Steve Jobs was named interim CEO of Apple Computers.
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The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.
Barbra Streisand's album 'Partners' was released, featuring duets with many hugely famous male artists.
The General Motors Corporation was founded.
The movie 'Drive,' based on James Sallis's novel, was released in the US.
Personal information of Ecuador's entire population (16.6 million) became available online on an unsecured cloud server in Miami.