May 4th

NOTE:  Today's post contains images of female nudity.  Avert your eyes if so desired.

May 4 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 231 days remaining until the end of time.

1626 Indians "sell" Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons. I think they got the better deal.

1904 Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England, for an afternoon delight.

1910 Tel Aviv is founded. I don’t have a good feeling about this!

1917 Arabs sack Tel Aviv

1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms to honor naked men with big "swords"

1953 Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his autobiographical novel, The Old Man and the Sea.

1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show

1959 1st Grammy Awards: Although Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win, Domenico Modugno’s "Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" wins the first Grammy for Record of the Year in 1959.

 

1970 Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder are killed by Ohio National Guard at Kent State University

1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine. But do Bill Bixby and Jose Perez drop the linen and keep on grinnin’? No.

1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down; it gets stuck in Metrodome ceiling (ground rule double), proving that baseball should be played only outdoors like your mother told you.
    "With 2 outs in the 4th inning, Dave Kingman of the A's hit a high fly ball that never came down."
    "The ball was hit between 1st and 2nd. The Minnesota pitcher Frank Viola was staring at the roof waiting for the ball."
    "It disappeared into one of the vent holes in the secondary roof. Estimated at 186 feet. I ruled a ground rule double."
    "Before the game started the next day- a worker dropped a ball onto the field. It was dropped by Mickey Hatcher."
    "Twins 3
    Oakland 1"

1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger.  I doubt they were sleeping. . .

1929 Audrey Hepburn, British actress/humanitarian/UNICEF ambassador 

1952 Antony Hamilton, gay English actor/AIDS victim 

1957 Andre Bolla, US actor 

1958 Keith Haring, gay US graphic artist 

1964 Rocco Siffredi, Italian actor 

1970 Will Arnett, Canadian actor/comedian/SNL/Arrested Development/Upright Citizen's Brigade 

1970 Sergio Basanez, Mexican actor 

1971 Pascal Simpson, Swedish soccer player 

1978 Sebastien Andrieu, French model/actor 

1978 Igor Bišćan, Croatian soccer player 

1979 Lance Bass, gay US actor/producer/pop singer ('N Sync)/reality show whipping boy/Kathy's main Gay!! 

1981 Mario Lekkas, Greek model 

1983 Brad Bufanda, US actor 

1985 Anthony Fedorov, Ukrainian-born US singer (American Idol 4 finalist)/Cheeky!! 

1987 Cesc Fabregas, Spanish soccer player 

1975 Moe Howard [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), is blessed by God above mere mortals.

1980 Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), breaks up the old gang

2001 Bonnie Lee Bakley, US murder victim, is still not a real blonde, which may have been the only true thing Robert Blake told the cops.