October 3rd

October 3 is the 277th day of the year.  There are 89 days remaining until the end of the year.

1873 Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War. Of course, Captain Jack cannot die.

1899 J. S. Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner.  Fun and games ensue.

1934 Jockey introduces tighty-whities.

1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres

1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV. Good Morning, Captain!

1955 "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres

1957 Allen Ginsberg's “Howl and Other Poems” is ruled not obscene.

1964 First Buffalo Wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York.

1982 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours.  It sounded more interesting in print...

1995 O. J. Simpson is found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman

2003 Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the shows tigers, canceling the show for good  until 2009, when they rejoined the tiger that mauled Roy just six years earlier.

2008 The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President George W. Bush–not presidential candidate Barack Obama. Let’s keep the record straight -- er, accurate!

1896 Julien Duvivier, gay French director 

1911 Sir Michael Hordern, English actor 

1925 Gore Vidal, bisexual US author, essayist, screenwriter, activist 

1944 Roy Horn, gay German-born US tiger tamer/ Sigfried & Roy 

1946 [James] Biff Henderson, maybe gay US stage manager for The Late Show 

1949 Lindsey Buckingham, US musician/Fleetwood Mac 

1952 Steve Tracy, gay US actor/Little House on the Prairie/AIDS victim 

1956 Hart Bochner, maybe gay Canadian actor 

1956 Peter Frechette, gay US actor 

1961 Mario Joyner, maybe gay US comedian 

1962 Tommy Lee [Bass], US musician/penis flaunter 

1964 Clive Owen, English actor 

1976 Seann William Scott, maybe gay US actor 

1978 Jake Shears [Jason F. Sellards], gay US singer/Scissor Sisters 

1979 Garrett Lowney, US Olympic wrestler 

1981 Seth Gabel [Cosentino], US actor/Ron Howard’s son-in-law 

1982 Erik von Detten, maybe gay US actor/model 

1982 Willy Monfret, French hurdler/super model 

1983 Rick Bauer, gay Hungarian pornographic actor 

1283 Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), becomes the first person in the village to be executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.

1998 Roddy McDowell, gay English actor/photographer, Planet of the Apes, gains the keys to the kingdom

BONUS TRIVIA QUESTION: In what year was Gandhi awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

BONUS TRIVIA ANSWER: Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

May 3rd

May 3 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 232 days remaining until the end of time.

1494 Columbus discovers Jamaica; he names it "St. Iago," but avoids landing there due to its vitriolic, rampant homophobic reputation

1936 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits. Must shower afterwards.

1938 Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain. We’d rather recognize James Franco for his small "c" catholic appeal.

1944 Meat rationing ends meaning USDA Prime for everyone!

1956 Frank Loesser's musical, "Most Happy Fella", premieres in New York City. It’s a lie, though.

 

1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech.

1979 Martin Sherman's "Bent" premieres in London

1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain. I’m still scared of her!

1993 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 906 performances

2001 The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. I wonder why?!?

1469 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine political strategist

1889 Beulah Bondi, maybe gay US actress 

1898 Golda Meir, co-founder of state of Israel, and its 4th prime minister (In a cage fight with Margaret Thatcher, my money would be on Golda) 

1913 William Inge, gay US playwright/novelist 

1926 Ann B. Davis, maybe gay US actress/religious fanatic/everyone's favorite live-in housekeeper 

1928 James Brown, US R&B legend/hardest working man in show business

1932 Robert Osborne, maybe gay US film historian/Turner Classic Movies host 

1948 Chris Mulkey, US actor 

1967 Kenny Hotz, Canadian comedian/writer/director/Kenny vs Spenny 

1970 Bobby Cannavale, US actor 

1973 Jamie Baulch, English sprinter/tv presenter 

1975 Valentino Lanús, Mexican actor 

1976 Alfonso DeNigris, Mexican actor/model 

1977 Ben Olsen, US soccer player 

1980 Marcel Vigneron, petulant gay US Top Chef runner-up 

1982 Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born US football player 

1985 Greg Raposo, US singer/actor 

1987 Fernando Fernandes, Portugese actor 

1988 Christian Carabias, Mexican model/actor/banana smuggler 

1965 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, wishes he could trace his lineage to Matt.

1972 Bruce Cabot [Etienne Pelissier Jacques de Bujac], actor (Diamonds are Forever), is no longer among the undefeated

1989 Christine Jorgensen, US soldier/1st transsexual, travels further than Denmark for this change.