May 15th

May 15 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 220 days remaining until the end of time.

1791 Self-hating gay revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre proposes the self-denying ordinance and earns the guillotine.

1829 Joseph Smith is ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith. Even Baptists are ordained by Jesus and not his cousin, you moron. Excuse me, Moron-i.

1916 Asiago is shredded when Austrian troops attack the Italian front

1940 1st nylon stockings sold in U.S.

1940 McDonald’s opens its first "restaurant" in San Bernardino, California

1944 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan which involves getting Monty drunk and having their way with him

2010 Jessica Watson, 16, becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.

1856 L. Frank Baum, US author 

1898 Arletty, maybe gay French fashion model/singer/actress/Garance 

1915 Mario Monicelli, maybe gay Italian director/writer 

1923 Richard Avedon, bisexual US photographer 

1926 Sir Peter Shaffer ▲, maybe gay English playwright (Equus) and Anthony Shaffer ▼, not gay English playwright/novelist/screenwriter (Sleuth)

1953 Mike Oldfield, English musician/composer 

1961 Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Spanish actor 

1961 Melle Mel, US rap and hip-hop musician 

1966 Greg Wise, English actor 

1969 Emmitt Smith, US football player/dancer 

1969 Sam Trammell, US actor/True Blood 

1970 Brad Rowe, US actor 

1972 David Charvet, French actor/Baywatch 

1974 Ahmet Zappa, US writer/musician/actor 

1975 Fabio Montrucchio, Italian actor/winner of Italian Big Brother 2 

1976 Cyrille Thouvenin, French actor

1979 Scott Lunsford, US actor 

1981 Matt Abboud, gay US gymnast 

1985 Thibault LaCroix, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1886 Emily Dickinson, maybe gay US poet, sleeps the churchyard sleep

1985 Jackie Curtis, gay US actor (Underground USA), takes a walk on the wild side
    "...Jackie is just speeding away, Thought she was James Dean for a day...
    then I guess she had to crash,
    Valium would have helped that bash"

1988 Andrew Duggan, maybe gay US actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), disappears in a fire in the sky

2007 Jerry Falwell, Extreme Christianist, gets recalled. Praise Jesus!
    PLEASE NOTE: Although I do not revel in anyone’s death, it doesn’t mean that I mourn every asshole’s passing. And Jerry Falwell was one of the biggest assholes of all time.