April 30th

April 30 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 235 days remaining until the end of time.

1869 Hawaiian YMCA is organized for fun and games.

1889 George Washington Bridge opens both legs to gay marry New York City and New Jersey

1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut at the St. Louis World's Fair

1952 Mr. Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television

1986 Ashrita Furman, Guinness record junkie, performs 8,341 somersaults (really just forward rolls) over 12 miles

1993 The World Wide Web is born at CERN.  For the record, Al Gore is Vice-President of the United States at the same time.

1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay.  Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes.

2004 U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. If you believe any of this was just or justified, there is something wrong with you.

2008 Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.

1877 Alice B. Toklas, gay US companion/cook/squeeze of Gertrude Stein 

1948 Perry King, US actor 

1958 James Hewitt, English cavalry officer/Di's lover/reality TV personality

1959 Paul Gross, Canadian actor/director/writer/Due South/Eastwick 

1961 Isiah Thomas, US basketball player/coach/commentator/kisser 

1965 Adrian Pasdar, US actor/director 

1967 Steven Mackintosh, English actor letting Naveen Andrews cop a feel

1968 Logan Reed, US actor 

1971 Massimo Bulla, Italian actor  

1973 Jeff Timmons, US singer/founder of 98 Degrees 

1975 Johnny Galecki, uncut US actor/Roseanne/Big Bang Theory 

1981 Blair McDonough, Australian actor 

1828 Shaka, the great Zulu King, puts on a robe

1926 Bessie Coleman, US aviatrix, breaks the surly bonds of earth 

2007 Gordon Scott, US actor, is cured of jungle fever

2010 Antony Grey, British gay rights activist, goes over the rainbow.