May 30th

May 30 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 205 days remaining until the end of time.

1848 William G. Young patents ice cream freezer

1889 Brassiere is invented and relentlessly improved upon over time

1933 Patent is granted on invisible glass installation

1959 World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) is tested at Cowes, England

1989 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue made out of butter is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators who have a wild party needing lots of lube planned for later that evening.

1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight" (Admit it, you only watched that show because you thought/hoped he was gay)

1912 Hugh Griffith, maybe gay Welsh actor 

1918 Bob Evans, US Sausage King/restauranteur  THE SAUSAGE KING, FCS!

1926 Christine Jorgensen, née George Jorgensen, acclaimed US transgendered woman/photographer

1927 Clint Walker, US actor <Be. Still. My. Heart.> 

1936 Keir Dullea, US actor 

1943 Gale Sayers, US football player/writer/Brian's Song (ultimate bromance movie that makes grown men cry no matter how may times you see it)  

1953 Colm Meaney, Irish actor 

1958 Ted McGinley, US actor/model/former student of mine 

1961 Ralph Carter, maybe gay US actor/Michael on Good Times 

1964 Tom Morello, maybe gay US guitarist (Rage Against the Machine)

1975 Liberto Rabal, Italian actor 

1977 Marco Da Silva, gay German dancer/choreographer 

1980 Daniel Saullo, Brazilian model/actor/Big Brother Brazil 6 contestant 

1981 Gregory Michael, US actor 

1982 Jonathan Tucker, maybe gay US actor 

1984 John Antorino, maybe gay US model/actor 

542 According to tradition, le morte d’Arthur

1431 Joan of Arc, transvestite French soldier/martyr, is smoking more, but enjoying it less at Rouen at 19

1593 Christopher Marlowe, gay English dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), pays with his soul to the devil

1912 Wilbur Wright, maybe gay US aviation pioneer, slips the surly bonds of earth

1986 Perry Ellis, fashion designer, succumbs to AIDS at 46

2007 Jean-Claude Brialy, gay French actor/author (400 Blows), travels the deadly circuit.

2010 Peter Orlovsky, gay US poet/Allen Ginsberg’s partner, has his grave shaped of heart so like a flower be free aired & handsome felt.