March 19 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 277 days remaining until the end of time.
1928 "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago), underscoring the difficulty African-American men face when confronting their sexual desires for other men.
1931 Nevada legalizes gambling. Glamour, sex and violence are subsequent side benefits.
1954 Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls while wearing a tuxedo without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today, but there hasn't been a gay pool exhibition yet.
1977 Last episode of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" airs on CBS-TV.
1984 "Kate and Allie" premieres on CBS-TV depicting the loving and supportive relationship between two attractive women (one with a very deep voice and one with a dulcet soprano voice) who set up house together.
1994 2,500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Netherlands. PARTAAAAY!
1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage...interrupted by 27 years of imprisonment during which time, sexual tastes may have shifted.
March 3 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 293 days remaining until the end of time.
1634 1st tavern in Boston opens by Samuel Cole, not Samuel Malone
1855 Congress approves $30,000 (almost $750,000 in 2009 dollars) to test camels for military use. They aren't very good marksmen.
1873 Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. Who reads books anymore?
1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller so that Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke can win Oscars, and overlook the obvious sexual tension between them
1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS)
1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem
1933 Mount Rushmore is dedicated
1951 Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
1966 Buffalo Springfield forms (Stephen must have a roll of quarters in his pants pocket, or something)
1972 Sculpted figures of the traitors Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia
1985 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis premieres on ABC-TV.
1991 Four Los Angeles Police severely beat Rodney King and captured on amateur video.
1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce. Oh dear, will she ever find love again? We know he will because he's hot!
1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, US track & field phenomenon/humanitarian from East St. Louis, Illinois
1963 Suzette Charles, Miss America Runner-Up who became the second black Miss America after soft-core lesbianic photos of Vanessa Williams are published in Penthouse
