California Declares Oct. 16 as Steve Jobs Day Posted by Raj , Friday, October 14, 2011 at 9:53 PM, in

California’s governor has chosen the day to dub as Steve Jobs Day on Oct. 16, the same date Apple will hold  memorial at Stanford University.

In a tweet sent to his more than the 1 million followers Friday night, Gov. Jerry Brown said, “This Sunday will be Steve Jobs Day in the State of California.”
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Jobs died Oct. 5 and was buried two days later during a small private funeral. Since his passing, the world  including U.S. President Mr. Barack Obama, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Facebook’s Mr. Mark Zuckerberg — has mourned his passing and celebrated his achievements in United States.