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

April 1st

2006 The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the United Kingdom. No, seriously.

1998 Homely girl Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against President Bill Clinton is thrown out of court. She does have nice tits, though.

1986 Edilson Nascimento, Brazilian model 

1985 Josh Zuckerman, actor/Kyle XY 

1984 Marvin Gaye, US rhythm and blues legend, has daddy issues

1982  Sam Huntington, US actor 

1981 Armando Babaioff, Brazilian actor 

1980 Randy Orton, US professional wrestler 

1980  Jonathon Natynczyk [Romeo Keniro Miller], English actor/Queer as Folk (UK) 

1978 JJ Feild, English-US actor 

1973  Our Rachel

1973 Big LeRoy Mobley, US comedian 

1973  Thorsten Feller, German actor 

1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye LaValley. Love her. Hate him

1948 Big Bang theory is proposed in Gay Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow

1946 Weight Watchers forms

1932 Debbie Reynolds, actress/singer/dancer/performer/mother of Carrie Fisher 

1930 Zewditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, is the last female monarch of Ethiopia

1928 George Grizzard, gay US actor 

1920 Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor 

1917 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Maple Leaf Rag), leaves pleasant memories

1853 Cincinnati becomes 1st U.S. city to pay firefighters a regular salary. They can still keep tips for special services rendered. <wink><wink>

1815 Prince Otto von Bismark, German chancellor 

27 Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium despite being an inconsiderate bastard otherwise.  Here is a Justin getting his anus attended to passionately. 

April 1 is the 92nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 264 days remaining until the end of time.