Happy Gay Day

TODAY IN HISTORY (April 30): 1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president. 1803 - France agreed to sell Louisiana. 1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States. 1931 - Over 131,000 killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when cyclone struck Bangladesh. 1931 - In France, Marcel Proust published the first part of "Sodome et Gomorrhe." It included an extended essay on same-sex passion.. 1931 - The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, opened. 1939 - U.S. commercial television’s first broadcast was made at the New York World’s Fair and transmitted from the Empire State Building. 1945 - Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide. 1948 - The Organization of American States was created in Bogotá, Colombia. 1955 - The first recorded "panty raids" take place, at the University of Iowa. So I am told. 1967 - Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight boxing championship when he refused to be inducted into the U.S. military service. Ali claimed his religion conflicted with being inducted into the military. 1975 - The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam. 1976 - Demonstrators protested an appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger in New York in response to the court's decision to uphold Virginia's sodomy law. 1983 - Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus did a benefit performance at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the Gay Men's Health Crisis, drawing 18,000 people. 1987 - The Faculty Senate of the University of Massachusetts voted to accept a report expressing opposition to the military's policy of excluding gay men and lesbians. 1989 - In Austin Texas 30,000 demonstrated to demand a repeal of Texas's sodomy laws and increased funding for AIDS services. 1990 - Gay actor Michael Booth was murdered in Ealing England. 1992 - In England, a demonstration was held at Tory headquarters to mark the anniversary of Section 28. 1993 - Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a tennis match in Hamburg, Germany. The man called himself a fan of second- ranked Steffi Graf. He was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and received a suspended sentence. 1996 - European Court of Justice declared discrimination against transgendered people in employment against European law. 1996 - Utah governor Mike Leavitt signed a measure banning gay clubs in public schools. 1997 - ABC aired the "coming out" episode of the sitcom "Ellen." The title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admitted she was a lesbian. 1999 - Gay Pride beer debuted on Massachusetts shelves. 1999 - Admiral Duncan, a gay pub in London England, was bombed, killing two people and injuring more than seventy. 2000 - The Millennium March on Washington was held. 2001 - Chandra Levy was last seen in Washington, DC. Her remains were found in Rock Creek Park on May 22, 2002. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy. Born on this day: 1877 - Alice B. Toklas, in San Francisco. Toklas is best known as the lover Gertrude Stein. 1898 - Cornelius Vanderbilt 1908 - Eve Arden 1910 - "Granpda" Al Lewis 1926 - Cloris Leachman 1933 - Willie Nelson 1938 - Gary Collins 1940 - Burt Young 1944 - Jill Clayburgh 1946 - Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden 1948 - Perry King 1954 - Jane Campion 1961 - Isiah Thomas 1963 - Michael Waltrip 1964 - Ian Ziering 1971 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson 1973 - Jeff Timmons 1975 - Johnny Galecki 1982 - Kirsten Dunst

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Totally unrelated -- I'm so going through a New Kids face right now. I was surfing iTunes the other day and came across their music videos. Step by step, oooh baby ...

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