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Sunday, March 18, 2012

March 18th

March 18 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 278 days remaining until the end of time.




1834 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
1894 Lord Stanley presents his silver challenge cup for hockey to Montreal
1919 Order of DeMolay, a Roman Catholic Masonic fraternity to recruit boys aged 12-21 for NAMBLA, forms in Kansas City
1931 1st electric shavers go on sale in U.S. from Schick
1961 Poppin' Fresh, sexually ambiguous Pillsbury Dough Boy, is introduced
1981 "The Greatest American Hero," starring William Katt, premiers on ABC-TV. I only watched it for Katt’s impressive bulge.
2003 British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
2006 Youth riot in Paris


1886 Edward Everett Horton, gay US comedy actor/narrator of "Fractured Fairy Tales" on Rocky & Bullwinkle 
1926 Peter Graves, US actor/He will never see another grown man naked! 
1938 Charley Pride, US country singer/guitarist 
1950 Brad Dourif, US actor 

1962 Mike Rowe, dirty US TV host 
1963 Vanessa L. Williams, Miss America winner/singer/songwriter/actress 
1964 Seymore Butts (Adam Glasser), heterosexual US porn director/producer/actor 
1970 Queen Latifah [Dana Owens], gay US rapper/singer/actress/host 
1972 Dane Cook, US comedian/actor 
1976 Tom Nuyens, gay Belgian model/1st Mr. World 
1975 Raffaello Balzo, Italian model/actor 
1979 Adam Levine, US singer/guitarist (Maroon 5) 
1980 Theo Von, US comedian/actor 
1981 Chris Geere, English actor 


1314 Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is served extra crispy
1584 Ivan IV, the Terrible, first Russian tsar (1547-84), is really just misunderstood
2010 Fess Parker, American actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller, Daniel Boone), climbs an angry mountain.



Friday, March 16, 2012

March 16th

March 16 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 280 days remaining until the end of time.




1802 Law is signed to establish U.S. Military Academy (West Point, New York).  Guess what the feather in the cap is used for. . .
1830 London's police force is re-organized as Scotland Yard despite being nowhere near Scotland or having any grass nearby
1871 1st fertilizer law is enacted but proves to be just bullshit.
1881 Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts
1957 "The Gumby Show" debuts on NBC-TV carefully avoiding any demonstration of his superior autofellatio skills
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary release "Puff, the Magic Dragon" which, surprisingly, is NOT about a fire-breathing dragon
1972 John and Yoko are served with deportation papers to hold his hot dog, I guess. . .
Better Late Than Never I:  1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment
Better Late Than Never II:  1998 Pope John Paul II asks God for forgiveness for the inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust.
2007 The first three-way tie occurs on Jeopardy!.  Too bad Alex didn't make it an orgy.



1905 Marlin Perkins, zoologist/curator, St. Louis Zoo/TV host "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" 
1949 Victor Garber, rumored to be gay Canadian actor/singer
1949 Erik Estrada, US policeman/actor
1962 Anthony Gallo, Brazilian porn star 
1963 Kevin Smith, Kiwi actor/Hercules/Xena 
1969 Erick Martins, French porn star 
1970 Paul Oscar [Páll Óskar]- gay Icelandic singer/DJ 
1971 Alan Tudyk, US actor 
1971 Franck Comba, French rugger 
1978 Matthew Montgomery, gay US actor 
1987 Kristopher Higgins, US actor 
1988 Jiří Tlustý, Czech ice hockey player 



1971 Thomas E Dewey, US governor (New York)/presidential candidate (R 1944, 1948), beats Truman this time
2010 Filip Kapisoda, 22 year-old Montenegrin model, goes cougar hunting at his 32 year-old lady-friend’s house.