March 6th

March 6 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 290 days remaining until the end of time.

1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves are not citizens and have no standing in federal court.  Ooh baby, what would they have to say today?!?

1899 Aspirin is patented by Felix Hoffmann of Bayer Pharmaceuticals.  Apparently, aspirin is an effective form of birth control.

1918 U.S. naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle. Here is proof positive that the Bermuda Triangle is caused by the gays.

1950 Silly Putty, one of the greatest inventions ever created by man, is invented

1966 Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks).  If he don’t ask, I won’t tell.

1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News.  And, that's the way it was.

2007 Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr. is found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice. Don’t worry; I have a feeling this story will have a happy ending for him.

1475 Michelangelo, gay Florentine artist/sculptor/architect

1906 Lou Costello, US actor/comedian

1942 Ben Murphy, US actor

1946 Martin Kove, US actor/martial artist

1966 Alan Davies, English comedian/actor

1969 Adam Fogerty, English boxer/rugby league player/actor 

1970 Shane Brolly, Irish actor

1972 Shaquille O'Neal, US basketball player/product spokesperson

1976 Adam Leese, English actor 

1980 Mark Dalton, US porn star/jail bird

1985 Albert Reed, US model 

1836 Davy Crockett, U.S. pioneer/politician, and Jim Bowie, American pioneer and soldier, and 190 other insurrectionists/"freedom fighters", won’t have to remember the Alamo.

1900 Smokin' hot Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer who designed 1st motorcycle, gets a chariot ride

1951 Ivor Novello [David Ivor Davies], gay Welsh composer/actor and writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), lets the home fires go out

1986 Adolph Caesar, underrated US actor (Soldier's Story, Color Purple), leaves the ugly girls to others

1989 Harry Andrews, bisexual English actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), has all passion spent

2010 Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer, is apparently misnamed.