29th February

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LGBT people born 29th February:

1948 – Willi Smith – US Fashion Designer – Died 17^th April 1987

1956 – Aileen Wuornos – US Serial Killer – Died 9^th October 2002

1972 – Pedro Zamora – Cuban / US Reality TV [Real World] / Activist – Died 11^th November 1994

And those who died:

1972 – Violet Trefusis – UK Author – Born 6^th June 1894

1996 – Sinclair Ross – Canadian Author / Banker – Born 22^nd January 1908

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28th February

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LGBT people born 28th February:

1903 – Vincente Minnelli – US Director – Died 25^th July 1986

1909 – Stephen Spender – UK Poet / Author – Died 16^th July 1995

1939 – Tommy Tune – US Actor / Dancer / Singer / Choreographer / Director

1952 – William Finn – US Composer / Lyricist

1963 – Rosie Mendez – US Politician

1969 – Danielle Egnew – US Singer / Actress

And those who died:

1916 – Henry James – US / UK Philosopher / Psychologist – Born 15^th April 1843

1917 – Edmund John – UK Poet – Born 27^th November 1883

1987 – Stephen Tennant – UK Aristocrat – Born 21^st April 1906

Events in LGBT history:

1977 – Gaysweek first published in New York, USA

2007 – Equalised age of consent comes into force in Jersey, UK

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27th February

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LGBT people born 27th February:

1880 – Angelina Weld Grimke – US Journalist / Poet – Died 10^th June 1958

1925 – Pat Bond – US Actress – Died 24^th December 1990

1934 – Vincent Fourcade – French Interior Designer – Died 23^rd December 1992

1936 – Sonia Johnson – US Author / Activist / Hotelier

1953 – Libby Davies – Canadian / UK Politician

1955 – Bevan Dufty – US Politician

1962 – Chiya Fujino – Japanese Author

1963 – Barbara Dare – US Porn

1971 – Derren Brown – UK Illusionist / Presenter

1974 – Matt Majors – US Porn

1975 – Christopher B Landon – US Screenwriter

1982 – Benjamin Bradley – US Porn

And those who died:

1964 – Orry-Kelly – Australian / US Costume Designer – Born 31^st December 1897

1994 – Sir Harold Acton – UK Author – Born 5^th July 1904

1998 – Annemarie Grewel – Dutch Politician / Columnist – Born 13^th June 1935/40

2008 – Anthony Blond – UK Author / Publisher – Born 20^th March 1928

2009 – Carol Philipps – Canadian Journalist / Activist / Editor – Born 5^th February 1965

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26th February

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LGBT people born 26th February:

1564 – Christopher Marlowe – UK Poet / Playwright – Died 30^th May 1593

1861 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria – Bulgarian Monarch / Author / Botanist / Entomologist / Philatelist – Died 10^th September 1948

1879 – Mabel Dodge Luhan – US Columnist / Playwright – Died 13^th August 1962

1951 – Christopher Gillis – Canadian Dancer – Died 7^th August 1993

1951 – Jerry Mills – US Cartoonist – Died 28^th January 1993

1965 – Andrew Olexander – Australian Politician

1965 – Josephine Wiggs – UK Musician / Singer

1989 – Jason, Jimmy & Joey Visconti – Hungarian Porn

And those who died:

1993 – Constance Ford – US Model / Actress – Born 1^st July 1923

1995 – Chris Burns – US Porn – Born 17^th September 1958

1999 – Jose Quintero – Panamanian Director – Born 15^th October 1924

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25th February

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LGBT people born 25th February:

1912 – Richard Wattis – UK Actor – Died 1^st February 1975

1937 – Severo Sarduy – Cuban Poet / Author / Playwright / Art & Literature Critic – Died 8^th June 1993

1942 – John Saul – US Author

1947 – Jorge Donn – Argentine Ballet – Died 30^th November 1992

1955 – Rodger McFarlane – US Activist / Author – Died 15^th May 2009

And those who died:

1945 – Mario de Andrade – Brazilian Poet / Author / Historian / Critic / Photographer – Born 9^th October 1893

1983 – Tennessee Williams – US Playwright – Born 26^th March 1911

1987 – James Coco – US Actor – Born 21^st March 1930

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24th February

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LGBT people born 24th February:

1890 – Marjorie Main – US Actress – Died 10^th April 1975

1939 – Doric Wilson – US Playwright / Producer

1951 – Tony Holiday – German Singer – Died 14^th February 1990

1956 – Judith Butler – US Philosopher

1962 – Jennie Livingston – US Director

1963 – Laurent Ruquier – French Presenter

1965 – Nitzan Horowitz – Israeli Journalist / Politician

1971 – Jolie Justus – US Politician / Lawyer

1975 – Ashley MacIsaac – Canadian Actor / Fiddler

1977 – Jose Galisteo – Spanish Singer / Musician / Actor / Reality TV [Operacion Triunfo]

1979 – Julio Vidal – Brazilian Porn / Dancer / Model

1985 – Gwen Araujo – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 3^rd October 2002

And those who died:

1990 – Malcolm Forbes – US Publisher – Born 19^th August 1919

1990 – Johnnie Ray – US Singer / Songwriter / Pianist – Born 10^th January 1927

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23rd February

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LGBT people born 23rd February:

1931 – Robin Wood – UK / Canadian Film Critic / Teacher – Died 18^th December 2009

1948 – Sugar Lee Hooper – Dutch Singer / Musician – Died 4^th April 2010

1952 – Glen Maxey – US Politician / Activist

1954 – Mary Glasspool – US Bishop

1954 – Michael Hardwick – US Barman / Activist – Died 13^th June 1991

1959 – Karin Wolff – German Author / Politician

1962 – Olivier Ducastel – French Director / Screenwriter

1969 – Vaginal Davis – US Drag Queen / Painter / Author / Performance Artist / Composer

1972 – Michael Ausiello – US Journalist / Actor

And those who died:

1996 – William Bonin – US Serial Killer – Born 8^th January 1947

2009 – Tuulikki Pietila – Finnish Artist – Died 18^th February 1917

2009 – Scott Symons – Canadian Author – Born 13^th July 1933

Events in LGBT History:

2009 – The Colorado House approves a domestic partner benefits bill that would make it easier for unmarried couples (including LGBT) to make medical decisions for incapacitated partners and leave property to their partners [or 24^th February 2009]

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22nd February

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LGBT people born 22nd February:

1892 – Edna St Vincent Millay – US Poet / Playwright – Died 19^th October 1950

1917 – Jane Bowles – US Author / Playwright – Died 4^th May 1973

1926 – Kenneth Williams – UK Actor / Comedian – Died 15^th April 1988

1937 – Joanna Russ – US Author

1938 – Barry Dennen – US Actor / Singer / Author

1938 – Pierre Vallieres – Canadian Journalist / Author / Publisher – Died 23^rd December 1998

1940 – Billy Name – US Photographer

1942 – Ed Savitz – US Businessman – Died 27^th March 1993

1944 – Felice Picano – US Author / Poet / Critic / Playwright / Publisher

1947 – Karla Jay – US Professor / Author / Activist

1958 – Didier Lestrade – French Activist / Author / Publisher

1964 – Gigi Fernandez – Puerto Rican / US Tennis

1966 – Brian Greig – Australian Politician

1966 – Aiden Shaw – UK Porn / Poet

1969 – Hans Klok – Dutch Illusionist / Actor

1969 – Melissa York – US Musician

1975 – Drew Barrymore – US Actress / Director

And those who died:

1945 – Sara Josephine Baker – US Author – Born 15^th November 1873

1987 – Andy Warhol – US Painter / Printmaker / Photographer / Director – Born 6^th August 1928

1987 – Glenway Wescott – US Author – Born 11^th April 1901

1994 – Elliott Hayes – Canadian Playwright – Born 22^nd June 1956

2006 – Gisberta Salce Jr – Brazilian Homeless Murder Victim – Born ??

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21st February

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LGBT people born 21st February:

1903 – Anais Nin – French Author – Died 14^th January 1977

1907 – W. H. Auden – UK / US Poet – Died 29^th September 1973

1926 – Humphry Berkeley – UK Politician – Died 14^th November 1994

1936 – Barbara Jordan – US Politician – Died 17^th January 1996

1940 – Keith Prentice – US Actor – Died 27^th September 1992

1942 – Sam Garrison – US Lawyer / Activist – Died 27^th May 2007

1943 – David Geffen – US Producer

1946 – Peter Hitchener – Australian Presenter

1949 – Phil Reed – US Politician – Died 6^th November 2008

1960 – Isaac Julien – UK Artist / Director

1962 – Chuck Palahnuik – US Author / Journalist

1968 – Jenny Hiloudaki – Greek Model / Author

1981 – Ramy Eletreby – US Actor / Journalist

And those who died:

1908 – Harriet Hosmer – US Sculptor – Born 9^th October 1830

Events in LGBT History:

1903 – 1^st recorded raid on a US gay bathhouse at the Ariston Hotel Baths, New York. 26 men arrested on sodomy charges and 12 brought to trial. 7 later sentenced to between 4 and 20 years imprisonment.

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20th February

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LGBT people born 20th February:

1872 – William Lygon – UK Politician – Died 14^th November 1938

1880 – Jacques D’Adelsward-Fersen – French Author / Poet / Aristocrat – Died 5^th November 1923

1895 – Robert Andrews – UK Actor – Died 1976

1927 – Roy Cohn – US Lawyer / Politician – Died 2^nd August 1986

1943 – Dr Joel Weisman – US Physician – Died 18^th July 2009

1947 – Torstein Dahle – Norwegian Politician

1947 – Andre van Duin – Dutch Actor / Singer

1948 – Lord John Browne – UK Businessman

1949 – Mab Segrest – US Poet / Activist

1953 – Gaetan Dugas – Canadian Flight Attendant [Alleged to be Patient Zero in the AIDS epidemic] – Died 30^th March 1984

1965 – Philip Hensher – UK Journalist / Author

1966 – Stephen Gendin – US Author / Activist – Died 19^th July 2000

1970 – Stuart Miles – UK Presenter

1971 – Calpernia Addams – US Author / Activist / Actress / Musician

1972 – Aditya Bondyopadhyay – Indian Lawyer / Activist

1978 – Jeremy Jordan – Canadian / US Porn

1981 – Adrian Lamo – US Journalist

And those who died:

1959 – Laurence Housman – UK Playwright / Author / Illustrator – Born 18^th July 1865

1968 – Anthony Asquith – UK Director – Born 9^th November 1902

2002 – John Paul Hudson – US Activist / Journalist – Born 28^th April 1929

2010 – Jason Wood – UK Singer / Drag Queen [Cher Travesty] / Comedian – Born 21^st January 1972

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19th February

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LGBT people born 19th February:

1902 – F. O. Matthiessen – US Historian / Literary Critic – Died 1^st April 1950

1917 – Carson McCullers – US Author / Playwright – Died 29^th September 1967

1920 – George Rose – UK Actor / Murder Victim – Died 5^th May 1988

1921 – Dudley Cave – UK Activist – Died 19^th May 1999

1947 – Stuart Challender – Australian Conductor – Died 13^th December 1991

1947 – Jackie Curtis – US Actress / Poet / Playwright – Died 15^th May 1985

1948 – Pim Fortuyn – Dutch Politician – Died 6^th May 2002

1952 – Lari Pittman – US Artist

1953 – Stephen F Kolzak – US Director – Died 19^th September 1990

1959/61 – Justin Fashanu – UK Footballer – Died 2^nd May 1998

1965 – Jaime Bayly – Peruvian / US Author / Journalist / Presenter

1968 – Dallas Angguish – Australian Author / Poet

1981 – Beth Ditto – US Singer

And those who died:

1951 – Andre Gide – French Author – Born 22^nd November 1869

1972 – Suzanne Malherbe – French Artist – Born 19^th July 1892

1988 – Eric Stryker – US Porn – Born 24^th September 1954

1994 – Derek Jarman – UK Director / Screenwriter – Born 31^st January 1942

2001 – Charles Trenet – French Singer / Author – Born 18^th May 1913

2002 – Sylvia Rivera – US Activist – Born 2^nd July 1951

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – North Dakota Senate votes to include LGBT in the Human Rights Act

2010 – Football V Homophobia launches in the UK

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18th February

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LGBT people born 18th February:

1917 – Tuulikki Pietila – Finnish Artist – Died 23^rd February 2009

1925 – David March – UK Actor – Died 25^th August 1999

1931 – Ned Sherrin – UK Presenter / Author / Director – Died 1^st October 2007

1932 – Duane Michals – US Photographer

1934 – Audre Lorde – US Author / Poet / Activist – Died 17^th November 1992

1947 – David Ehrenstein – US Film Critic / Journalist / Author / Blogger

1961 – Margaret Smith – UK Politician

1969 – Christopher Sieber – US Actor / Singer

1979 – Ben Harvey – US Presenter

And those who died:

1564 – Michelangelo – Italian Sculptor / Painter / Architect / Poet / Engineer – Born 6^th March 1475

1876 – Charlotte Cushman – US Actress / Singer / Playwright / Director – Born 23^rd July 1816

1998 – Scott O’Hara – US Porn / Poet / Editor / Publisher / Author – Died 16^th October 1961

2006 – Laurel Hester – US Police Officer – Born 15^th August 1956

2007 – Barbara Gittings – US Activist – Born 31^st July 1932

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17th February

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LGBT people born 17th February:

1653 – Arcangelo Corelli – Italian Composer / Violinist – Died 8^th January 1713

1854 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp – German Businessman – Died 22^nd November 1902

1911 – Oskar Seidlin – US Poet / Author – Died 11^th December 1984

1934 – Alan Bates – UK Actor – Died 27^th December 2003

1958 – Claudia Schoppmann – German Historian / Author

1961 – Angela Eagle – UK Politician

1962 – Cheryl Jacques – US Politician / Activist

1965 – Peterson Toscano – US Playwright / Actor / Blogger / Comedian / Activist / Minister

1966 – Peter Karlsson – Swedish Ice Hockey – Died 11^th March 1995

1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong – US Singer / Musician

1974 – Antton Harri – Spanish Porn

1975 – Harisu – South Korean Singer / Model / Actress

1975/6 – Eric Magyar - ?? Porn / Director

And those who died:

1974 – Jack Cole – US Dancer / Choreographer – Born 27^th April 1911

1994 – Randy Shilts – US Author / Journalist –Born 8^th August 1951

2006 – Sybille Bedford – UK Author – Born 16^th March 1911

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16th February

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LGBT people born 16th February:

1893 – Katharine Cornell – US Actress – Died 9^th July 1974

1926 – John Schlesinger – US Actor / Director – Died 25^th July 2003

1937 – Paul Bailey – UK Author

1938 – John Corigliano – US Composer

1953 – Steve Kmetko – US Presenter

1962 – John Balance – UK Musician – Died 13^th November 2004

1963 – Truong Tan – Vietnamese Artist

1973 – Michele Clarke – Trinidad & Tobago / Canadian Director / Author

1973/75 – Aaron Tanner – US Porn [or 1^st February 1973/75]

1978 – John Tartaglia – US Actor / Puppeteer / Singer

1986 – Cameron Jackson – Czech Porn

And those who died:

1931 – Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden – German Photographer – Born 16^th September 1856

1990 – Keith Haring – US Artist / Activist – Born 4^th May 1958

2005 – Karlien Carstens – Namibian Murder Victim – Born ????

2010 – Aycan Yener – Turkish Hate Crime Victim – Born ????

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15th February

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LGBT people born 15th February:

1907 – Cesar Romero – US Actor – Died 1^st January 1994

1947 – Herman Meijer – Dutch Architect / Politician

1952 – Bill T Jones – US Choreographer / Dancer / Artistic Director

1952 – Ernesto Scorsone – US Politician

1953 – Edwin Cameron – South African Judge / Author

1960 – Mikey Craig – UK DJ / Musician

1970 – Titti de Simone – Italian Journalist / Politician

1974 – Miranda July – US Performance Artist / Musician / Actress / Director / Screenwriter

???? – Eduardo – Cuban Porn

And those who died:

1990 – Henry Brandon – German / US Actor – Born 8^th June 1912

1990 – Frans Kellendonk – Dutch Author / Editor – Born 7^th January 1951

1991 – Arturo Islas – US Author – Born 25^th May 1938

2002 – Victor Kovyl – Belarusian Hate Crime Victim – Born ????

2006 – Yardena Marsh – Israeli Murder Victim – Born ??

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14th February

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LGBT people born 14th February:

1962 – Kevyn Aucoin – US Photographer – Died 7^th May 2002

1967 – Karen Dior – US Porn / Director / Singer – Died 25^th August 2004

1967 – Christopher Scott – US Porn

1969 – M. C. Brennan – US Screenwriter / Director / Actor

1971 – Angela Robinson – US Director

1971 – Lisa-Marie Vizaniari – Australian Discus

1978 – Rie Rasmussen – Danish Model / Actor / Photographer

1979 – Jason Hawke – German / US Porn

1982 – Seany O’Kane – UK Reality TV [Big Brother]

1990 – Milo & Elijah Peters – Czech Porn twins

And those who died:

1990 – Tony Holiday – German Singer – Born 24^th February 1951

1990 – Dick Martin – US Illustrator – Born 29^th June 1927

1997 – Don Slater – US Activist – Born 21^st August 1923

2006 – Joel Dorius – US Professor – Born 4^th January 1919

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13th February

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LGBT people born 13th Fabruary:

1889 – Leontine Sagan – Austrian Actress / Director – Died 20^th May 1974

1954 – Bibiana Fernandez – Spanish Actress / Model

1960 – Pia Sundhage – Swedish Footballer / Coach

1964 – Mark Patton – US Actor

1967 – Nick Verreos – US Reality TV [Project: Runway] / Fashion Designer

1969 – Billy Masters – US Gossip Columnist

1969 – Joe Phillips – US Comic Book Artist & Writer

And those who died:

1571 – Benvenuto Cellini – Italian Painter / Sculptor / Soldier / Musician / Author – Born 3^rd November 1500

1994 – Bruce Voeller – US Biologist – Born 12^th May 1934

2008 – Lawrence “Larry” King – US Student / Hate Crime Victim – Born 13^th January 1993

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12th February

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LGBT people born 12th February:

1847 – Philip, Prince of Eulenburg – German Politician – Died 17^th September 1921

1900 – Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby – UK Politician – Died 16^th July 1986

1923 – Franco Zeffirelli – Italian Director

1929 – Andy Milligan – US Playwright / Screenwriter / Actor / Editor / Producer / Director – Died 3^rd June 1991

1936 – Paul Shenar – US Actor – Died 11^th October 1989

1949 – John Blankenstein – Dutch Football Referee – Died 25^th August 2006

1950 – Patrick Quinn – US Actor – Died 24^th September 2006

1953 – Frans Mulder – Dutch Actor / Singer / Comedian

1960/2 – Chad Johnson – US Porn / Hairdresser

1961 – Lourdes Perez – Puerto Rican Singer / Songwriter / Musician / Composer / Poet

1963/4 – Jacqueline Woodson – US Author

1980 – Ashton Ryan – US Porn [or 11^th July ????]

And those who died:

1944 – Olive Custance – UK Poet – Born 7^th February 1874

1976 – Sal Mineo – US Actor / Murder Victim – Born 10^th January 1939

1980 – Muriel Rukeyser – US Poet / Activist – Born 15^th December 1913

2007 – Peggy Gilbert – US Musician / Band Leader – Born 17^th January 1905

2007 – Randy Stone – US Actor / Casting Director / Producer – Born 26^th August 1958

Events in LGBT History:

1999 – First National Freedom to Marry Day in the USA (then held annually on this date)

2009 – Hungarian government approve a new registered partnership bill giving the same rights as marriage except in adoption and taking the same surname

2009 – Civil Union Bill passed in Hawaii, USA

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11th February

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LGBT people born 11th February:

1926 – John Wallowitch – US Singer / Songwriter – Died 15^th August 2007

1955 – Pratibha Parmar – UK Director / Producer / Author

1962 – Tammy Baldwin – US Politician

1982 – Damien Crosse – US Porn

1983 – Austin Wilde – US Porn

1984 – Aubrey O’Day – US Reality TV [Making the Band]/ Singer / Actress / Songwriter / Fashion Designer

And those who died:

1984 – Lori Shannon – US Drag Queen / Columnist – Born 18^th May 1938

1985 – George Hopkins – US Set Designer – Born 23^rd March 1896

1987 – Mark Ashton – UK Activist – Born 1961

2000 – Bernard Price – UK Actor – Born 2^nd March 1925

2010 – Alexander McQueen – UK Fashion Designer – Born 17^th March 1969

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10th February

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LGBT people born 10th February:

1893 – Bill Tilden – US Tennis – Died 5^th June 1953

1913 – Charles Henri Ford – US Author / Poet / Director / Photographer / Artist / Editor – Died 27^th September 2002

1930 – John Gilpin – UK Ballet / Actor – Died 5^th September 1983

1942 – Michael Bishop – UK Businessman

1944 – Peter Allen – Australian Singer / Songwriter / Entertainer – Died 18^th June 1992

1944 – Jean-Daniel Cadinot – French Director – 23^rd April 2008

1948 – Conrad Cummings – US Composer

1953 – Jeffrey John – UK Cleric

1968 – Anne Kaiser – US Politician

1969 – Nichcalo Dion Crayton [Jazzmun] – US Drag Queen / Actor / Entertainer

1974 – Ivri Lider – Israeli Singer / Musician

1977 – Luke Strong – US Porn

1978 – Slava Petrovich - Russian Porn

1984 – Brent Everett – Canadian Porn / Director / Actor [or 7^th September ????]

And those who died:

1995 – Paul Monette – US Author / Activist / Poet – Born 16^th October 1945

2003 – Edgar de Evia – Mexican / US Photographer – Born 30^th July 1910

2007 – Gary Frisch – UK Businessman – Born 22^nd January 1969

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