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Saturday, June 30, 2012

June 30th

June 30 is the 182nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 174 days remaining until the end of time.  In any event, time will tell. . .
1906 The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
1908 The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia.
1953 1st Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan, which until the advent of Viagra t-shirts, was the surest way to diagnose a driver suffering from erectile dysfunction
1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) decision in the unfortunately ironic case of Bowers v Hardwick
1992 1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City. Due to the economy, people understandably find less expensive remedies
1996 "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances
1997 The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
1998 Female impersonator Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case
2005 Spain becomes the 3rd country to permit same-sex marriage
1685 John Gay, probably gay English poet and playwright who wrote "The Beggar's Opera" 
1927 James Goldman, maybe gay US screenwriter 
1936 Dave Van Ronk, not gay US folk singer/arrested for assaulting an officer on the first night of the Stonewall riots 
1938 Billy Mills [Makata Taka Hela], Lakota/US runner/film Running Brave, starring Robby Benson, was about him 
1950 Leonard Whiting, English actor/forever Romeo 
1956 Paris Barclay, gay US director/writer (NYPD Blue) 
1959 Chance Caldwell aka Jay Huntington, US pornographic actor 
1959 Vincent D’Onofrio, US actor 
1963 Rupert Graves, English actor 
1966 Mike Tyson, US heavyweight boxing champion 
1966 Peter Outerbridge, Canadian actor 
1966 Marton Csokas, Kiwi/Hungarian actor 
1969 Ben Patrick Johnson, gay US actor 
1970 Brian Bloom, maybe gay US actor <le sigh> 
1970 Leonardo Sbaraglia, Argentine actor/Burnt Money 
1985 Michael Phelps, 14-time US Olympic Gold Medal swimmer/high on life 
1520 Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, plots his revenge and orders time to end on December 21, 2012
1985 James Dewar, who created the Hostess Twinkie to show that God loves us and wants us to be happy, grows younger and more beautiful
2010 Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, Senegalese Grand Marabout of the Mourides, gets to keep his very cool title, but nothing else.

3 comments:

sdt (a.k.a. stevil) said...

So - about that "Hasta la Vista". Are you going on vacation? Or are you pulling the plug on the blog?

crashstlmo said...

Since my password no longer works on HVOL (I don't know why and a certain someone has not bothered to reply to my emails), I have no choice but to suspend this blog. It would be way too much work to research all of the events and birthdays from scratch.

If you have any ideas, I open to all suggestions.

sdt (a.k.a. stevil) said...

I had the same problem over at HV, so did Rico. I think there was another site problem. I sent Todd an email using the link on the sign in page and he sent me a note within an hour or so and I was able to sign in again. I've missed your posts here.

stevil