October 16th is "Steve Jobs Day" in California, private memorial planned

California Governor Jerry Brown tweeted Friday night that tomorrow, Sunday October 16th, will be "Steve Jobs Day" in the state. The honor comes just eleven days after the Apple co-founder died due to complications from pancreatic cancer.

October 16 is also the date when Apple will hold an invitation-only memorial service for Jobs at Stanford University. Invites to the memorial, which is closed to the public, were sent to "a range of people" including "prominent Silicon Valley executives," according to an Apple spokesperson.

Later this week, Apple will hold another private event -- this time for Apple employees -- on its Cupertino campus. The October 19th event will be "celebration of [Steve's] life," according to an email sent by Tim Cook.

Apple fans around the world who want to express their memories and gratitude for Steve Jobs can do so by sending an email to Apple at rememberingsteve@apple.com.

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California Governor Jerry Brown tweeted Friday night that tomorrow, Sunday October 16th, will be "Steve Jobs Day" in the state. The...

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marcoslb

That is more than just stupid.

A few days after Steve Jobs, the inventor of C, Dennis Ritchie died.

Without C there would be no Linux, no Windows, no OS X or iPhone..

I think we should honor the people who really changed the world, and thank god I am not the one.

The was called out a "Dennis Ritchie Day".
http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-day.html

October 31 2011 at 8:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

genomagic

If it's just an event for the one date, I totally get that.

If it's a yearly event...not sure if I think it's justified.

October 17 2011 at 6:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brianashe@mac.com

Don't freak out, everyone. Note that he said "THIS Sunday", not "Every October 16 from here on out." Plus it's a Sunday, so it's not like schools, banks, and the post office will be closed. It's just a little way to recognize a prominent local citizen.

October 16 2011 at 9:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mdzorn@mac.com

Henceforth to be known as iSunday!

October 16 2011 at 7:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply