June 9th

June 9 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 195 days remaining until the end of time.

1534 Jacques Cartier claims to be the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River although it would’ve been pretty darn hard to miss, eh?

1902 1st Automat "restaurant" opens, 818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia

1923 Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans

1954 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings.  Since McCarthy's a Republican, this is only a rhetorical question.  Please Note:  2 of the men in this collage are closeted homosexuals. . .but we don't like claiming them.

1973 Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.

1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth is celebrated with fireworks which is pretty tasteless when you consider that it’s also the 25th anniversary of her father’s death.

1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood which is mighty white of them.  Suckas!

1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine. He can’t multitask

1984 Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Time"

1991 Jack La Lanne, 76, is arrested for suspicion of DWI. Party on, Jack.

2007 Paris Hilton is returned to jail to serve remainder of her 45 day sentence

1891 Cole Porter, gay US songwriter/composer 

1934 Donald Fauntleroy Duck makes his 1st screen appearance in "The Wise Little Hen" 

1956 Patricia Cornwell, gay US author 

1961 Michael J Fox, Canadian actor 

1963 Johnny Depp, US actor on retainer to Tim Burton 

1966 Joe DeAngelis, US body-builder turned actor/Mr. USA, World and Universe 

1968 Paul Morgan, gay US pornographic actor 

1970 Jim Gruenwald, US Olympic wrestler 

1971 Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter 

1974 Sagamore Stevenin, French actor 

1979 Gildas Verbist, French pole vaulter/Dieux Du Stade Model 

1979 Andrew W Walker, Canadian actor 

1980 Daxx Reed, gay US pornographic actor  

1986 Adamo Ruggiero, gay Canadian actor 

68 Nero, omnisexual Roman Emperor, fiddles about.

1868 His Highness James Brooke, probably gay English self-proclaimed 1st Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), is now His Lowness.  I wouldn't have minded swashing his buckle!

1953 Ugo Betti, maybe gay Italian dramatist/judge, struggles ‘til dawn.

2010 Ken Brown, maybe gay English guitarist (The Quarrymen), quits too soon, again.