2012-12-31 Playboy founder Hugh Hefner (86) weds glamour model Crystal Harris (26) at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles
Historical Events
1953-12-01 Hugh Hefner publishes 1st edition of Playboy magazine, featuring Marilyn Monroe as the magazine's 1st centerfold
1960-02-29 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago
1963-05-01Gloria Steinem's exposé , "A Bunny's Tale", on the working conditions for waitresses (bunnies) at New York City’s famed Playboy Club, published in "Show" magazine
1976-09-20 Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview which includes the quote “I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust."
1983-10-27Larry Flynt pays hitman $1M to kill Hugh Hefner, Bob Guccione, Walter Annenberg, and Frank Sinatra; Flynt's business manager immediately stops payment; Flynt claims he was just joking
1988-07-31 Last Playboy club closes in Lansing, Michigan