No, the headline does not commemorate “National Masturbate with Sandpaper Day,” it commemorates “National Static Electricity Day!” Happy January 9!

On this day in history:

This cute Sesame Street sketch first aired on this day in 1970.

Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee

“Women who marry men they don’t love or aren’t attracted to, men who are older, unattractive or unlovable, such women cannot validly look down on prostitutes. That is to say, on honest prostitutes.”
—Gypsy Rose Lee

1914 - Burlesque legend Gypsy Rose Lee is born.
1925 - Lee Van Cleef, who appeared in some totally cool Spaghetti Western flicks like “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” is born.
1944 - Led Zepplin’s Jimmy Page is born!

1957 - José Luis Hernández, known in Lucha Libre as “El Egipcio,” is born.
1965 - House musician Haddaway (What Is Love?) is born.
1969 - Wilbur Snyder & Danny Hodge beat Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki for the NWA International Tag Team title.
1981 - Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall of Ska group The Specials are fined for inciting violence at a concert that took place several months earlier.


This is, with a doubt, one of the greatest TV commercials ever produced!