November 4 is the 309th day of the year. There are 57 days remaining until the end of the year.
1839 The Newport Rising: the last large-scale armed and nicotine-fueled rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
1841 1st wagon train arrives in California
1873 Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents gold crown
1879 James and John Ritty patent 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon. They should've been watching the go-go boys...
1922 In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Curses!
1924 Fashion-forward Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
1939 1st air conditioned automobile, a Packard, is exhibited in Chicago. We now call them convertibles.
1958 Angelo G. Roncalli is crowned Pope John XXIII, the Good Pope
1993 Elton John is awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror for false report his diet — technically, he doesn’t eat cum. He sips it.
2008 Proposition 8 passes in California, representing the first ever elimination of an existing right to marry for ALL couples. Just you wait, haters!
2008 Barack Hussein Obama is elected 44th President of the United States.
1876 James Earle Fraser, gay US sculptor who designed the "Buffalo" (a.k.a. "Indian Head") nickel
1896 [Joe Randolph] J.R. Ackerley, gay English writer and editor of a weekly BBC newsmagazine
March 25 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 271 days remaining until the end of time.
1521 The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. Here’s what a diet of worms looks like. . .
1895 Oscar Wilde, whose tomb revels him to be a bottom, is sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite
1931 The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. There wasn't much singing and dancing, I'm sure.
1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1961 President John F. Kennedy sets goal of putting a man on moon before the end of decade
1962 Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout"
1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
Here is a jumping jack flashing
1968 Jefferson Memorial to Westward Expansion is dedicated
1969 "Midnight Cowboy" is released with an X rating
1992 Jay Leno stops being funny and becomes unfortunate host of "Tonight Show"
1999 The US House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
2001 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sorry, the dog doesn’t make it.
1881 Béla Bártok, Hungarian composer/pianist/founder of ethnomusicology
1911 Jack Ruby, US nightclub owner/Murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald/conspiracy theorists' wet-dream
1940 Anita Bryant, US singer/product spokesperson/hatemonger/pie-catcher/ mother of a gay son. Karma's a bitch, ain't it?
1942 Richard O'Brien, bisexual English writer/TV host/performer/Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show
1942 Aretha Franklin, hungry diva/singer/songwriter/pianist/hat wearer. Her hat is in the Smithsonian.
