2013 Event The upper house of the U.K. approves of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill; starting in 2014, gay marriage will be allowed in England and Wales 2013 Event In the House of Commons, MP's approve of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, advancing the right for gay marriage in England and Wales 2012 Event In the state of Washington, the State Senate passes legislation allowing same sex marriage 2010 Death Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols manager/notorious for the banned "God Save the Queen" single, dies in New York. 2002 Death Judy Toll, comic/writer, Sex and the City, dies at 44 2001 Death William Masters, sex researcher, dies at 85 2000 Death Alex Comfort, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, 'The New Joy of Sex', dies at 80 1998 Death Mary Calderone, doctor/writer, Talking With Your Child About Sex, dies at 94 1998 Event Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs. President Clinton 1998 Event New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges 1997 Event Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them 1997 Event Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter 1996 Event "Sex and Longing" closes at Cort Theater New York City 1992 Event Madonna's book "Sex" goes on sale 1992 Event Last defendant in St. John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years prob 1991 Event "People Are Still Having Sex," by LaTour hits #35 1989 Event Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl 1989 Event Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress 1989 Event 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex 1987 Event PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn 1987 Death Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65 1986 Birthday Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM 1985 Event South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites 1983 Event Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1983 Event Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault 1979 Death Sid Vicious, John Simon Ritchie, bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 31 1978 Event BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent" 1978 Event Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl 1978 Event Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF) 1977 Event Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub 1977 Event EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols 1976 Event Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks" 1976 Event Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" 1976 Event Sex Pistols sign with EMI 1975 Event 1st appearance of Sex Pistols 1974 Event Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application 1974 Birthday Penelope Cruz, born in Alcobendas, Spain, actress, films include, 'Vanilla Sky', 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', 'Sahara', 'Volver', 'Sex and the City 2' 1972 Event President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1972 Birthday Carmen Electra, born in Sharonville, Ohio, born Tara Leigh Patrick, model, actress, sex symbol, appeared in Playboy magazine, television show 'Baywatch' 1971 Event State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination 1971 Event Washington State bans sex discrimination 1970 Birthday Mark Caldero, Oklahoma City, vocalist, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1970 Birthday Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1970 Event John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations 1969 Birthday Bryan Abrams, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, singer, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1969 Birthday Kevin Thornton, born in Amarillo, vocalist, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1967 Birthday Anna Nicole Smith, born in Texas, model, actress, spokeswoman, sex symbol 1966 Birthday Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist 1963 Birthday George Michael [Panos], British rock vocalist, Wham-I Want Your Sex 1963 Event British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler 1962 Event House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex 1959 Birthday Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Casual Sex, SNL, UHF 1959 Birthday Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, comedian, SNL, Casual Sex 1958 Birthday Andie MacDowell, born in Gaffney, South Carolina, model, actress, producer, appeared in 'Green Card', 'Sex, Lies and Videotape', 'Just the Ticket', 'Beauty Shop' 1958 Birthday David Sylvian, vocal/guitar, Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex 1957 Birthday Sid Vicious, John Simon Ritchie, England, bassist, Sex Pistols 1956 Birthday Glen Matlock, rock bassist, Sex Pistols 1956 Birthday Paul Cook, London, rock drummer, Sex Pistols 1956 Birthday Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction 1956 Birthday Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, rocker, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen 1955 Birthday Steve Jones, London, rock guitarist, Sex Pistols 1955 Birthday Steve Jones, English pop guitarist, Sex Pistols-Mercy 1954 Birthday Christopher Noth, born in Madison, Wisconsin, actor, played Mr. Big on show, 'Sex in the City' 1952 Birthday Kate Capshaw, Ft. Worth, Texas, actress, Little Sex, Dreamscape 1947 Birthday Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group, Sex Pistols 'God Save the Queen' 1947 Birthday Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress, Le Sex Shop 1946 Birthday Vicki Hodge, born in London, England, actress, Confessions of a Sex Maniac 1942 Birthday Shere Hite, St. Joseph Missouri, sex therapist, Hite Report 1942 Birthday Shere Hite, author/sex therapist 1934 Birthday Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women 1934 Birthday Claude Berri, born in Paris, France, director, Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Blesse 1933 Birthday David Reuben, author, Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex 1928 Birthday Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 1928 Birthday Ruth Westheimer, born in Germany, sex therapist, WYNY-FM 1922 Birthday Joan Copeland, Miller, New York City, actress, Roseland, A Little Sex 1922 Death Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 1920 Birthday Alex Comfort, born in England, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, wrote "The Joy of Sex", a scholarly approach to sexual behavior 1915 Birthday William Howell Masters, sex author/physician 1914 Birthday Lilli Palmer, Peiser, Germany, actress, Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar 1912 Birthday Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist, Sociology of Sex 1911 Birthday Jean Harlow, aka Harlean Carpentier, born in Kansas, 30s' sex goddess, in Dinner at 8 1908 Birthday Simone de Beauvoir, France, author, Mandarins, 2nd Sex 1859 Birthday Havelock Ellis, U.S. physician/sexologist, Psychology of Sex 1667 Death Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies
