| C.1960 |
The US government orders the FDA to run scientific tests on Yohimbe to see if it is an aphrodisiac |
| 1960 |
Dr.Henri Laborit synthesizes Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) a fast-acting central nervous system depressant |
| 1960 |
The FDA approves clinical use of the oral Contraceptive Pill |
| 1960 |
Elizabeth Taylor wins her first ‘Best Actress’ Academy Award for her performance as “the slut of all time”. A prostitute named Gloria Wandrous, in the film “Butterfield 8″ |
| 1960 |
The first Playboy Club opens in Chicago |
| 1962 |
Beate Uhse starts the world’s first sex shop in Flensburg, Germany |
| 1962 |
Helen Gurley Brown publishes “Sex and the Single Girl” |
| 1962 |
Timmie Jean Lindsey becomes the first person to receive silicone breast implants |
| 1962 |
John F. Kennedy begins an affair with Marilyn Monroe; his other mistresses included Inga Marie Arvadi, Alicia Darr, Judith Campbell, Ellen Rometsch, Maria Novtny and Suzy Chang |
| 1962 |
Ursula Andress plays ‘Honey Rider’ in the first James Bond film, Dr No. The scene where she emerges from the surf is later named as “The sexiest screen moment of all time” |
| 1963 |
Betty Friedan publishes “The Feminine Mystique”, which documents discrimination against women in virtually every area of American life, & starts “Second-wave feminism” |
| 1963 |
Dr.Baruch Blumberg identifies the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) |
| 1963 |
Jayne Mansfield becomes the first legitimate Hollywood star to do a nude scene, in the film “Promises! Promises!” |
| 1963 |
Richard Neville, Richard Walsh, Martin Sharp & Peter Grose first publish “Oz” magazine |
| 1964 |
Louise Poirier designs the “Wonderbra” for Canadelle, a Canadian lingerie company |
| 1964 |
Pirelli start publishing their famous limited availability “girly” Calendar |
| 1964 |
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart says he can’t define Hardcore pornography, but claims “I know it when I see it” |
| 1964 |
The first Sperm banks are set up, in Iowa City & Tokyo |
| 1964 |
The Licensing Act prohibits Pub landlords from serving Prostitutes |
| 1965 |
Bob Guccione starts Penthouse magazine |
| 1965 |
In the film “The Pawnbroker”, Thelma Oliver revealing her breasts is the first breast exposure in a non-exploitation film |
| 1965 |
Bill Wyman claims to have slept with 268 women in the previous two years |
| 1965 |
Model Jean Shrimpton shocks the world when she appears at the Melbourne races wearing a short skirt & no gloves |
| 1965 |
Playboy Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza dies after crashing his car into a tree. His lovers included Patricia Kennedy, Eva Peron, Ava Lavinia Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kim Novak, Dolores Del Rio & Veronica Lake |
| 1965 |
The Congregation of the Holy Office is disbanded |
| 1965 |
Tom Jones first sings his signature song, “It’s Not Unusual” |
| 1965 |
Two female Prostitutes in the same building now constitutes a brothel, and each (as well as the landlord) are liable to prosecution |
| 1966 |
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is the first film to use blasphemous profanity (”goddamn”, “for Christ’s sake”, “screw”, “bastard” & “son of a bitch”) |
| 1966 |
Iconic, short-haired androgynous supermodel, Twiggy (Leslie Hornby) makes her first appearance at a photo shoot |
| 1966 |
Masters and Johnson publish “Human Sexual Response” |
| 1966 |
Millionaire Playboy Günther Sachs marries Brigitte Bardot |
| 1966 |
The film “Blow-Up” shows the first instance of clear glimpses of female pubic hair |
| 1966 |
The first Computer dating agency “Dateline” applies science to romance, matching men and women with similar likes and dislikes |
| 1967 |
Asbestos Playboy Thomas Frank Manville Jr. dies after setting a world record, getting married 13 times, to 11 different women |
| 1967 |
Charles Manson is released from Terminal Island, San Pedro, California, and finds the first members of what will come to be known as his “Family” |
| 1967 |
In the film “The Graduate”, Ben Braddock (a recent college graduate) is seduced by Mrs.Robinson and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine. |
| 1967 |
Marianne Faithfull becomes the first person to use the word “Fuck” in the film “I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname” |
| 1967 |
Sodomy becomes legal for men over 21 years old |
| 1967 |
The Summer of Love in San Francisco |
| 1967 |
Under the Abortion Law, medically supervised abortion is made legal (within certain criteria) |
| 1968 |
“I Am Curious (Yellow)” shows explicit lovemaking scenes with considerable nudity & a brief 3-second view of oral sex |
| 1968 |
Al Goldstein starts Screw magazine |
| 1968 |
Charles Hall creates the modern Waterbed |
| 1968 |
The Star Trek episode “Plato’s Stepchildren” shows the first televised Interracial kiss - between William Shatner (Captain Kirk) & Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura) |
| 1968 |
Jo Freeman publishes the “BITCH Manifesto” celebrating the qualities of strong, capable women |
| 1968 |
Radical feminists protest against the Miss America pageant, by throwing high heels & other feminine accoutrements into a freedom rubbish bin |
| 1969 |
“Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” becomes the first mainstream movie to represent the swinger lifestyle |
| 1969 |
Dr.David Reuben publishes “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)” |
| 1969 |
“Irretrievable breakdown” becomes the test for divorce |
| 1969 |
Barry White (The Walrus of Love) gets his big break, backing up a girl group called “Love Unlimited” |
| 1969 |
Joan Garrity publishes “The Way to Become the Sensuous Woman” |
| 1969 |
The Woodstock Music and Art Festival |
| 1969 |
Peter Stringfellow, and his brother, open their first club with a liquor licence “The Penthouse” |
| 1969 |
The infamous homo-erotic nude wrestling scene between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in “Women in Love” contains the first explicit scene revealing male genitals, in a commercial film |
| 1970 |
‘Cycle Studs’ is the first commercially released gay hardcore film |
| 1970 |
Activist, Irina Dunn claims “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” |
| 1970 |
Eric Weber publishes “How to Pick Up Girls!”, based on taped interviews of girls he met around Manhattan |
| 1970 |
Penthouse magazine shows models pubic hair for the first time, and starts the ‘Pubic wars’ |
| 1970 |
Germaine Greer publishes “The Female Eunuch” |
| 1970 |
Masters and Johnson publish “Human Sexual Inadequacy” |
| 1970 |
The Boston Women’s Health Collective publishes “Women and their Bodies” |
| 1971 |
‘Carnal Knowledge’ becomes the first movie that a condom appears in |
| 1971 |
“Oz” magazine is targeted by the Obscene Publications Squad and prosecuted, becoming, at the time, the longest obscenity trial in British legal history |
| 1971 |
‘Boys in the Sand’ becomes the first gay porn film to achieve crossover success |
| 1971 |
The Kerista Village commune in San Francisco is formed |
| 1972 |
‘Fritz the Cat’ is the first animated feature film to receive an X rating in the United States |
| 1972 |
Deep Throat - The most successful & influential pornographic film of all time is released |
| 1972 |
Dr.Alex Comfort publishes “The Joy of Sex: A Gourmet Guide to Love Making” |
| 1972 |
Paul de Feu is photographed nude for a full-colour, double-page spread in “Cosmopolitan” and becomes the first UK male pin-up |
| 1972 |
Playgirl magazine first published |
| 1972 |
Woody Allen releases the film “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask” |
| 1973 |
Claude Vorilhon founds the “Raëlian Movement”, an organisation with extremely liberal views on sex |
| 1973 |
Erica Jong describes the “Zipless fuck” |
| 1973 |
Homosexuality is removed from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental illnesses |
| 1973 |
Nancy Friday publishes “My Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies” |
| 1974 |
Dutch model Sylvia Kristel stars in “Emmanuelle”, the first soft-core film to be phenomenally successful at the box-office |
| 1974 |
Larry Flynt starts publishing his magazine “Hustler” which shows the first photographs of open vaginas |
| 1974 |
Last Tango in Paris becomes the first film to be prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act |
| 1974 |
The Children of God start a form of evangelism involving sex called “Flirty fishing”, to recruit new members |
| 1975 |
The First case of ‘Date rape’ is attested |
| 1975 |
The first Betamax pornographic film is released |
| 1975 |
The first condom commercial airs on television |
| 1975 |
Hoffmann-La Roche first sells Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) as a sleeping aid for the treatment of insomnia |
| 1976 |
During a live early evening TV interview, Bill Grundy (53) makes an inept attempt to “chat-up” Siouxsie (19) of Siouxsie & the Banshees. Steve Jones (of Sex Pistols fame) responds, calling Grundy a “dirty bastard” & a “fucking rotter” |
| 1976 |
Sid Vicious states “I’ve only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror” |
| 1976 |
The first VHS pornographic film is released |
| 1977 |
“Tennis Girl” (an erotic poster of a knickerless girl in tennis whites, wistfully scratching her bum) goes on to become the most published photograph in the world |
| 1977 |
All rhino species are placed under international protection, & trade in rhinoceros & their products is banned |
| 1977 |
The first Rape Crisis Centre opens in London |
| 1977 |
Whilst working on the cooling system of a Space shuttle, Engineer Dan Wray invents ‘Astroglide’ lubricant |
| 1978 |
An attempt to assassinate Larry Flynt leaves him paralyzed from the waist down |
| 1978 |
ASCII art porn starts trading on BBS sites |
| 1978 |
Fritz Klein MD publishes “The Bisexual Option” |
| 1978 |
Louise Brown, the world’s first “Test tube baby” is born |
| 1978 |
Playboy Philippe Junot marries Caroline Louise Marguerite, The Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco |
| 1978 |
Ron Jeremy starts his career by appearing in Playgirl |
| 1980 |
“Video dating” in which daters give a performance on VHS tape, which is then mailed to matches, enjoys a brief period of popularity |
| 1981 |
Ann Summers launches its first party plans |
| 1981 |
John Perry & Beverly Whipple name the area described by Ernst Gräfenberg “The Gräfenberg spot” |
| 1981 |
Hardcore punk band “Minor Threat” start the Straight edge movement, advocating lifelong abstinence from tobacco, alcohol, recreational drugs & promiscuous sexual behaviour |
| 1983 |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is discovered |
| 1983 |
The concept of sexual addiction is introduced |
| 1984 |
Milan Kundera writes about the difference between lust and love in his novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” |
| 1984 |
Penthouse publishes pictures of Vanessa Williams naked - She resigns her Miss America crown |
| 1984 |
Phone sex is restricted by guidelines drawn up by the ICSTS, under the Telecommunications Act |
| 1985 |
Kim Cotton becomes Britain’s first surrogate mother |
| 1986 |
Chinese surgeon Long Daochao invents a designer-penis operation, severing the suspensory ligament, to give the appearance of extra length |
| 1986 |
David Sullivan launches the “Sunday Sport” |
| 1986 |
US Attorney General Edwin Meese publishes a 1,960 page report investigating porn, on the orders of President Ronald Reagan |
| 1987 |
‘La Cicciolina’ (Anna Ilona Staller) becomes the first porn star to be elected to a democratic parliament |
| 1987 |
AIDS Monolith (A Government information campaign) terrifies the population |
| 1987 |
Britain’s ban on the importation of pornography is declared “…an arbitrary barrier to free trade under the terms of the Treaty of Rome”, and is repealed |
| 1987 |
Colin Pitchfork becomes the first criminal arrested (and later convicted), based on DNA fingerprint evidence found at the scenes of his rapes & murders |
| 1987 |
Feminist, Gloria Steinem states “I don’t think marriage has a good name… Legally speaking, it was designed for a person and a half. You became a semi-nonperson when you got married” |
| 1987 |
Original ‘Wild Child’ Amanda de Cadenet (Patron saint of It Girls) aged 14, dances on nightclub tables in a rubber dress |
| 1987 |
The Children of God abandon the practise of “Flirty fishing”, because of the AIDS epidemic |
| 1987 |
The FDA approves the drug Azidothymidine (AZT) for use against HIV, AIDS, and AIDS Related Complex |
| 1988 |
Gertrude B. Elion is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, partly for the development of the first successful antiviral drug “Aciclovir” |
| 1988 |
The Southern Indian practise of “Devadasi” is made illegal |
| 1988 |
Title 18 - United States Code Section 2257 is enacted |
| 1989 |
Masters and Johnson’s survey reveals that both male & female homosexuals listed a “Heterosexual encounter” as their 3rd most common sexual fantasy |
| 1989 |
Tele-Publishing International becomes the first company to implement “Voice personal ads”, via The Boston Phoenix |
| 1990 |
“Henry & June”, an artful erotic film, based on the affair between Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin becomes the first movie to be given America’s new NC-17 rating |
| 1990 |
Miami Cosmetic surgeon Ricardo Samitier Jr. pioneers a designer-penis operation, injecting fat, to add girth but not length |
| 1990 |
Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart coins the word “Polyamorous” |
| 1991 |
After allegedly having unprotected sex with over 1,000 women, Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson announces that he has tested HIV-positive, & becomes a safe sex campaigner |
| 1991 |
In his autobiography “A View from Above”, Wilt Chamberlain claims he had sex with 20,000 women |
| 1991 |
L.A. Law features the first televised lesbian kiss (using actors), between Cara Jean “C.J.” Lamb (Amanda Donohoe) & Abby Perkins (Michele Greene) |
| 1991 |
Pixis Interactive creates the first virtual interactive porn game, ‘Virtual Vixens’ |
| 1991 |
The Children Act abolishes the concept of “Bastardy” |
| 1991 |
The last Playboy Club closes in Manila |
| 1992 |
Pop musician Madonna publishes her book “Sex” |
| 1992 |
Rebecca Walker declares the start of “Third-wave feminism” |
| 1992 |
Warren Beatty marries Annette Bening, after enjoying relationships including Joan Collins, Diane Keaton, Julie Christie, Stephanie Seymour, Madonna & Leslie Caron |
| 1993 |
Politician Alan Clark causes scandal by publishing his diaries, which reveal details of his many affairs, including the wife of a Judge & her two daughters (The Coven) |
| 1993 |
John Wayne Bobbitt has his penis severed by his wife, who claims he was “selfish” & “wouldn’t give her an orgasm” |
| 1993 |
The female condom gains FDA approval |
| 1993 |
The first news reports that cite use of Rohypnol as a “Date rape” drug are published |
| 1993 |
William Howell Masters & Virginia Eshelman Johnson file for divorce |
| 1994 |
Anna Nicole Smith (26) marries James Howard Marshall II (89). Marshall’s subsequent death results in a long running legal battle over his $1.6 billion estate |
| 1994 |
As part of the Criminal Justice Act, marital rape is declared illegal |
| 1994 |
Eva Herzigová finds fame as the spokesmodel for Wonderbra, in their “Hello Boys” campaign |
| 1994 |
Gary Kremen opens the website Match.com, and pioneers online personal adverts |
| 1994 |
Jenna Jameson makes her first adult film |
| 1994 |
London International Group develops a new ultra-thin condom, the Duron condom, made from a polyurethane material |
| 1994 |
The “Christian Polygamy” movement is founded |
| 1994 |
The domain sex.com is registered by Gary Kremen |
| 1994 |
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act criminalises computer porn |
| 1995 |
70% of women surveyed by a magazine would rather have Chocolate than Sex |
| 1995 |
sex.com is stolen by Stephen Cohen |
| 1995 |
According to audiotapes secretly recorded by Linda Tripp, President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky begin a sexual relationship. |
| 1995 |
Alanis Morissette popularises the phrase “Friends with benefits” in the song “Head over Feet” |
| 1995 |
Charlie Sheen is called to testify at the trial of ‘Hollywood Madame’ Heidi Fleiss; & admits to spending over $53,000 for 27 trysts with her employees |
| 1995 |
Chi Kung master Mo Ka Wang lifts over 250lbs of weights two feet off the floor, using only his erect penis |
| 1995 |
Grace Quek (Annabel Chong) engages in 251 sex acts with around 80 men, over a ten hour period, setting a world record |
| 1995 |
Lap dancing arrives in Britain, with the opening of The Spearmint Rhino club |
| 1996 |
Sex parties are made illegal |
| 1997 |
Adam Perry (model for the poster “L’Enfant”) claims to have slept with 3,000 Women |
| 1997 |
Playboy Dodi Al-Fayed dies in a car accident, together with Diana, Princess of Wales; who was rumoured to be his girlfriend |
| 1997 |
Dossie Easton & Catherine A. Liszt publish “The Ethical Slut” |
| 1997 |
Kate Moss popularises the “Heroin chic” look in an advertising campaign for Calvin Klein |
| 1997 |
The first DVD pornographic film is released |
| 1997 |
TV sitcom “Ellen” features the first televised lesbian kiss (with real lesbians), between Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres) & Susan (Laura Dern) |
| 1998 |
ABC-web & Robin Nixon launch ‘Eureka’, the first daily adult newsletter |
| 1998 |
Playboy Lonnie Theodore “Ted” Binion is found dead in his living room |
| 1998 |
The FDA approves the use of Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) |
| 1998 |
Sex and the City first broadcast. ‘Rabbit’ vibrator sales take off |
| 1998 |
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda makes sexual violence a war crime |
| 1999 |
Based on a tradition of chaperoned gatherings of young Jewish singles, Rabbi Yaacov Deyo invents “Speed dating” |
| 1999 |
David J. Blumberg patents the concept of “Anonymous dating” |
| 1999 |
“Romance” becomes the first mainstream movie to feature an erect penis |
| 1999 |
Playboy Lachlan Keith Murdoch marries Model/Actress Sarah O’Hare |
| 2000 |
sex.com is returned to Gary Kremen after a protracted legal battle |
| 2000 |
AEBN launches the first Video on Demand porn site |
| 2000 |
American Express stops accepting porn transactions |
| 2000 |
Feminist, Gloria Steinem marries David Bale (father of Actor, Christian Bale) |
| 2000 |
In his autobiography “Under No Illusions”, Paul Daniels alleges that he has slept with more than 300 women |
| 2001 |
A W.H.O. study of Nonoxynol-9 concludes that it can in fact increase the risk of HIV infection |
| 2001 |
In his biography ‘KISS and Make-up’, Gene Simmons claims to have slept with more than 4,600 women |
| 2001 |
Professor Jim Pfaus discovers Bremelanotide (a Melanocortin agonist) that stimulates sexual desire in both men and women |
| 2001 |
Putting tart cards in telephone boxes or other public places ‘Carding’ becomes a criminal offence |
| 2001 |
Sodomy is legalized for men over 16 years old |
| 2001 |
Yahoo removes porn banners from search engine |
| 2002 |
Chastity advocate Britney Spears loses her virginity to Justin Timberlake |
| 2003 |
Ann Summers Ltd. wins a legal battle to advertise for employees in Job centres |
| 2003 |
Playboy Andrew Luster (heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune) goes on the run, during his trial for date rape |
| 2003 |
Paris Hilton suddenly becomes extremely popular, after a homemade sex video of her & ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon is released on the internet |
| 2003 |
Penthouse files for bankruptcy |
| 2003 |
Section 28 of the Local Government Act (1988) is repealed, allowing local authorities to “promote homosexuality” |
| 2003 |
The Sexual Offences Act requires “a person must agree to sex by choice & have the freedom & capacity to make a choice” |
| 2003 |
The BBC reports a new craze known as “Dogging” |
| 2004 |
Ariana Jollee sets a record for receiving the most internal ejaculations, in the movie “65 Guy Creampie” |
| 2004 |
Cardinal Gustaaf Joos claims “it is better to find a prostitute than seduce or rape a girl” |
| 2004 |
In his autobiography ‘Mr Nastase’, Ilie Nastase calculates that he has made love with 2,500 women |
| 2004 |
Commenting on reports of having slept with over 3,000 women, Julio Iglesias muses “That probably was until 1976, so they didn’t count the other women” |
| 2004 |
Student, Rosie Reid auctions her virginity online. When the hammer falls a middle-aged man has bid £8,400 for it |
| 2004 |
“The Brown Bunny” becomes the first film at the Cannes Film Festival to show actual hard-core fellatio being performed (in the film’s final minutes) |
| 2004 |
Marlon Brando dies, having seduced many Holywood stars during his life, including Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Vanderbilt, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich |
| 2004 |
The Adult film industry temporarily ceases production, due to a HIV scare |
| 2004 |
Victoria Givens claims a World Record Anal Gangbang, after having anal sex 101 times (without lubrication) |
| 2005 |
“A History of Violence” shows purportedly the first instance of a ‘69′ performed in a non-pornographic American film |
| 2005 |
“Brokeback Mountain” becomes the first mainstream gay/bi-sexual romance film |
| 2005 |
In his memoir ‘What’s in a Name?’ Engelbert Humperdinck includes a chapter where his wife of over 40 years discusses how his (allegedly 3,000) affairs made her feel |
| 2005 |
In the documentary ‘Motorhead: Live Fast, Die Old’, it was claimed that Lemmy Kilmister had “bedded” in excess of 2,000 women |
| 2005 |
Matthew Evans files a lawsuit against match.com, alleging that the website arranged a ‘fake date’ with Autumn Marzec, sends fake “winks”, creates & maintains false profiles (to stop people dropping the service) |
| 2005 |
Matthew Roche & Christopher Cramp register the first “Civil Partnership” under the Civil Partnership Act, which grants same-sex couples rights & responsibilities virtually identical to marriage |
| 2005 |
Pamela Anderson produces a statement saying “I am the greatest slut…” |
| 2005 |
Playboy Fabian Basabe Jr. (called a male Paris Hilton) marries Martina Borgomanero, heiress to La Perla |
| 2005 |
sex.com thief Stephen Cohen is arrested |
| 2005 |
Supermarkets are now legally allowed to sell sex toys |
| 2006 |
Rolling Stone magazine names Jack Nicholson ‘The Great Seducer’ |
| 2006 |
The Sun newspaper awards Russell Brand the title “Shagger of the Year” |
| 2006 |
sex.com is sold for a reported $12,000,000 |
| 2008 |
David Duchovny is admitted to a rehab clinic, to be treated for sex addiction |
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