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| August 29 is the 242nd day of the year. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year. |
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| 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle–a very uncomfortable motorcycle. |
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| 1896 Chop suey is invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese ambassador |
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| 1904 3rd modern Olympic Games open in Estièlmeaux |
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| 1916 Congress creates US Naval Reserve. Ooh, baby—sailors on tap to tap |
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| 1967 SPOILER ALERT: "Fugitive" Dr. Richard Kimball is exonerated when the one-armed man falls off the carnival ride. |
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| 1969 Joe Pepitone quits Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench although his dick was still there technically. |
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| 1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq, proving once again that one shouldn’t let his mouth write a check that his ass can’t cash. |
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| 1991 John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney–undoubtedly due to excellent briefs |
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| 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the US Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage. |
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| 1844 Edward Carpenter, gay English poet/socialist agitator/activist |
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| 1922 Richard Selzer aka Mr. Blackwell, gay US fashion critic |
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| 1938 Elliott Gould, US actor/former Mr Streissand |
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| 1939 Joel Schumacher, gay US director |
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| 1958 Michael Jackson, maybe gay US King of Pop |
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| 1972 Bae Yong-Jun, Korean actor |
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| 1975 Pelle Hvenegaard, maybe gay Danish actor / |
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| 1975 Juan Diego Botto, Argentine actor |
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| 1977 [Johannes] Jo Weil, German actor/Oliver “Olli” Sabel, Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) |
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| 1981 Jay Ryan [Jay Bunyan], Australian actor |
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| 29 John the Baptist, maybe gay Palestinian apocalyptic prophet, gives head and gets served |
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| 1971 Nathan Leopold, infamous queer/convicted US kidnapper/murderer (Little Bobby Franks, 1924), cannot hire Clarence Darrow to argue this case. |
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| 1987 Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), paints his wagon before abandoning the ship of fools |
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| 1993 Dorian Corey, gay US female impersonator/actor (Paris is Burning), succumbs to AIDS at 56 |
