Праздничные дни, особые английские праздники, были назначены Актом парламента в 1871 году. Они проводятся четыре раза в год: пасхальный понедельник, белый понедельник, первый понедельник августа и 26 декабря. 26 декабря - День подарков. «Бокс» (в обычном значении как подарок) относится к коробкам рождественских подарков, которые обычно вручаются людям, оказавшим службу в течение года. Другие государственные праздники: Рождество, Новый год, Страстная пятница и Майский день. В эти дни все банки и все коммерческие предприятия закрыты, и практически все отдыхают. Но помимо государственных праздников британцы соблюдают определенные традиции в такие дни, как Масленица, Костер, День Святого Валентина, День дурака, День матери, которые, если они не выпадают на воскресенье, являются обычными рабочими днями.
Steve Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco.
In 1972 Steve Jobs graduated from high school in California and became a college student at Reed College in Portland. He also attended lectures at the HP Company and then began to work there with his schoolfellow Steve Wozniak.
In 1976 Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established Apple. Some years later Steve Wozniak created a new personal computer which carried Apple forward. Its name was Apple II. Steve Jobs worked on design and sales of new fevice
In 1986 Steve Jobs got the computer graphics branch of Lucasfilm Ltd. Later it was reorganized into Pixar Animation Studios. Steve worked on famous animated cartoon ‘Toy Story’ as an executive producer. He was controlling shareholder and his percentage was 50.1%. In 2006 The Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar Animation Studios and Steve became the stock owner and a member of its Board of Directors.
On March 18, 1991 Steve married Laurene Powell. Married couple had son and two daughters. Jobs also was in a relationship with painter Chris Ann Brennan. Lisa Brennan-Jobs, their daughter, was born in 1978. She was Steve’s first child.
In 2003 Steve’s illness was diagnosed as a rare form of pancreatic cancer. He was cured of it. But in 2009 Steve sustained a liver transplantation. His health became worse. In August 2011 Steve Jobs resigned as Chief Executive Officer but he remained Chairman of the Board till his dying day. On October 5, 2011 he died.
