May 31st

May 31 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 204 days remaining until the end of time.

1279BCE Ramses II (The Great) becomes pharoah

1621 Sir Francis Bacon, gay English statesman, is thrown into Tower of London for 1 night–probably just to entertain the poor unfortunate prisoners

1665 Jerusalem's rabbi Shabbatai Tsvi proclaims himself Messiah without benefit of a star, some wise men and shepherds, angels, or even a purported virgin.

1678 Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes, the hideous fashion of the day and the shortage of chocolates.

1870 E. J. DeSmedt patents asphalt pavement.  So, do you think Shemar has been blacktopped or is a blacktopper?

1884 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" that his younger, smarter brother, William, markets

1943 Zoot Suit Riots begin in Los Angeles

1980 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38

1991 Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia. . .for the baby’s sake

2005 While most people would know that deep throat is Linda Locelace, Watergate figure Deep Throat is revealed to be W. Mark Felt a former F.B.I agent who gladly demonstrates his technique

2010 In the international waters, Israeli navy attacks flotilla attempting to break the blockade on Gaza Strip.

1819 Walt Whitman, our great gay US poet had a taste for younger working-class men.  (Nude photos by Thomas Eakins) One of his most documented personal relationships was with Peter Doyle, a street car conductor. 

"For the one I love most lay sleeping by me
under the same cover in the cool night,
In the stillness in the autumn moonbeams
his face was inclined toward me,
And his arm lay lightly around my breast
and that night I was happy.”

1922 Denholm Elliott, bisexual English actor/AIDS victim 

1930 Clint Eastwood, US actor/composer/director/producer/mayor 

1943 Sharon Gless, US actress/Christine Cagney/Debbie Novotny/Maddie Westen 

1943 Joe Namath, pantyhose wearing US football player 

1945 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, gay German director/actor/writer 

1950 Tom Berenger, US actor 

1950 Gregory Harrison, US actor 

1962 Sebastian Koch, German actor

1966 Nick Scotti, US actor/singer/Kiss Me Guido 

1975 Albi De Abreu, Venezuelan actor/model 

1976 Colin Farrell, Irish actor  

1977 Eric Christian Olsen, US actor/Mr. Deeks 

1978 Matt Cavenaugh, US actor 

1978 Guillaume Delorme, French actor

1978 Daniel Bekono, Cameroonian soccer player 

1979 Regis Sigoire, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1982 Ananda Everingham, Laotian-Australian actor 

1983 David Hernandez, gay US singer/American Idol Season 7 contestant/former stripper 

1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologist, already knows the 12-step prayer
        God, give us grace to accept with serenity
        the things that cannot be changed,
        Courage to change the things
        which should be changed,
        and the Wisdom to distinguish
        the one from the other.

        Living one day at a time,
        Enjoying one moment at a time,
        Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
        Taking, as Jesus did,
        This sinful world as it is,
        Not as I would have it,
        Trusting that You will make all things right,
        If I surrender to Your will,
        So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
        And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

        Amen.

1982 Jack Dempsey, US heavyweight boxing champ/actor, is out for the count

1993 Spuds Mackenzie, US advertisement dog, can’t party like he used to

 

1996 Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard professor and LSD guru, turns on, tunes out and really drops out