March 18th

March 18 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 278 days remaining until the end of time.

1834 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.

1894 Lord Stanley presents his silver challenge cup for hockey to Montreal

1919 Order of DeMolay, a Roman Catholic Masonic fraternity to recruit boys aged 12-21 for NAMBLA, forms in Kansas City

1931 1st electric shavers go on sale in U.S. from Schick

1961 Poppin' Fresh, sexually ambiguous Pillsbury Dough Boy, is introduced

1981 "The Greatest American Hero," starring William Katt, premiers on ABC-TV. I only watched it for Katt’s impressive bulge.

2003 British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.

2006 Youth riot in Paris

1886 Edward Everett Horton, gay US comedy actor/narrator of "Fractured Fairy Tales" on Rocky & Bullwinkle 

1926 Peter Graves, US actor/He will never see another grown man naked! 

1938 Charley Pride, US country singer/guitarist 

1950 Brad Dourif, US actor 

1962 Mike Rowe, dirty US TV host 

1963 Vanessa L. Williams, Miss America winner/singer/songwriter/actress 

1964 Seymore Butts (Adam Glasser), heterosexual US porn director/producer/actor 

1970 Queen Latifah [Dana Owens], gay US rapper/singer/actress/host 

1972 Dane Cook, US comedian/actor 

1976 Tom Nuyens, gay Belgian model/1st Mr. World 

1975 Raffaello Balzo, Italian model/actor 

1979 Adam Levine, US singer/guitarist (Maroon 5) 

1980 Theo Von, US comedian/actor 

1981 Chris Geere, English actor 

1314 Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is served extra crispy

1584 Ivan IV, the Terrible, first Russian tsar (1547-84), is really just misunderstood

2010 Fess Parker, American actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller, Daniel Boone), climbs an angry mountain.