February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 299 days remaining until the end of time.
1815 Napoleon and 1,200 guys in tight pants leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France
1891 1st buffalo is purchased for Golden Gate Park and made to feel at home
1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field. The buffalo are nowhere to be found.
1937 Christopher Isherwood (l) and WH Auden's (r) "Ascent of F6" premieres in London. I suspect they know what each other tastes like
1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation. Of course, Mother Rosa has a car by now. Just take the first available seat, sir.
1980 Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic – and other – relations.
1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks. Yes, the black man on the cover is Michael Jackson.
1993 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center, bombed, 7 die and we don’t go to war with anybody.
1998 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial. Don’t Mess With Oprah, Texas!
1969 Steve Agee, US actor/plays one of the few gay characters on TV (Sarah Silverman Show)
1971 Max Martin [Martin Sandberg], Swedish music producer/musician/responsible for Brintey Spears, Backstreet Boys, P!nk, and Kelly Clarkson's biggest hits/sexuality unconfirmed
February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 304 days remaining until the end of time.
1431 England begins trial against cross-dresser Joan of Arc. I wonder how this will turn out. . .
1848 Lovers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto. You've got to fight for your right to party.
1885 A life-size monument of George Washington’s thin and pointy penis is dedicated in Washington D.C.
1931 Alka Seltzer goes on sale in anticipation of the repeal of Prohibition.
1937 Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile.
1953 Francis Crick (r) and James Watson (l) discover structure of DNA-molecule while trading blow jobs
1958 The Peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand
1988 Jimmy Swaggart confesses about getting caught with his dick in a "female sex worker" without admitting that he had his dick in a "female sex worker"
