May 16th

May 16 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 219 days remaining until the end of time.

1763 Samuel Johnson meats his future boy-biographer, James Boswell, in London

1866 Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer

1868 President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.

 

1891 George A Hormel and Company introduces Spam

1902 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy leads off for the Reds against Luther "Dummy" Taylor of the NYGiants.  Reds win 5-3

1965 The date marking the end of civilization:  The Campbell Soup Company introduces Spaghetti-Os under its Franco-American brand.

1975 Wings release the homoerotic homage to sado-masochism, "Listen to What the Man Said," in UK

1986 "Top Gun" premieres starring at least one homosexual

1986 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas

2005 Sony's PlayStation 3 makes it's debut at the E3 trade show

1919 Liberace, gay US pianist/TV host/actor/entertainer 

1953 Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor/Remington Steele/James Bond #5 

1957 Steve “Titpig” Hurley, gay US actor 

1965 Vincent Regan, shape-shifting Welsh actor 

1965 Chase Hunter, gay US actor 

1966 Scott Reeves, US actor/singer 

1969 David Boreanaz, US actor 

1973 Jason “Wee-Man” Acuña, US jackass 

1974 Matt Summers, gay US actor 

1978 Thierry Figueira, rare non-nude Brazilian actor 

1980 Alvaro Jacomossi, rarer non-nude Brazilian model 

1982 Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor 

1985 Andrew Keenan-Bolger, gay US actor 

1985 Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor 

1920 Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull — well, duh! Of course its his last bull unless I missed something

1957 Eliot Ness, American Public Servant, really does look like Robert Stack

1985 St. Louis native Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), melts, of course

1990 Jim Henson, puppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), gets his hand out of Kermit’s ass

2002 Dave Berg, cartoonist (Mad Magazine), doesn’t worry