NOTE: Today's post contains images of female nudity. Avert your eyes if so desired.
May 4 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 231 days remaining until the end of time.
1626 Indians "sell" Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons. I think they got the better deal.
1904 Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England, for an afternoon delight.
1910 Tel Aviv is founded. I don’t have a good feeling about this!
1917 Arabs sack Tel Aviv
1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms to honor naked men with big "swords"
1953 Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his autobiographical novel, The Old Man and the Sea.
1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show
1959 1st Grammy Awards: Although Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win, Domenico Modugno’s "Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" wins the first Grammy for Record of the Year in 1959.
1970 Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder are killed by Ohio National Guard at Kent State University
1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine. But do Bill Bixby and Jose Perez drop the linen and keep on grinnin’? No.
1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down; it gets stuck in Metrodome ceiling (ground rule double), proving that baseball should be played only outdoors like your mother told you. "With 2 outs in the 4th inning, Dave Kingman of the A's hit a high fly ball that never came down." "The ball was hit between 1st and 2nd. The Minnesota pitcher Frank Viola was staring at the roof waiting for the ball." "It disappeared into one of the vent holes in the secondary roof. Estimated at 186 feet. I ruled a ground rule double." "Before the game started the next day- a worker dropped a ball onto the field. It was dropped by Mickey Hatcher." "Twins 3 Oakland 1"
1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger. I doubt they were sleeping. . .
1929 Audrey Hepburn, British actress/humanitarian/UNICEF ambassador
February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 309 days remaining until the end of time.
1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under certain conditions. Her penis must be at least this long. . .
1923 Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus, is curious about the boy king's dick.
1937 DuPont patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers
2005 The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute.
2006 The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
1951 William Katt, US actor/Greatest American Hero
1953 Steve Kmetko, US gay former E News host/journalist/used to date Greg Louganis. I know there is a picture of Steve's meaty buns out there, but I couldn't find it.
