio.
1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV.
1958 Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland.
1977 Apple Computer incorporated.
1987 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1991 Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal.
2000 The last "Peanuts" comic strip is created by Charles Schulz.
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