1844 — Birthdate of Anthony Comstock, founder, Secretary, and Special Agent of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, and one of history's most notorious anti-smut crusaders.

1967 — Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin divorce after seven years of marriage.

2005 — Actress and part-time amusing spectacle Brigitte Nielsen marries her Italian boyfriend Mattia Dessi, leaving Public Enemy singer and full-time amusing spectacle Flavor Flav all alone with his viking hat and giant clocks. This is the sixth marriage for Brigitte, who is fifteen years older and eight inches taller than Mattia. The couple met at a Swiss hotel where Mattia was working as a waiter.