February 18th

February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 307 days remaining until the end of time.

1885 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published and instantly criticized for its use of the "N-word." Nobody has a problem with the graphic depictions of man-boy sex, however.

1913 Marcel Duchamp's painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" (if you say so) is displayed in New York City

1930 Pluto is discovered. The planetoid-ette was named after this guy, not Mickey Mouse’s dog which has confused generations of American schoolchildren thanks to Walt Disney.

1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island

1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon is held, Kona, Hawaii and won by Gordon Haller

1989 Steve Garvey, who obviously enjoys spending quality time with other gentlemen while naked, marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women. . .

. . .handsome beard, er, pretty girl though.

1995 Pamela Anderson (Baywatch Big Tits) and Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe Big Dick) wed.  Sometimes life is so unfair. . .

1907 Billy De Wolfe, gay US actor

1919 Jack Palance [Vladimir Palahnuik], US actor

1925 George Kennedy, US actor

1954 John Travolta, sexually ambiguous US actor.  I'm not saying he's gay. . .

1964 Matt Dillon, US actor. . .

. . .the shadow knows

1455 Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, tastes a heavenly aperitif.

1546 Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer/horny heterosexual, lies down and can do no more

1967 Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, begins growing mushrooms instead of mushroom clouds

2003 Johnny Paycheck, singer, Take This Job and Shove It, shoves it. He is seen here giving some man-love to Roger Miller.