February 2nd

Today is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the Mayans were correct, there are 323 days remaining until the end of time.

1848 First shipload of Chinese immigrants arrive in San Francisco for indentured servitude. Hop Sing rushes to be with his lover, Ben Cartwright, on the Ponderosa.

1852 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St., London). Let the toe tapping begin.

1882 Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, CT, giving Roman Catholic gentlemen an opportunity to dress fabulously!

1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.  Science has subsequently demonstrated that groundhogs are poor predictors of weather change.

1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours. Ah, the Gay Twenties.

1964 GI Joe debuts as a popular American boy's doll. You know you totally checked him out!

1974 Barbra Streisand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were".  Lucky bitch!  HUBBLE!

1923 Liz Smith, bisexual US gossip columnist

1935 Jane Wagner, lesbian US writer/director/producer

1942 Barry Diller, gay-ish US media executive

1947 Farrah Fawcett, US actress/upstaged by Michael Jackson

1962 Michael T. Weiss, US actor/Pretender/Jeffrey's love interest

1976 Lindon Hawk, US porn star

<1977 Brian Hansen, US porn star

1979 Christopher Rivera, US actor

1987 Martin Spanjers, US actor

1918 John L Sullivan, US heavyweight boxing champ, takes the long count

1969 Boris Karloff [William Henry Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), becomes eligible for mummification

1979 Sid Vicious [John Simon Ritchie], English bassist (Sex Pistols), is tamed

1996 Gene Kelly, US actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), becomes an American in Paradise.

2005 Max Schmeling, German boxer, goes down for the count