19 years ago today (Oct 16th, 1998) we lost our guide - Jon Postel - RFC2468

[Rodney Joffe]

To us greaybeards, it feels like just yesterday. And as Randy points out, this 
coming Friday we also remember Abha who passed away 16 years ago, in 2001. 
http://www.neebu.net/~khuon/abha/

Sigh.