Sunday 31 July 2011

31st July

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LGBT people born 31st July:


1911 – Henry Willson – US Actors’ Agent – Died 2nd November 1978


1915 – George Forrest – US Librettist – Died 10th October 1999


1932 – Barbara Gittings – US Activist – Died 18th February 2007


1965 – Ian Roberts – Australian Rugby / Actor


1970 – Brent Banes – US Porn


1973 – Daniel Evans – UK Actor / Director


1981 – J.Son Dinant – US Comedian / Actor / Reality TV / Party Promoter / Host



And those who died:


1957 – Pavel Tchelitchew - Russian / US Painter – Born 21st September 1898


2003 – Glenn Kopitske – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1966



Events in LGBT History:


2008 - Australian Capital Territory becomes the first place in Australia to provide same-sex couples, who are parents, with "parental leave" under Parental Leave Legislation Amendment Act 2008


2010 – Gay Games VIII begin in Cologne, Germany (run until 7th August 2010)


2010 – Brighton Pride Festival Week [ran until 8th August 2010]


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Saturday 30 July 2011

30th July

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LGBT people born 30th July:


1904 – Salvador Novo – Mexican Author / Poet / Playwright / Presenter – Died 13th January 1974


1910 – Edgar de Evia – Mexican / US Photographer – Died 10th February 2003


1954 – Paula Martinac – US Author / Editor


1962 – Norman Bedard [Norman Iceberg] – Canadian Graphic Designer / Performance Artist / Singer / Songwriter


1966 – Cameron Cruise – US Porn


1968 – Scott Baldwin – US Porn


1968 – Deb Mell – US Politician


1980 – Eduardo Valenti – Brazilian [?] Porn



And those who died:


1771 – Thomas Gray – UK Poet / Professor – Born 26th December 1716


1894 – Walter Pater – UK Author / Critic – Born 4th August 1839


1993 – Jay Scott – US / Canadian Film Critic – Born 1949


2002 – Anthony Edward Dyson – UK Literary Critic / Lecturer / Activist - Born 28th November 1928



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Stockholm Pride, Sweden [ran until 5th August 2007]


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Friday 29 July 2011

29th July

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LGBT people born 29th July:


1930 – Paul Taylor – US Choreographer


1939 – Annea Lockwood – New Zealand Composer / Teacher


1947 – Dennis Cleveland Stewart – US Actor / Dancer – Died 20th April 1994


1953 – Tim Gunn – US Presenter / Fashion Consultant / Author


1964 – Joseph Steffan – US Lawyer / Activist


1968 – Arno Brok – Dutch Politician


1973 – Patrik-Ian Polk – US Director / Producer / Singer / Screenwriter / Actor


1976 – Sonny Markham – US Porn


???? – Rik Jammer – US Porn



And those who died:


1998 – Jerome Robbins – US Director / Choreographer – Born 11th October 1918


2005 – Hildegarde – US Singer – Born 1st February 1906


2006 – Lupita [Juan Carlos Charria] - Colombian Sex Worker / Murder Victim – Born ??


2008 – Larry Townsend – US Author – Born 27th October 1930



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Montreal Pride, Quebec, Canada [ran until 5th August 2007]

2007 – Belfast Pride, Northern Ireland, UK [ran until 5th August 2007]

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Thursday 28 July 2011

28th July

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LGBT people born 28th July:


1927 – John Ashbery – US Poet


1940 – Judy Grahn – US Poet


1941 – Colin Higgins – US Screenwriter / Actor / Director / Producer – Died 5th August 1988


1958 – Sarah Schulman – US Author / Playwright / Historian / Actress


1969 – Alexis Arquette – US Actor / Musician


1972 – Richard Newman – UK Reality TV [Big Brother] / Presenter


1975 – Imke Duplitzer – German Fencer



And those who died:


1655 – Cyrano de Bergerac – French Author – Born 6th March 1619


1987 – Arthur J Bressan Jr. – US Director – Born 1943


1990 – Jill Esmond – UK Actress – Born 26th January 1908



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Vancouver Pride, British Columbia, Canada [ran until 5th August 2007]


2007 – Pride in Brighton & Hove, UK [ran until 5th August 2007]


2011 – Torbay Pride, Devon, UK [runs until 31st July 2011]


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Wednesday 27 July 2011

27th July

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LGBT people born 27th July:


1904 – Sir Anton Dolin – UK Ballet – Died 25th November 1983


1940 – Troy Perry – US Reverend


1946 – Stephen Donaldson – US Activist / Author – Died 18th July 1996


1956 – Carol Leifer – US Actress / Comedian / Producer / Screenwriter


1959 – Jeff Harnar – US Singer


1969 – Bryan Fuller – US Screenwriter / Producer


1981 – Jody Dobrowski – UK Hate Crime Victim – Died 14th October 2005


1981 – Rafael Verga – Brazilian Model



And those who died:


1946 – Gertrude Stein – US Author – Born 3rd February 1874


2005 – Robert Wright – US Librettist – Born 25th September 1914


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Tuesday 26 July 2011

26th July

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LGBT people born 26th July:


1888 – Marcel Jouhendeau – French Author – Died 7th April 1979


1927 – Danny La Rue – Irish Female Impersonator – Died 31st May 2009


1956 – Arthur Japin – Dutch Author / Playwright / Actor / Singer


1968 – Nikki Sinclaire – UK Politician


1973 – Vaniity – Mexican / US Porn


1979 – Rona Kenan – Israeli Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1984 – Alex Parks – UK Singer / Reality TV [Fame Academy]



And those who died:


1950 – Hans Lodeizen – Dutch Poet – Born 20th July 1924


1981 – Jeannette Howard Foster – US Author – Born 3rd November 1895


1994 – W Dorr Legg – US Landscape Architect / Activist – Born 15th December 1904


2007 – John Normington – UK Actor – Born 28th January 1937


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Monday 25 July 2011

25th July

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LGBT people born 25th July:


1879 – J Warren Kerrigan – US Actor – Died 9th June 1947


1943 – Cheryl Crane – US daughter of Lana Turner


1955 – Patricia Todd – US Politician


1964 – Jacques Brooijmans – Dutch Author


1966 – Christine C Quinn – US Politician / Activist


1974 – Gareth Thomas – UK Rugby


1979 – Diego Pastores – Mexican Porn


1980 – Jacob Hayes – US Porn


1985 – Jasmine Lennard – UK Model




And those who died:


1951 – JC Leyendecker – German / US Illustrator – Born 23rd March 1874


1966 – Frank O’Hara – US Poet – Born 27th March 1926


1986 – Vincente Minnelli – US Director – Born 28th February 1903


1989 – Steve Rubell – US Businessman / Club Owner – Born 2nd December 1943


2003 – John Schlesinger – US Actor / Director – Born 16th February 1926




Events in LGBT History:


2009 – Nottingham Pride, UK


2011 - 2nd Annual GLSIA North America Outgames, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


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Sunday 24 July 2011

24th July

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LGBT people born 24th July:


1865 – Dorothy Bussy – UK Author / Translator – Died 1st May 1960


1951 – Chris Smith – UK Politician


1952 – Gus van Sant – US Director / Author / Musician / Photographer / Screenwriter


1962 – Michael John LaChiusa - US Composer / Lyricist / Librettist


1965 – Olivier Py – French Director / Actor / Author


1969 – Zero Chou – Thai Director


1971 – John Partridge – UK Singer / Dancer / Actor


1979 – Lee Si-yeon – South Korean Actress / Model


1982 – Anna Paquin – New Zealand / Canada Actress



And those who died:


1969 – Witold Gombrowicz – Polish Author – Born 4th August 1904


1982 – Florence Henri – US Photographer – Born 28th June 1893



Events in LGBT History:


2010 – London Pride, Ontario, Canada


2010 – Belfast Pride, UK (ran until 31st July 2010)


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Saturday 23 July 2011

23rd July

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LGBT people born 23rd July:


1816 – Charlotte Cushman – US Actress / Singer / Playwright / Director – Died 18th February 1876


1858 – Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson [or 29th January 1858] – US Author – Born 23rd July 1942


1899 – Ruth Ellis – US Activist – Died 5th October 2000


1909 – Phil Andros – US Author – Died 31st December 1993


1913 – Coral Browne – Australian Actress – Died 29th May 1991


1924 – Gavin Lambert – UK / US Author / Director / Screenwriter – Died 17th July 2005


1945 – Karen Clark – US Teacher / Politician


1950 – Paul Patrick – UK Teacher / Activist – Died 22nd May 2008


1954 – Annie Sprinkle – US Porn / Presenter / Editor / Author / Producer / Columnist / Performance Artist


1961 – Claude Green – US man denied medical attention – Died 21st June 2005


1962 – Daniel MacIvor – Canadian Actor / Playwright / Director


1976 – Judith Arndt – German Cyclist


???? – Adam Wolfe – US Porn [or 23rd August ????]



And those who died:


1942 – Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson – US Author – Born 29th January [or 23rd July] 1858


1966 – Montgomery Clift – US Actor – Born 17th October 1920


1989 – Michael Sundin – UK Dancer / Trampolinist / Presenter – Born 1st March 1961


1997 – Andrew Cunanan – US Serial Killer – Born 31st August 1969


2003 – Nireah Johnson – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1986


2009 – E Lynn Harris – US Author – Born 20th June 1955


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Friday 22 July 2011

22nd July

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LGBT people born 22nd July:


1860 – Frederick Rolfe – UK Author / Artist – Died 25th October 1913


1889 – James Whale – UK Director / Actor – Died 29th May 1957


1893 – Torvald Tu – Norwegian Poet / Author / Playwright – Died 15th January 1955


1910 – Richard Plant – German / US Author – Died 3rd March 1998


1935 – Grover Dale – US Actor / Dancer / Choreographer / Director


1958 – Eve Beglarian – US Composer / Musician


1961 – Urs Biner – Swiss Singer


1962 – Cornald Maas – Dutch Presenter / Columnist / TV Critic


1963 – Emily Saliers – US Musician / Singer / Songwriter


1966 – Stella Baker – UK Playwright / Director


1973 – Rufus Wainwright – Canadian/US Singer / Songwriter / Musician



And those who died:


1990 – Manuel Puig – Argentine Author – Born 28th December 1932


1992 – David Wojnarowicz – US Painter / Photographer / Author / Director / Activist – Born 14th September 1954


2006 – James E West – US Politician – Born 28th March 1951


2009 – Mark Leduc – Canadian Boxer – Born 4th May 1962


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Thursday 21 July 2011

21st July

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LGBT people born 21st July:


1897 – Edmund Heines – German Nazi – Died 30th June 1934


1899 – Hart Crane – US Poet – Died 27th April 1932


1955 – Boris Dittrich – Dutch Politician / Activist


1955 – JW King – US Porn – Died 5th December 1986


1963 – Dorce Gamalama – Indonesian Singer / Actress / Presenter / Comedian


1966 – Sarah Waters – UK Author


1967 – Ralph Hamelmann – Canadian Comic Book Writer / Comic Book Artist / Event Promoter / Producer / Astrologer / Cartoonist


1969 – Cristian Andreason – US Singer


???? – Adriano Sabroso - Mexican Porn / Figure Skater / In-Line Skater



And those who died:


1994 – Denis Lemon – UK Journalist / Magazine Proprietor – Born 11th August 1945


1995 – Jon Hinson – US Politician – Born 16th March 1942


2005 – Long John Baldry – UK Singer / Musician – Born 12th January 1941


2008 – El Kazovsky – Hungarian Painter – Born 13th July 1948


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Wednesday 20 July 2011

20th July

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LGBT people born 20th July:


356BC – Alexander the Great – Macedonian warrior king – Died 10th June 323BC


1924 – Hans Lodeizen – Dutch Poet – Died 26th July 1950


1941 – Kurt Raab – West German Actor / Designer – Died 28th June 1988


1946 – Randal Kleiser – US Actor / Director / Producer


1948 – Manuel Ramos Otero – Puerto Rican Author / Poet – Died 7th October 1990


1950 – Roberta Achtenberg – US Politician


1954 – Larry Levan – US DJ – Died 8th November 1992


1955 – Rene-Daniel Dubois – Canadian Playwright / Actor


1958 – Rick Castro – US Photographer / Director


1966 – Andreas Krieger – German Shot Put [as Heidi Krieger]


1972 – Andres Duranza – Argentine Porn



And those who died:


1989 – Yannis Tsarouchis – Greek Painter – Born 13th January 1910


1990 – Sergei Parajanov – Armenian Director / Artist – Born 9th January 1924


2007 – Victoria Arellano – Mexican AIDS patient denied treatment – Born 1984



Events in LGBT History:


2005 – Civil Marriage Act gains Royal assent becoming law in Canada


2007 – Folsom Fair North, Toronto, Canada [ran until 22nd July 2007]


2007 – Christopher Street Day Frankfurt, Germany [ran until 22nd July 2007]


2007 – San Diego Pride, USA [ran until 22nd July 2007]

2007 – Christopher Street Day Stuttgart, Germany [ran until 29th July 2007]

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Tuesday 19 July 2011

19th July

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LGBT people born 19th July:


1856 – Elisabeth Marbury – US Agent – Died 22nd January 1933


1875 – Alice Dunbar Nelson – US Poet / Journalist / Activist – Died 18th September 1935


1882 – James Vincent – US Actor / Director – Died 12th July 1957


1888 – Fabian S Woodley – UK Poet – Died 8th August 1957


1892 – Suzanne Malherbe – French Artist – Died 19th February 1972


1923 – Joseph Hansen – US Author – Died 24th November 2004


1943 – Jerry Smith – US American Footballer – Died 15th October 1986


1950 – Per-Kristian Foss – Norwegian Politician


1954 – Jane Eaton Hamilton – Canadian Author / Poet / Photographer / Gardener


1966 – Joe Langworth – US Director / Singer / Dancer


1972 – Tom Coates – UK Blogger


1977 – Danny Roberts – US Reality TV [Real World: New Orleans]


1978 – Brittany CoxXx [aka Stonie] – US Porn / Actor


1984 – Jonathan D Lovitz – US Model / Singer / Dancer / Actor



And those who died:


1550 – Jacopo Bonfadio – Italian Historian – Born 1508


2000 – Stephen Gendin – US Author / Activist – Born 20th February 1966


2005 – Mahmoud Asgari – Iranian executed for homosexuality – Date of Birth unknown


2005 – Ayaz Marhoni – Iranian executed for homosexuality – Date of Birth unknown



Events in LGBT History:


2005 – Civil Marriage Act passed in the Canadian Senate


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Monday 18 July 2011

18th July

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LGBT people born 18th July:


1865 – Laurence Housman – UK Playwright / Author / Illustrator – Died 20th February 1959


1918 – Bram van Leeuwen – Dutch Journalist – Died 27th May 2001


1948 – Tony Azito – US Dancer / Actor – Died 26th May 1995


1950 – Glenn Hughes – US Singer – Died 4th March 2001


1951 – Elio di Rupo – Belgian Politician


1979 – Rob Rigley – Australian Reality TV [Big Brother 2006] / Presenter



And those who died:


1899 – Horatio Alger Jr. – US Author – Born 13th January 1832


1937 – Julian Bell – UK Poet / Military Ambulance Driver – Born 4th February 1908


1965 – Bing Davidson – US Actor – Born 17th December 1940


1996 – Stephen Donaldson – US Activist / Author – Born 27th July 1946


2003 – David Hampton – US Con Artist – Born 4th April 1964


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Sunday 17 July 2011

17th July

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LGBT people born 17th July:


1883 – Mauritz Stiller – Finnish Director / Screenwriter – Died 18th November 1928


1898 – Berenice Abbot – US Photographer – Died 9th December 1991


1909 – Sir Hardy Amies – UK Dressmaker – Died 5th March 2003


1914 – James Purdy – US Author / Poet / Playwright – Died 13th March 2009


1945 – Bob van Schijndel – Dutch Politician / Activist


1967/9 – Michele Aboro – UK Boxer


1975 – Alec Powers – US Porn


1975/6 – Kimberly Devine – US Porn / Entertainer


1981 – Marko Liias – US Politician



And those who died:


1959 – Billie Holiday – US Singer – Born 7th April 1915


1991 – Leo Ford – US Porn – Born 5th July 1957


1998 – Joseph Maher – Irish Actor – Born 29th December 1933


2000 – Thomas Quinn Curtiss – USA Poet / Film & Theatre Critic – Born 21st June 1915


2005 – Gavin Lambert – UK / US Author / Director / Screenwriter – Born 23rd July 1924



Events in LGBT History:


2010 – Newcastle Pride, UK


2010 – San Diego Pride, California, USA


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Saturday 16 July 2011

16th July

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LGBT people born 16th July:


1943 – Reinaldo Arenas – Cuban / US Poet / Playwright / Activist / Author / Professor – Died 7th December 1990


1948 – Dennis deLeon – US Activist – Died 14th December 2009


1950 – Melissa Sue Robinson – US Businesswoman / Politician


1955 – Annie Whitehead – UK Trombonist / Teacher


1956 – Tony Kushner – US Playwright


1961 – Tony Ayres – Australian Screenwriter / Director


1962 – Dan Smith – US Presenter


1964 – Alicia Monet – US Porn


1980 – Jesse Jane – US Porn


1980 – Justine Joli – US Porn / Model



And those who died:


1986 – Robert Boothby – UK Politician – Born 12th February 1900


1995 – May Sarton – US Author / Poet – Born 3rd May 1912


1995 – Stephen Spender – US Poet / Author – Born 28th February 1909



Events in LGBT History:


2009 – First International Drag Day


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Friday 15 July 2011

15th July

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LGBT people born 15th July:


1931 – Brian Sewell – UK Art Critic / Presenter


1953 – Alicia Bridges – US Singer / Songwriter


1956 – Hans Cornelissen – Dutch Actor


1960 – Crispin Blunt – UK Politician


1962 – Iain Dale – UK Blogger


1963 – Xandra Schutte – Dutch magazine editor


Confidential – Tim Barter – UK Visual Effects



And those who died:


1997 – Gianni Versace – Italian / US Fashion Designer / Murder Victim – Born 2nd December 1946



Events in LGBT History:


2006 – Gay Games VII begin in Chicago, Illinois, USA (run until 22nd July 2006)


2007 – AIDS Walk San Francisco, California


2010 – Same-sex marriage legalised in Argentina


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Thursday 14 July 2011

14th July

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LGBT people born 14th July:


1454 – Poliziano – Italian Poet – Died 24th September 1494


1886 – Bernard Natan – Romanian / French Director / Actor / Concentration Camp Victim – Died ?? October 1942


1917 – Arthur Laurents – US Playwright / Director / Screenwriter / Librettist – 5th May 2011


1932 – Jim French – [aka Rip Colt] US Illustrator / Photographer


1946 – Terry Ryan – US Author – Died 16th May 2007


1958 – Joe Keenan – US Author / Producer / Screenwriter


1958 – Scott Rudin – US Producer


1960 – Jane Lynch – US Comedian / Actress / Singer


1962 – Andrew M Maynard – US Politician


1963 – Robert Black – US Porn


1963 - Blue Blake – UK Porn / Director / Royal Marine


1969 – Billy Herrington – US Porn


1980 – Balian Buschbaum – German Pole Vaulter


1983 – Graham Ackerman – US Gymnast



And those who died:


1895 – Karl Heinrich Ulrichs – German Author / Activist – Born 28th August 1825


1954 – Jacinto Benavente – Spanish Author – Born 12th August 1866


1990 – Walter Sedlmayr – German Actor – Born 6th January 1926


2008 – Katie Reider – US Singer / Songwriter – Born 23rd May 1978



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Oxford Pride, UK


2007 – Christopher Street Day. Munich, Germany [ran until 15th July 2007]


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Wednesday 13 July 2011

13th July

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LGBT people born 13th July:


100BC – Julius Caesar – Roman Emperor – Died 15th March 44BC


1863 – Mary Emma Woolley – US Activist – Died 5th September 1947


1901 – Eric Portman – UK Actor – Died 7th December 1969


1933 – Scott Symons – Canadian Author – Died 23rd February 2009


1934 – Ian Scott – Canadian Politician / Lawyer – Died 10th October 2006


1935 – Monique Wittig – French Author / Feminist Theorist – Died 3rd January 2003


1948 – El Kazovsky – Hungarian Painter – Died 21st July 2008


1967 – Dale Peck – US Author / Columnist


1968 – Robert Gant – US Model / Actor



And those who died:


1945 – Alla Nazimova – Russian Actress / Producer – Born 22nd May 1879 [or 3rd June 1879]


1952 – Marie Equi – US Doctor / Anarchist – Born 7th April 1872


1954 – Frida Kahlo – Mexican Painter – Born 6th July 1907


1956 – Jack Snow – US Author / Playwright – Born 15th August 1907


1960 – Anna Blaman – Dutch Author – Born 31st January 1904


1978 – Oliver Messel – UK Artist – Born 13th January 1904


1981 – James L White – US Poet / Editor / Teacher – Born 26th March 1936


2001 – David Noyes Jackson – US Author / Artist – Born 16th September 1922


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