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
April 20 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 245 days remaining until the end of time.
1653 Oliver Cromwell routs and dissolves the Rump Parliament. Here is a depiction of the brutal event.
1862 Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests.
1898 U.S. Ass-ay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota, opens, cocksuckers.
1939 Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income. Well, we know where he isn't hiding it!:shock:
1991 Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 pts on a dive (101.85)
1999 Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School located in Jefferson County, Colorado.
2001 China removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
2005 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is fuk-ed after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake
1889 Adolf Hitler, repressed homosexual Deutscher Führer of Jewish-Roma heritage/Worst Human Being Ever. If you want to know more about this waste of sperm, look it up yourself.
