Search This Blog

Thursday, May 24, 2012

May 24th

May 24 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 211 days remaining until the end of time.


1738 John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield, all Anglican priests, have religious experiences in Georgia.. Methodism begins. I have had great experiences in Georgia where I said, "Oh. God" a lot, but I didn’t claim it was a religious experience.
1883 The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction. Al Qaeda immediately tries to blow it up, but Chester Arthur’s Homeland Security team claims it was only a fireworks display.
1895 Henry Irving becomes the first heterosexual person from the theatre to be knighted.
1956 The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland. QUICK—Name the winner.
1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania
1961 Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
1988 Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted. Fucking Tories. . .
1994 Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.  They are eligible for parole in 120 years.
2004 North Korea bans mobile phones two years after banning food.



1819 Her Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India  
1879 H. B. Reese, US inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founder of H. B. Reese Candy Co., blessed by God for the deliverence of mankind unto happiness 
1931 Michael Lonsdale, maybe gay French/English actor 
1938 Thomas Chong, US comedian/actor/marijuana proponent 
1941 Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman], iconic US singer/songwriter/musician 
1943 Gary Burghoff, US actor/Radar 
1953 Alfred Molina, English actor 
1960 Jim Bentley, iconic gay US actor 
 
1962 Gene Anthony Ray, gay US actor/dancer/choreographer/died too young from AIDS 
1962 Hector "Macho" Camacho, US boxer 
1964 Ray Stevenson, Irish actor 
1965 John C. Reilly, US actor 
1966 Eric Cantona, French soccer player 
1967 Eric Close, US actor/Without a Trace 
1971 Thomas Langmann, French actor/producer  (photo is mislabeled)
1972 Sebastian Blomberg, German actor 
1972 Greg "Move Your Head" Berlanti, gay TV producer/creator of Brothers & Sisters and Everwood 
1974 [Dashiell] Dash Mihok, US actor 
1978 Bryan Greenberg, US actor 
1979 Manuel Cortez, German-Portugese actor  (middle buns)

1997 Edward Mulhare, maybe gay US actor (Ghost and Mrs. Muir-tv), catches the eye of the devil
2008 Robert Knox, British actor (Harry Potter), is a fully-bled prince, sadly.
2009 Jay Bennett, maybe gay US guitarist/singer-songwriter (Wilco), leaves a bunch of songs that weren't finished








No comments: