May 31 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 204 days remaining until the end of time.
1279BCE Ramses II (The Great) becomes pharoah
1621 Sir Francis Bacon, gay English statesman, is thrown into Tower of London for 1 night–probably just to entertain the poor unfortunate prisoners
1665 Jerusalem's rabbi Shabbatai Tsvi proclaims himself Messiah without benefit of a star, some wise men and shepherds, angels, or even a purported virgin.
1678 Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes, the hideous fashion of the day and the shortage of chocolates.
1870 E. J. DeSmedt patents asphalt pavement. So, do you think Shemar has been blacktopped or is a blacktopper?
1884 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" that his younger, smarter brother, William, markets
1943 Zoot Suit Riots begin in Los Angeles
1980 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
1991 Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia. . .for the baby’s sake
2005 While most people would know that deep throat is Linda Locelace, Watergate figure Deep Throat is revealed to be W. Mark Felt a former F.B.I agent who gladly demonstrates his technique
2010 In the international waters, Israeli navy attacks flotilla attempting to break the blockade on Gaza Strip.
1819 Walt Whitman, our great gay US poet had a taste for younger working-class men. (Nude photos by Thomas Eakins) One of his most documented personal relationships was with Peter Doyle, a street car conductor.
"For the one I love most lay sleeping by me under the same cover in the cool night, In the stillness in the autumn moonbeams his face was inclined toward me, And his arm lay lightly around my breast and that night I was happy.”
1983 David Hernandez, gay US singer/American Idol Season 7 contestant/former stripper
1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologist, already knows the 12-step prayer God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will, So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.
1982 Jack Dempsey, US heavyweight boxing champ/actor, is out for the count
1993 Spuds Mackenzie, US advertisement dog, can’t party like he used to
1996 Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard professor and LSD guru, turns on, tunes out and really drops out
May 18 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 217 days remaining until the end of time.
1876 Wyatt Earp grows a pornstache to become US Marshall of Dodge City, Kansas
1897 Bram Stoker’s Dracula is published
1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
1917 US passes Selective Service act. . .They aren't too selective.
1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanishes in Venice, California. She shows up a month later and says she was kidnapped. . .but the suck marks on her neck and shoulders give her away. SHE'S A VAMPIRE!
1967 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law" that was upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial
1982 Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon is convicted of tax evasion. I wonder what gave him away?!?! It couldn't have been the cheesy cape and crown.
1994 Israelis withdraw from the Gaza Strip club
1048 Omar Khayyam, maybe gay Persian poet/astronomer/philosopher
1868 Nicholas II of Russia, 1868 Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, last tsar of Russia
