Monday 31 January 2011

31st January

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LGBT people born 31st January:

1902 – Tallulah Bankhead – US Actress – Died 12th December 1968

1905 – Anna Blaman – Dutch Author – Died 13th July 1960

1940 – Pat Kavanaugh – UK Literary Agent – Died 20th October 2008

1942 – Derek Jarman – UK Director / Screenwriter – Died 19th February 1994

1961 – Charles Howard – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 7th July 1984

1962 – Patrick Gale – UK Author

1962 – David Oliver – US Actor – Died 12th November 1992

1971 – Patricia Velasquez – Venezuelan Actress / Model

1973 – Portia de Rossi – Australian Actress

1973/4 – Chad Hunt – US Porn

1973 – Albert Kennedy – UK Homeless Person – Died 30th April 1989

1979 – Daniel Tammet – UK Autistic Savant

1983 – Maia Lee – Singaporean Singer

And those who died:

2010 – Keith Norton – Canadian Politician / Lawyer – Died 26th January 1941

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Sunday 30 January 2011

30th January

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LGBT people born 30th January:

1855 – Howard Sturgis – UK Author – Died 1920

1873 – Maud Hunt Squire – US Artist – Died 1955

1925 – Jack Spicer – US Poet – Died 17th August 1965

1931 – Stewart McKinney – US Politician – Died 7th May 1987

1955 – Thomas Duane – US Politician

1959 – Mark Eitzel – US Singer

And those who died:

1963 – Francis Poulenc – French Composer – Born 7th January 1899

2001 – Rodolfo Morales – Mexican Artist – Born 8th May 1925

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Saturday 29 January 2011

29th January

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LGBT people born 29th January:

1946 – Ian Meldrum – Australian Presenter

1960 – Gia Carangi – US Model – Died 18th November 1986

1960 – Greg Louganis – US Diver

1969 - Mirjam Muntefering – German Author

1971 – Clare Balding – UK Jockey / Presenter

1975 – Sara Gilbert – US Actress

1979 – Francesco D’Macho – Italian Porn / Director / Model

1982 – Adam Lambert – US Singer / Actor

1985 – Todd Herzog – US Reality TV [Survivor]

And those who died:

1912 – Herman Bang – Dutch Author – Born 20th April 1857

1999 – Benjamin Smoke – US Musician – Born 28th January 1960

2008 – Paco Vidarte – Spanish Author / Activist / Philosopher – Born 1st March 1970

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – Israeli couple (Avi & Binyamin Rose) become first gay couple to legally register in Jerusalem after the Supreme Court ruled in their favour

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Friday 28 January 2011

28th January

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LGBT people born 28th January:

1873 – Colette – French Author – Died 3rd August 1954

1901 – Richmond Barthe – US Sculptor – Died 5th March 1989

1937 – John Normington – UK Actor – Died 26th July 2007

1940 – Guido Bachmann – Swiss Author / Actor – 19th October 2003

1941 – Joel Crothers – US Actor – Died 6th November 1985

1952 – Bobbi Campbell – US Nurse / Drag Queen / Activist – Died 15th August 1984

1957 – Frederique Spigt – Dutch Singer / Songwriter / Composer / Presenter

1959 – Adrian Lee Kellard – US Artist – Died 14th November 1991

1960 – Benjamin Smoke – US Musician – Died 29th January 1999

1975 – Tyler Riggz – US Police / Porn

1977 – Nadia Almada – Portuguese Reality TV [Big Brother]

1986 – Blake Riley – US Porn

And those who died:

1936 – Richard Loeb – US Murderer – Born 11th June 1905

1947 – Reynaldo Hahn – Venezuelan / French Composer / Conductor / Musician / Critic – Born 9th August 1874

1969 – Josephine Herbst – US Author / Historian / Journalist / Literary Critic – Born 5th March 1892

1983 – Bryher [Annie Winifred Ellerman] – UK Author / Poet / Editor – Born 2nd September 1894

1993 – Jerry Mills – US Cartoonist – Born 26th February 1951

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Thursday 27 January 2011

27th January

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LGBT people born 27th January:

1911 – Sarah Aldridge – Brazilian / US Author – Died 11th January 2006

1949 – Ethan Mordden – US Author

1965 – Alan Cumming – UK Actor

1977 – Ryan Andrijich – Australian Chef / Presenter [Aussie Queer Eye]

And those who died:

1950 – Augusto d’Halmar – Chilean Author – Born 23rd April 1882

1994 – Alain Danielou – French Historian / Author – Born 4th October 1907

2008 – Alan G Rogers – US Soldier / Activist – Born 21st September 1967

Events in LGBT history:

2005 – First International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Wednesday 26 January 2011

26th January

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LGBT people born 26th January:

1908 – Jill Esmond – UK Actress – Died 28th July 1990

1931 – Fernand Legros – French Art Dealer – Died 7th April 1983

1931 – Alfred Lynch – UK Actor – Died 16th December 2003

1941 – Keith Norton – Canadian Politician / Lawyer – Died 31st January 2010

1944 – Angela Davis – UK Professor / Activist

1958 – Ellen Degeneres – US Comedian / Actress / Presenter

1963 – Scott Amedure – US Reality TV / Hate Crime Victim – Died 9th March 1995

1964 – Wendy Melvoin – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

1971 – Rob Cryston – US Porn [or 19th January ????]

And those who died:

1957 – William Eythe – US Actor – Born 7th April 1918

1992/3 – John Caleo – Australian lover of Tim Conigrove – Born ????

1995 – Geoffrey Parsons – Australian Pianist – Born 15th June 1929

2001 – Diane Whipple – US Lacrosse – Born 21st January 1968

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Tuesday 25 January 2011

25th January

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LGBT people born 25th January:

1874 – W Somerset Maugham – UK Author – Died 16th December 1965

1882 – Virginia Woolf – UK Author – Died 28th March 1941

1914 – Ian Harvey – UK Politician – Died 10th January 1987

1952 – Peter Tatchell – UK Politician / Activist

1962 – Aaron Fricke – Canadian Activist / Author

1963 – Suzanne Klemann – Dutch Singer

1963 – Don Mancini – US Screenwriter / Producer / Director

1969 – Eric Banks – US Composer / Conductor

1975 – Dano Sulik – Slovakian Porn

And those who died:

1975 – Charlotte Whitton – Canadian Activist / Politician – Born 8th March 1896

1986 – Bill Kraus – US Activist – Born 26th June 1947

2005 – Philip Johnson – US Architect – Born 8th July 1906

2009 – Antonio Pagan – US Politician – Born 22nd August 1958

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Monday 24 January 2011

24th January

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LGBT people born 24th January:

76AD – Hadrian – Roman Emperor – Died 10th July 138AD

1932 – Henri Nouwen – Dutch / Canadian Priest / Author / Theologian – Died 21st September 1996

1944 – David Gerrold – US Author

1944 – Klaus Nomi – German Singer / Actor – Died 6th August 1983

1958 – Benny Medina – US Talent Agent

1964/5 – Jake Andrews – US Porn

And those who died:

1983 – George Cukor – US Director – Born 7th July 1899

1994 – Yves Navarre – French Author – Born 24th September 1940

1998 – Donald Vining – US Author / Playwright / Publisher – Born 20th June 1917

2006 – Betty Berzon – US Author / Psychotherapist – Born 18th January 1928

2007 – Bryan Kocis – US Porn Company Founder – Born 28th May 1962

2008 – Jahna Steele – US Entertainer – Born 29th September 1958

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Sunday 23 January 2011

23rd January

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LGBT people born 23rd January:

1898 – Sergei Eisenstein – Russian Director / Producer / Screenwriter – Died 11th February 1948

1898 – Randolph Scott – US Actor – Died 2nd March 1987

1924 – Joyce Grant – South African Actress – Died 11th July 2006

1934 – Pierre Bourgault – Canadian Politician / Author / Actor / Journalist – Died 16th June 2003

1942 – Patrick Fyffe [Dame Hilda Bracket] – UK Comedian / Singer / Entertainer – Died 11th May 2002

1943 – Gary Burton – US Musician

1954 – Kyle Rae – Canadian Politician / Activist

1977 – Devon Barry – US Porn – Died 5th August 2005

And those who died:

1981 – Samuel Barber – US Composer – Born 9th March 1910

1998 – Alfredo Ormando – Italian Author – Born 15th December 1958

2003 – Nell Carter – US Actress – Born 13th September 1948

2010 – Earl Wild – US Pianist – Born 26th November 1915

Events in LGBT history:

2008 – Couple (Hamzeh Chavi & Loghman Hamzehpour) arrested in Sardasht, Iranian Azerbaijan for homosexuality

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Saturday 22 January 2011

22nd January

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LGBT people born 22nd January:

1788 – Lord George Byron – UK Poet – Died 19th April 1824

1908 – Sinclair Ross – Canadian Banker / Author – Died 29th February 1996

1942 – Jaime Humberto Hermosillo – Mexican Director

1944 – Elaine Noble – US Politician

1951 – Ondrej Nepala – Czechoslovakian Figure Skater – Died 2nd February 1989

1968 – Evan Taylor – US Porn

1969 – Gary Frisch – UK Businessman – Died 10th February 2007

1969 – Al Start – UK Singer

1973 – Tony “Kamrun” Assher – US Porn

And those who died:

1933 – Elisabeth Marbury – US Agent – Born 19th June 1856

1957 – Claire Waldoff – German Singer / Entertainer – Born 21st October 1884

1964 – Marc Blitzstein – US Composer – Born 2nd March 1905

1987 – Barbro Alving – Swedish Journalist / Author – Died 12th January 1909

1990 – James Zappalorti – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1945

1992 – AJ Antoon – US Theatre Director – Born 7th December 1944

1999 – George Mosse – German / US Historian / Author – Born 20th September 1918

2000 – Craig Claiborne – US Restaurant Critic / Food Writer – Born 4th September 1920

2003 – Sarah Pettit – US Journalist – Born 6th August 1966

2007 – Doug Blasdell – US Personal Trainer / Reality TV [Work Out] – Born 14th December 1962

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Friday 21 January 2011

21st January

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LGBT people born 21st January:

1885 – Duncan Grant – UK Painter – Died 8th May 1978

1895 – Cristobal Balenciaga – Spanish Fashion Designer – Died 23rd March 1972

1899 – John Bodkin Adams – UK Serial Killer – Died 4th July 1983

1905 – Christian Dior – French Fashion Designer – Died 23rd October 1957

1938 – John Savident – UK Actor

1967 – Dallas Taylor – US Porn

1968 – Diane Whipple – US Lacrosse – Died 26th January 2001

1970 – Tom Katt [David Papaleo] – US Bodybuilder / Model / Personal Trainer / Porn

1971 – Amy Lame – US Presenter / Comedian / Columnist

1972 – Jason Wood – UK Comedian / Singer / Drag Queen – Died 20th February 2010

1979 – Thomas Berling – Norwegian Footballer

1979 – Johann Hari – UK Journalist / Columnist

1979 – Scott Tanner – US Porn

And those who died:

1932 – Lytton Strachey – UK Author / Poet / Critic – Born 1st March 1880

1942 – William Alexander Percy – US Lawyer / Poet – Born 14th May 1885

1977 – Sandro Penna – Italian Poet – Born 12th June 1906

1985 – James Beard – US Chef / Author – Born 5th May 1903

1989 – Billy Tipton – US Pianist / Saxophonist – Born 29th December 1914

2007 – Peer Raben – German Composer – Born 3rd July 1940

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Thursday 20 January 2011

20th January

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LGBT people born 20th January:

1944 – Pat Parker – US Poet – Died 19th June 1989

1973 – Josh Weston – US Porn [or 10th May 1972]

1974 – Nina Arsenault – Canadian Columnist / Actress

1979 – Will Young – UK Singer / Actor

1981 – Cort Stevens – US Porn [or 4th October ????]

1984 – Ryan Raz – US Porn

And those who died:

1957 – John Minton – UK Painter – Born 25th December 1917

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Wednesday 19 January 2011

19th January

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LGBT people born 19th January:

1921 – Patricia Highsmith – US Author – Died 4th February 1995

1941 – Pat Patterson – Canadian Wrestler

1941 – Stan Persky – Canadian Columnist / Author

1943 – Janis Joplin – US Singer – Died 4th October 1970

1954 – Marshall Kirk McKusick – US Computer Programmer

1971 – Rob Cryston – US Porn [or 26th January ????]

1975 – Steve Balderson – US Director

1975 – Natalie Cook – Australian Beach Volleyball

1979 – Coral Smith – US Reality TV [Real World]

1980 – Luke MacFarlane – Canadian Actor

1982 – Leo Babsky – UK Sculptor / Artist

And those who died:

1973 – Max Adrian – UK Actor / Singer – Born 1st November 1903

2003 – Morris Kight – US Activist – Born 19th November 1919

2005 – K Sello Duiker – South African Author – Born 13th April 1974

2006 – Gary Downie – UK Production Manager – Born 24th September 1925
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Tuesday 18 January 2011

18th January

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LGBT people born 18th January:

1904 – Cary Grant – UK/US Actor – Died 29th November 1986

1913 – Danny Kaye – US Actor / Singer / Dancer – Died 3rd March 1987

1928 – Betty Berzon – US Author / Psychotherapist – Died 24th January 2006

1936 – James Stoll – US Minister – Died 8th December 1994

1940 – Tony Holland – UK Screenwriter/ Actor – Died 28th November 2007

1950 – Bill Lippert – US Politician / Activist

1957 – Giz Watson – UK / Australian Politician

1978 – Ace Hanson – US Porn

And those who died:

1919 – Archduke Ludwig Viktor – Austrian Aristocrat – Born 15th May 1842

1921 – Adolf von Hildebrand – German? Sculptor / Architect – Born 6th October 1847

1960 – Gladys Bentley – US Singer – Born 12th August 1907

1961 – Tom Dooley – US Author – Died 17th January 1927

1975 – Chester Kallman – US Poet / Translator – Died 7th January 1921

1980 – Sir Cecil Beaton – UK Photographer – Born 14th January 1904

1985 – Wilfrid Brambell – UK Actor – Born 22nd March 1912

1989 – Bruce Chatwin – UK Journalist / Author – Born 13th May 1940

1996 – Leonor Fini – Argentine Painter – Born 30th August 1907

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Monday 17 January 2011

17th January

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LGBT people born 17th January:

1837 – Oscar Browning – UK Author / Historian – Died 6th October 1923

1886 – Ronald Firbank – UK Author – Died 21st May 1926

1897 – Nils Asther – Swedish Actor – Died 19th October 1981

1905 – Peggy Gilbert - US Musician / Band Leader – Died 12th February 2007

1922 – Robert de Niro Sr. – US Painter – Died 3rd May 1993

1927 – Tom Dooley – US Author – Died 18th January 1961

1928 – Jean Barraque – French Composer / Author – Died 17th August 1973

1962 – Denis O’Hare – US Actor / Singer

1964 – Chris Cole – US Politician

1966 – Stephin Merritt – US Singer

1968 – Nici Sterling – UK Porn

1969 – Kenny Greene – US Singer / Songwriter / Record Producer – Died 1st October 2001

1971 – Ann Wolfe – US Boxer

1972 – Jake Deckard – US Porn / Director [or 16th January 1972]

1975 – Tom Dolby – US Author / Journalist / Editor

1981 – Stefan Petzner – Austrian Politician

And those who died:

1964 – TH White – UK Author – Born 29th May 1906

1994 – Helen Stephens – US Shot Put / Sprinter / Discus / Softball / Baseball / Basketball / Manager – Born 3rd February 1918

1996 – Barbara Jordan – US Politician – Born 21st February 1936

1999 – Robert Eads – US Documentary Subject [Southern Comfort] – Born 18th December 1945

2005 – Basil Hoskins – UK Actor – Born 10th June 1929

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Sunday 16 January 2011

16th January

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LGBT people born 16th January:

1887 – George Kelly – US Actor / Playwright – Died 18th June 1974

1898 – Irving Rapper – US Director – Died 20th December 1999

1921 – Francesco Scavullo – US Photographer – Died 6th January 2004

1933 – Susan Sontag – US Author / Activist – Died 28th December 2004

1952 – Julie Anne Peters – US Author

1965 – Jill Sobule – US Singer / Photographer

1968 – David Catania – US Politician

1968 – Anders Gasland – Norwegian Politician / Activist / Psychiatrist

1972 – Jake Deckard – US Porn / Director [or 17th January 1972]

???? – Victor Cowboy – Brazilian Porn

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Saturday 15 January 2011

15th January

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LGBT people born 15th January:

1862 – Loie Fuller – US Dancer – Died 1st January 1928

1864 – Frances Benjamin Johnston – US Photographer / Photojournalist – Died 16th May 1952

1879 – Mazo de la Roche – Canadian Author – Died 12th July 1961

1893 – Ivor Novello – UK Actor / Playwright / Composer – Died 6th March 1951

1926 – Disley Jones – UK Set Designer – Died 4th June 2005

1939 – Agustin Gomez-Arcos – Spanish Author – Died 20th March 1998

1957 – Kate Hogan – US Politician

1965 – Zak Spears – US Porn

1968 – Jeffrey Altergott – US Singer / Songwriter

1984 – Mason Wyler – US Porn

And those who died:

1815 – Francois Raucourt – French Actress – Born 3rd March 1756

1916 – Modest Tchaikovsky – Russian Playwright – Born 13th May 1850

1955 – Torvald Tu – Norwegian Poet / Playwright / Author – Born 22nd July 1893

1958 – Brian Howard – UK Poet – Born 13th March 1905

1971 – John Dall – US Actor – Born 26th May 1918
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Friday 14 January 2011

14th January

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LGBT people born 14th January:

1850 – Pierre Loti – French Author / Poet – Died 10th June 1923

1904 – Sir Cecil Beaton – UK Photographer – Died 18th January 1980

1923 – Gerald Arpino – US Ballet / Choreographer – Died 29th October 2008

1925 – Yukio Mishima – Japanese Author – Died 25th November 1970

1926 – Tom Tryon – US Actor / Author – Died 4th September 1991

1950 – Hanne Haller – German Singer / Composer / Author / Producer / Sound Engineer – Died 15th November 2005

1972 – Keith Michael – US Fashion Designer / Reality TV [Project: Runway]

1973 – Ivan Andros – Spanish Porn

1975/6 – Francilla Agar – Dominican / Canadian Swimmer / Painter / Musician

And those who died:

1960 – Ralph Chubb – UK Poet / Artist – Born 8th February 1892

1977 – Anais Nin – French Author – Died 21st February 1903

1985 – Robert Odeman – German Pianist / Actor / Composer – Born 30th November 1904

1987 – Sam Wagstaff – US Art Collector – Born 4th November 1921

1995 – Mark Finch – UK Actor / Film Promoter – Born 21st October 1961

1997 – Frank Govers – Dutch Fashion Designer – Born 6th March 1932

2005 – Rudolph Moshammer – German Fashion Designer / Murder Victim – Born 27th September 1940

2009 – Angela Morley – UK Composer / Conductor – Born 10th March 1924

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Thursday 13 January 2011

13th January

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LGBT people born 13th January:

1713 – Charlotte Charke – UK Actress / Playwright / Author – Died 6th April 1760

1832 – Horatio Alger Jr. – US Author – Died 18th July 1899

1904 – Oliver Messel – UK Artist – Died 13th July 1978

1910 – Yannis Tsarouchis – Greek Painter – Died 20th July 1989

1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly – US Actor / Director – Died 25th May 2007

1934 – Ralph Sylvester – US Publisher

1934 – Rip Taylor – US Actor / Comedian

1940 – Edmund White – US Author / Literary Critic

1950 – Clive Betts – UK Politician

1959 – Jason Stuart – US Actor / Comedian / Producer

1960 – Matthew Bourne – UK Dancer / Choreographer

1993 – Lawrence “Larry” King – US Student / Hate Crime Victim – Died 12th February 2008

And those who died:

1941 – James Joyce – Irish Author / Poet – Born 2nd February 1882

1953 – Sir Edward Marsh – UK Translator – Born 18th November 1872

1960 – Sibilla Aleramo – Italian Author – Born 14th August 1876

1974 – Salvador Novo – Mexican Author / Poet / Playwright / Presenter – Born 30th July 1904

1996 – Mark Herron – US Actor – Born 8th July 1928

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Wednesday 12 January 2011

12th January

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LGBT people born 12th January:

1896 – Nobuko Yoshiya – Japanese Author – Died 11th July 1973

1899 – Pierre Bernac – French Singer – Died 17th October 1979

1902 – June Miller – US wife of Henry Miller – Died ?? February 1979

1909 – Barbro Alving – Swedish Journalist / Author – Died 22nd January 1987

1910 – Patsy Kelly – US Actress / Singer / Comedian – Died 24th September 1981

1941 – Long John Baldry – UK Singer / Musician – Died 21st July 2005

1954 – Felipe Rose – US Singer / Actor / Dancer

1961 – Simon Russell Beale – UK Actor

1963 – Jon King – US Porn – Died 8th March 1995

1971/4 – Brad McGuire – US Porn

1973 – Jurgen Stein – Dutch Singer / Actor

1974 – Dreuxilla Divine – Puerto Rican Drag Queen

1986 – Kieron Richardson – UK Actor

And those who died:

1965 – Lorraine Hansberry – US Author / Playwright – Born 19th May 1930

1998 – Robert Friend – US Poet / Translator – Born 25th November 1913

2010 Haiti 7.0 Earthquake –

Flores “Flo” McGarrell – US Artist / Director / Author – Born 31st August 1974

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