By Hannah Jane Farron
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Stephen Gilchrist Glover (born June 13, 1974), known professionally as Steve-O, is an American stunt performer, comedian, media personality, and podcast host. His career is mostly centered on his shocking and pain-inducing stunts in the reality comedy television series Jackass (2000–2006) and its related films Jackass: The Movie (2002), Jackass Number Two (2006), Jackass 3D (2010), and Jackass Forever (2022), as well as its spin-off series Wildboyz (2003–2006) and Dr. Steve-O (2007).
Stephen Gilchrist Glover was born in Wimbledon, London on June 13, 1974. His mother, Donna Gay Glover (née Wauthier; d. 2003), was Canadian, and his father, Richard Edward “Ted” Glover, is an American of English descent. He has a sister, Cindy.
When he was six months old, his family relocated to Brazil due to his father’s job as president of the South American division of Pepsi-Cola, and Steve-O stated in an interview with Graham Bensinger that his first words were in Portuguese. His family was continuously on the move, disrupting his early education.
From Brazil, his family relocated to Venezuela where he learned Spanish. At age four, back to the U.S., first to Darien, Connecticut and two years later, to Miami. At age nine, to London. At age twelve, to Toronto and at age thirteen, back to London, attending The American School in London. At sixteen, he started to experiment with drugs, notably LSD and Marijuana, barely graduating from high school in 1992.
Whilst most of his cohort went on to attend Ivy League institutions, Glover opted for the University of Miami, School of Communication, where he first became known as Steve-O but dropped out after one year following poor grades, erratic class attendance and incidents of disobedience at the university. He later enrolled at the University of New Mexico from 1996 to 1997 and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College between 1997 and 1998.
After finishing clown college, he was not selected to join the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, but worked as a clown in a circus at the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop flea market as well as stints on cruise ships, with Royal Caribbean International. He filmed his own stunts, including clown performances, throughout this period.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
actor Malcolm McDowell in 1943 (age 82)
former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 1944 (age 81)
actor Stellan Skarsgard in 1951 (age 74)
actor Richard Thomas in 1951 (age 74)
musician Howard Leese (Heart/Bad Company) in 1951 (age 74)
comedian/actor Tim Allen in 1953 (age 72)
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino in 1959 (age 66)
actress Ally Sheedy in 1962 (age 63)
musician Paul De Lisle (Smash Mouth) in 1963 (age 62)
Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1963 (age 62)
musician David Gray in 1968 (age 57)
musician Soren Rasted (Aqua) in 1969 (age 56)
actor/musician Jamie Walters in 1969 (age 56)
musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) in 1970 (age 55)
TV personality Steve-O in 1974 (age 51)
actor Ethan Embry in 1978 (age 47)
actor Chris Evans in 1981 (age 44)
musician/actor Luke James in 1984 (age 41)
actress/fashion designer Ashley Olsen in 1986 (age 39)
actress/fashion designer Mary-Kate Olsen in 1986 (age 39)
actress Kat Dennings in 1986 (age 39)
actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 1990 (age 35)
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Ember Days happen four times a year at the start of each season. Traditionally observed by some Christian denominations, each set of Ember Days is three days, kept on a successive Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
These three days are set apart for fasting, abstinence, and prayer. The first of these four times comes in winter, after the Feast of St. Lucia, December 13; the second set comes with the First Sunday in Lent; the third set comes after Whitsunday/Pentecost Sunday; the four and last set comes after the Feast of the Holy Cross. Their dates can be remembered by this old mnemonic:
“Sant Crux, Lucia, Cineres, Charismata Dia Ut sit in angaria quarta sequens feria.”
Which means:
“Holy Cross, Lucy, Ash Wednesday, Pentecost, are when the quarter holidays follow.”
In Latin, Ember Days are known as the quattuor anni tempora (the “four seasons of the year”). Folklore has it that the weather on each of the three days foretells the weather for three successive months.
As with much folklore, this is grounded in some common sense since the beginning of the four seasons cue the changes in weather as well as a shift in how we keep harmony with the Earth and respect our stewardship of the Earth, our “garden of Eden.”“
There is no year without one Friday the 13th, and no year with more than three. This day is considered the unluckiest of days in many superstitions, unless you were born on Friday the 13th, in which case it is your lucky day. “Friggatriskaidekaphobia” is the fear of Friday the 13th. Some people don’t like the number 13, whether it’s a Friday or not. The fear of the number 13 is called “triskaidekaphobia.” Quite a few skyscrapers and hotels do not have a 13th floor (or a room 13, for that matter), and many buildings substitute 12 1/2 for 13 in their addresses. Winston Churchill wouldn’t travel on Friday the 13th, considering it too unlucky.” Discover more fun and freaky facts about Friday the 13th!
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In 1944, the first German V-1 “buzz bomb” hit London.
In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Miranda vs. Arizona, ruled that police must inform all arrested people of their constitutional rights before questioning them.
In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. He became the first African American on the high court in August.
In 1976, Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles died as a result of injuries suffered when a bomb blew up his car 11 days earlier. He had been working on an organized crime story at the time of his death.
In 1977, James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was captured in a Tennessee wilderness area after escaping from prison.
In 1993, Canada had its first female prime minister when the ruling Progressive Conservative Party elected Kim Campbell to head the party and thus the country.
In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of former football star O.J. Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her condominium in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. Simpson was charged with the murders and acquitted in a trial that became a media sensation. A civil court later found him liable in a wrongful-death lawsuit and, in an unrelated robbery case in Nevada, he was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 33 years in prison.
In 2005, pop superstar Michael Jackson was acquitted by a California jury on charges of child molestation.
In 2023, the Vegas Golden Knights became the fastest expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, beating the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 to clinch the series in five games.
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